Associate General Counsel, Antitrust & Litigation

We’re looking for an Associate General Counsel, Antitrust & Litigation . In this role, you’ll work on a wide variety of interesting, exciting and high-profile legal matters at IDEXX, focused on protecting the company and its reputation and managing risk world-wide.
The Responsibilities
You’ll be responsible for providing strategic legal advice to support the operation, growth and development of the company, primarily supporting our legal needs with respect to antitrust compliance, counseling and advising, along with managing commercial litigation and certain regulatory matters, and internal compliance investigations.
Reporting to the Chief Antitrust & Litigation Counsel, you will work directly with business stakeholders and coordinate closely with legal colleagues, guiding on risks, world-wide, associated with antitrust laws and commercial litigation. You will also play an integral role in further developing and enhancing our antitrust compliance program, and in training legal colleagues and business stakeholders primarily in these areas. You will also manage litigation matters from pre-litigation through resolution, actively oversee outside counsel and budgeting, and conduct internal investigations as needed, collaborating with colleagues in the Compliance Department on matters relating to our Code of Ethics and other important issues.
The Qualifications
Education/Bar Membership
J.D. or equivalent, with top academic credentials
Bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
Experience
At least eight years of experience in private practice, in-house and/or with a governmental agency (combination preferred), ideally with some government experience and some multinational context, in substantive areas of antitrust/competition law, commercial litigation and internal investigations
Experience dealing with government agencies including antitrust/competition authorities and with a highly-matrixed, multinational, public company environment highly valued
Skills and Abilities
Ability to build credibility quickly and provide extensive legal expertise to challenging and complex business situations
Ability to manage multiple, complex issues at the same time over various business groups and outside parties
Exceptional business judgment and creativity with a track record of collaborating and thriving in a fast-paced, team environment
Ability to simultaneously take action that tackles immediate problems while building programs and processes that problem-solve at a programmatic level
Ability to distill policies and guidance to their essential, digestible points and develop tools and training on point for specific stakeholders
Ability to identify the right questions, find the answers, account for unknowns, risk-assess and drive and deliver effective and efficient risk assessments
Ability to balance risks and apply risk-based judgments to aid with high-risk decision-making
Strategic litigation and sensitive internal investigation skills, including technical skills such as conducting interviews, email and document review, reviewing and editing legal briefs and attending legal proceedings
Ability to manage outside counsel to drive successful outcomes while controlling costs
Superior analytical, written and verbal communication skills
Ability to grapple successfully with complexity and to translate complex legal issues into practical guidance for business stakeholders and legal colleagues
Ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment and to build collaborative connections and relationships with clients and colleagues across a global organization
Comfort in use of collaboration tools including Teams, Box and legal operations tools including workflow and e-billing/matter management platforms
Why IDEXX?
We’re proud of the work we do, because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people.
So, what does that mean for you? We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement.
Let’s pursue what matters together.
IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.