General Counsel Jobs

Summary:

This is a rare opportunity for a corporate generalist or existing general counsel to build and structure the legal department.

Legal duties will encompass a broad range of practices, including Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), securities, corporate finance, corporate governance, regulatory and litigation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Carry out all responsibilities in an honest, ethical and professional manner.
• Structure and build the legal department. Help identify opportunities to reduce significant legal fees and add value to business.
• M&A: Assist in drafting LOIs, NDAs, term sheets, acquisition and other documents. Assist with due diligences and other phases of deal. Efficiently manage outside counsel.
• Other projects as assigned by CEO.
• Corporate Governance: Draft board resolutions for 180+ subsidiaries as needed. Maintain corporate records and manage state filings.
• Regulatory: Oversee state and federal compliance.
• Anticipate and mitigate potential legal problems involving the company.
• Litigation: Manage broad litigation docket and manage outside counsel on strategy and cost. Analyze trends and risks.
• Securities/Corporate Finance: Assist with periodic filings, earnings releases, and comment letter responses. Serve as internal expert on securities laws. Manage outside counsel on debt/equity offerings and credit facilities.

Scope of Responsibility:

• Handle projects as assigned by CEO
• Supervise paralegals, assistant general counsel and compliance officer.

Skills:

• Ability to exercise high degree of discretion and good judgment.
• Proven problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization and outside counsel.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills and deep experience with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Gmail, Google Chrome essential.Familiarity with Serengeti/Legal Tracker preferred.
• Strong financial and business acumen.

Education and Experience:

• 8+ years of experience at both national law firm and in-house legal department highly preferred.
• Member in good standing of minimum of one State Bar.
• Exposure to broad range of legal practices highly preferred.
• Juris Doctorate from accredited law school
• Experience managing outside counsel highly preferred.

Work Environment:

The work environment is a desk or office in the corporate office.

Qualification Requirements:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily and possess the education, experience and skills described above.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.