Description:
Hybrid Schedule: At Helen of Troy, we embrace a flexible hybrid work model designed to support collaboration and productivity. For roles eligible for hybrid work, our standard schedule includes in-office collaboration from Tuesday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Any updates to this model will be communicated in advance. Please note that hybrid eligibility and schedules may vary based on business needs and manager expectations.What you will be doing:
We are seeking an Assistant General Counsel to join us at Helen of Troy. We are seeking a business-oriented attorney with significant experience drafting, negotiating, interpreting, and managing a broad range of commercial agreements. The attorney must be able to balance legal risk with commercial objectives and provide timely, practical guidance to internal stakeholders.
- Draft, review, edit and negotiate legal documents of all types, including commercial contracts, licensing arrangements, distribution agreements, supply agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and other business contracts and initiatives.
- Demonstrate efficiency and effectiveness in contract review.
- Evaluate various contracts, business arrangements, and initiatives and provide opinions to business units and company leadership to minimize.
- Partner closely with business units and company leadership to evaluate business contracts and initiatives and facilitate business objectives, while appropriately managing legal and enterprise risk.
- Be proactive in identifying and mitigating risks as they arise.
- Assist and provide legal advice to business units and company leadership.
- Interpret and evaluate laws, regulations, court decisions, and other legal authorities, as needed, to provide legal advice.
- Demonstrate efficiency and effectiveness in building relationships with business units and shared services.
- Remain up to date on relevant current and evolving legal trends impacting our business and company.
- Manage outside counsel within budgets.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Juris doctorate from an American Bar Association-accredited law school.
- 3+ years with in-house or law firm experience.
- Active law license in the state of Texas.
- Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Corporate or transactional experience
- Spanish language (read/speak/write)
