Description:
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.Join Our Dynamic Legal Team at Nestlé!
A Largest Food & Beverage Company, the world's largest food company, is seeking a skilled Associate Counsel to join our Acquisitions, Business Development & Commercial Transactions Team, which provides legal support for general commercial and business development transactions. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a diverse range of commercial contracts, including IT/software agreements, and provide legal support to our U.S. and Canadian operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide expert legal advice on general commercial transactions and procurement-related issues, including transaction structuring, contract interpretation and enforcement, legal and regulatory compliance and corporate policies.
- Review, draft, and negotiate a wide variety of agreements, such as technology services, licensing, employee benefits, marketing, supply, manufacturing, warehouse, engineering, equipment leases, terms and conditions of sale, development, and license agreements.
- Manage and coordinate legal aspects of deals, ensuring proactive collaboration with internal stakeholders.
- Offer ongoing risk assessments and crisis management support.
What We're Looking For:
- JD from an accredited law school and current membership in the Virginia Bar or Ohio Bar.
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience, including significant experience reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and business development transactions.
- Background representing large, complex businesses and working directly with business principals
- Strong commitment to client service and problem-solving.
Preferred Experience:
- 3+ years in a large law firm drafting contracts.
- Experience representing clients in the consumer packaged goods industry.
- Expertise in contract drafting and interpretation, business disputes, and compliance.
Skills:
- Exceptional contract drafting and negotiation skills.
- Ability to build trust and work effectively at all organizational levels.
- Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to work in a collaborative team environment
- Ability to prioritize workload, self-manage projects, handle multiple tasks, and meet business deadlines
- Ability to adapt to evolving business and legal environment
- Excellent communication (both verbal and written) and interpersonal skills
- A proven ability to achieve results
- Detail-oriented with proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
