Description:
Printpack, a privately-held packaging manufacturer with revenues in excess of $1 billion, is seeking an Associate General Counsel. This hybrid-work position will be based at our Atlanta corporate headquarters in Vinings and will report directly to the Vice President and General Counsel.This position requires a broad business perspective and the ability to craft business-relevant legal solutions. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to anticipate legal issues, effectively resolve legal matters, and work cross-functionally to achieve business objectives while managing legal risk.
Minimum Qualifications:
- JD from an ABA-accredited law school; admitted to practice in Georgia
- Experience practicing corporate/transactional law, preferably in both firm and in-house settings
Additional Skills
- Excellent academic credentials
- Strong drafting and negotiating skills
- Exceptional interpersonal and communications skills
- Collaborative and team-oriented
- Ability to develop strong relationships with individuals across a diverse company
- Motivated self-starter with the ability to work under pressure and effectively juggle competing priorities
- Solid organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to devise pragmatic, creative solutions for problems, opportunities, and business strategies
- Prior experience providing substantive/technical legal advice and support to the senior management team and business leaders
- Familiarity with the UCC and transactions for the purchase and sale of goods
Responsibilities:
- Provide hands-on counsel to all levels of the organization. Responsible for identifying and analyzing legal issues, drafting commercial documents, presenting clear recommendations, and ensuring legal compliance
- Structuring, negotiating, drafting, and closing a wide variety of complex agreements with customers and vendors alike, including technology contracts, equipment purchases, services agreements, sales agreements, and the like
- Responding promptly to legal requests from client groups and delivering timely, pragmatic, and business-focused legal advice to clients
- Working cross-functionally with sales, finance, engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams to move the business forward
- Establishing trusted advisor relationships with the business
- Proactively searching for ways to improve legal services to improve business
Advantages:
- Spanish language capabilities a plus
- Familiarity with sustainability law and business efforts a plus
- Familiarity with food safety regulations a plus
- Familiarity with contract lifecycle management tools a plus
- Technological competence (e.g., data analytics)
