Description:
Duties & Responsibilities:The Corporate Counsel, Associate will support legal department on a wide variety of legal situations by dealing with complex matters with multiple stakeholders.
- Maintain current knowledge of alterations in legislation and regulatory requirements.
- Draft and review agreements, contracts and other legal documents.
- Engage in cross-functional collaboration and decision-making across all departments, like Human Resources, Operations, Sales, Product, and Finance.
- Comply with internal law department tracking and documentation requirements, as well as all corporate policies.
- Develop hands-on working relationships with business partners at all levels, and across various teams of the company to achieve best synergies.
- Act as primary negotiator to review, draft and negotiate IT consulting, services and subcontracting agreements and advise.
- Act as trusted legal advisor to internal stakeholders with respect to variety of transactions.
- Special projects and other duties, as assigned.
Knowledge Skills Abilities:
- Experience managing a large number and variety of mission-critical projects
- Experience working independently and navigating ambiguous environments
- Ability to work extended hours when necessary
- Strong written and oral communication skills, ability to communicate legal and possible risks clearly and succinctly to senior management and stakeholders.
- Experience working with paralegals, assistants, and business clients cooperatively and efficiently
- Creative problem solver
- Demonstrated ability to handle highly confidential information appropriately
Qualifications:
- 5years applicable experience and demonstrated success/knowledge
- 2-5 years of specialized/industry experience
- Bachelor's degree required