Closing Date: 10th February, 2025
Description:
Your Role:An Outsourcing and Offshoring Consulting Company seeks a VP-Corporate Legal to lead our legal function and provide support on a wide range of corporate matters including client contract management and negotiation, banking and leasing contract negotiations, corporate compliance with banking regulations and privacy-related laws applicable to our business, managing and overseeing international legal resources, and providing guidance as needed on employment-related matters. The position reports to the CFO but interacts with our entire executive team as needed.
Job Description:
- Legal advice: Advising on a variety of legal matters, such as employment law, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory compliance
- Contract management: Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts
- Legal research: Conducting in-depth legal research for various corporate matters
- Legal compliance: Overseeing and advising on applicable regulatory compliance
- Legal documentation: Reviewing and curating legal documentation to protect the company's interests
- Legal guidance: Serve as trusted advisor for internal business clients across a range of cross-functional teams. Advise on a broad range of strategic legal and business matters, providing business-practical solutions
- Drive departmental initiatives, including the development or redesign of legal support processes and templates to increase efficiencies and better align to the needs of the business
- Advise on corporate governance matters, and board and corporate secretary responsibilities
- Draft resolutions, consents, governing documents, certificates, and minutes
- Draft and maintain governance-related policies and procedures
- Maintain corporate calendar and oversee preparation of board and committee materials
Skills and Qualifications:
- Juris Doctorate (JD) from ABA accredited university, membership in good standing of State Bar
- 8+ years legal experience with an emphasis in corporate law
- Experience in contract negotiation and administration
- Experience with employment law
- Exceptional organization and prioritization skills to effectively manage timelines and multiple projects
- Strong transactional skills with attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to exercise sound judgment, commercially focused legal advice and appropriately consider risks to the Company
- Ability to be highly collaborative and adaptive in a fast-paced, team-based, matrix environment
- Fluency in Spanish a plus
