Description:
About the role:Position Summary:
The position of Corporate Counsel is to provide legal review, advice, and support on a broad range of legal matters including commercial contracting (upstream and downstream), interactions with state and federal authorities, and advice on any legal question that may arise in the operation of an established sizeable enterprise in a B2B environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work closely with all business functions under the supervision and guidance of General Counsel NA. Actively assist company in achieving business objectives.
- Demonstrate strategic value and competence in applying legal skills to daily corporate, business, compliance and other matters.
- Position will develop into significant responsibility for a diverse range of commercial, legal, and compliance matters, including high profile, complex matters.
About You:
Required Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor (JD) from a high ranking law school.
- 5 - 7 years of experience, ideally with both law firm and in-house counsel background in a large global organization, working on a great variety of commercial contracts (upstream and downstream) and other commercial matters with a solid foundation of legal theories and concepts, as well as applying such concepts in commercial transactional / contracting matters.
- Excellent drafting skills and dedication to client and customer service as well as a high degree of professional ethics and integrity are required.
- Admission and membership in good standing to the bar of at least one state and maintenance of New Jersey in-house counsel license (if required).
- Excellent judgment and ability to operate in a fast-paced, small and very collegial legal department on a broad range of commercial and legal matters including negotiating a myriad of contractual arrangements with customers and vendors, and guiding the business in its day-to-day operation.
- Ability to flexibly handle multiple matters at once and to manage projects and contract negotiations competently and independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to provide solution-oriented, practical guidance in working with business management. Establish close partnerships with business leaders and their teams that result in counsel being sought.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate clearly with colleagues, outside counsel, business partners, and other stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical skills and people skills are essential.
- A collegial and service-oriented (can do) pro-active attitude toward providing fast and accurate advice to internal and external stakeholders is essential as is a drive to learn and improve.
- Experience managing outside counsel on litigation matters is a plus.
- Exposure to M&A and strategic investment deals is desired.
- Experience with managing high risk and high exposure litigation is an advantage.
- Must have the ability to work in a hybrid format spending 3-4 days / week working out of Symrise's Saddle Brook, New Jersey, office.
