Description:
Your Impact:An American Retail Company's Legal Department serves as an innovative, proactive and strategic business partner focused on accelerating profitable growth while protecting the An American Retail Company's brand. The Corporate Counsel provides proactive legal consultation and advice on day-to-day matters and key functional priorities of An American Retail Companye's Pro and Services Organization. This role should have deep understanding of legal support for a sales organization and able to support the business in at least the areas of contracts, regulatory, construction law, licensing, and government contracts. The Corporate Counsel handles matters independently and proactively consults with leadership on complex work.
What you will do:
- Serves as the trusted advisor and key point of contact for Director level stakeholders on key functional initiatives and may engage with VPs on more complex issues.
- Applies legal and business knowledge to identify legal risks by assessing internal and external trends, including the regulatory environment, and develops mitigation strategies and provides solutions-based advice on key functional priorities of their business client.
- Handles matters independently and proactively consults with leadership on complex work.
- Delivers practical solutions to clients using their knowledge of business and legal experience to drive business results.
- Collaborates and provides input on complex projects impacting the business' functional strategic priorities.
- Prepares and delivers trainings and memorandums to present to business partners on routine and complex legal matters.
- Drafts and executes legal documents and gathers relevant case related information using multiple sources and methods.
- Monitors developments, including proposed legislation and court decisions, related to company activities to evaluate their impact upon operations.
- Serves as a mentor to lower-level attorneys and staff. May manage 1-2 support staff.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree
- Juris Doctorate Degree from an ABA accredited school
- 5-10 years practicing law in a law firm or in-house legal department
- Ability to influence by translating legal risk to operational risk and providing practical solutions.
- Effective, concise communicator
- Demonstrated legal writing skills
