Description:

Role:
Under limited direction, provides legal support for a broad range of corporate and transactional matters.

Essential Responsibilities:
  • Reviews and negotiates customer-facing service agreements with jurisdictions and other commercial agreements specific to the resource recovery industry.
  • Represents the company in contract negotiations with governmental and industry counterparties.
  • Advises internal clients on matters of statutory and contract interpretation, including compliance with industry-specific California regulations.
  • Reviews and advises on requests for proposals issued by governmental entities and the company's responses thereto.
  • Advises and assists internal clients in pre-litigation dispute resolution and advocacy with governmental partners.
  • Manages outside counsel.
  • Travel on a limited basis when needed.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
  • 5 years' experience at an AmLaw 200 firm as a corporate/business lawyer.
  • 5 years' experience as in-house transactional attorney at a reputable company.
  • Experience in contracting with governmental entities a plus.
  • Experience in resource recovery or related industry a plus.
  • Strong financial and business acumen.
  • High level of professionalism and commitment to ethical behavior.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with a variety of internal clients.
  • Able to effectively prioritize and execute multiple projects with aggressive timing constraints.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent math skills, able to understand and document complex rate formulas.
  • Proficiency with Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, Zoom, Adobe.
  • Juris doctor from US News top 50 law school preferred.
  • Member in good standing of the State Bar of California.
  • Valid current driver's license.

Recology Offers
  • An ecologically innovative company that finds and mentors people committed to protecting the environment and sustaining our communities.
  • The largest employee-owned resource recovery company in the industry with terrific benefits to help you prosper.
  • A creative and caring culture that values community, diversity, altruism, accountability, collaboration, and learning by doing.
  • An inspired company mission driven to use and return resources to their best and highest use through the practice of the 4R's: Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, and Recologize.
  • Distinct professional challenges to connect with, care for, and grow community that sees a world without waste.