Commercial Counsel

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

Responsibilities:

• Provides hands-on legal counsel and support on a broad range of commercial matters for the Energy business unit in America including sales, purchase, operations-related, licensing and service agreements.
• Structure, review and negotiate complex agreements including agreements with EPC companies in our growing renewables business segment.
• Business Counseling: Develop a strong relationship with internal clients and drive a culture of proactive legal support; provide proactive, solution-oriented advice to business stakeholders.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with applicable laws and policies through comprehensive compliance counseling and training. Support the development and implementation of appropriate compliance controls.
• Risk Management: Identify and help to mitigate legal risks affecting the business.
• Product Liability, Warranty Issues/Claims/General Commercial Litigation: Provide legal advice on potential product issues or quality claims, as well as on other typical types of commercial litigation, and, as necessary, interface with outside counsel on the litigation of such matters. Supervise outside counsel as necessary.
• Dispute Resolution: Gather and review facts and information; provide a preliminary opinion on exposure and risk assessment with recommendations for resolution.
• Collaboration across the Law Department: Collaborating on suitable projects or matters with members of other commercial and functional support teams of the our client Law Department across segments and regions.
• Due Diligence: Identify legal issues for acquisitions.
• General Advice: Provide general legal and practical proactive advice to the business, while being open minded and flexible.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify continuous improvement opportunities related to the contract review process and the legal support provided to the Energy business unit, including identifying, developing and implementing best practices.

Requirements:

• Must be a degreed and licensed attorney eligible to practice in at least one jurisdiction within the United States of America.
• 10+ years’ experience, including 7+ years general commercial legal experience in a major law firm and/or multinational corporation that support manufacturing.
• Experience in the energy / power sector, preferred.
• Fluency in English required; bilingual fluency in English / Spanish, preferred.
• A pro-active and energetic approach that ensures that the corporation’s business and legal risks are being anticipated and responded to effectively.
• Ability to manage multiple requirements and remain composed under pressure.
• Experience in managing projects and cross-functional teams in these efforts.
• Ability to travel. Travel is estimated at about 10-25% and can include international travel.