In-house Counsel, Transactions
Our client, a growing electrical equipment manufacturer is looking to hire a Transactional In-house Counsel to their legal team. This role will initially focus on supporting corporate and commercial transactions, and expand over time into compliance, labor and employment, M&A, privacy, finance, real estate, product, and other legal matters.
Reporting directly to senior leadership, a successful candidate will serve as a key advisor to internal stakeholders, support strategic business growth, and grow internally into an AGC/VP-level individual. In terms of motivators, a successful candidate will enjoy working with and learning from a mid-size legal team and be driven by internal growth and learning new things.
Job Title: In-house Counsel
Location: Long Island (Melville), NY
Starting Salary: $140,000 - $150,000
Flexibility per week: 4 days in-office, 1 day remote
Key Responsibilities
- Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a wide variety of commercial agreements, including customer, supplier, distribution, licensing, real estate, employment, and services contracts.
- Provide in-house support in a variety of practice areas, including corporate governance, compliance program management, real estate transactions, labor and employment counseling, HR, M&A, product liability, and finance.
- Partner with business leaders to identify legal and commercial risks while developing practical, business-oriented solutions.
- Support corporate governance activities, policy development, and internal legal processes.
- Participate in domestic and international M&A transactions, including legal due diligence, transaction document review, deal execution, and post-closing integration matters.
- Advise on regulatory and compliance-related issues affecting the organization.
- Assist with legal risk management strategies and proactively identify areas requiring enhanced controls or process improvements.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with finance, HR, operations, sales, procurement, and executive leadership teams.
- Contribute to the continued development and efficiency of the legal function through process improvements, training, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
Growth:
- A successful candidate will have a path to promotion to a senior level on the legal team, up to the Vice President level.
Qualifications:
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active admission to a U.S. state bar.
- 3-6+ years of legal experience in any transactional field of law.
- Exposure to corporate transactions, commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, and legal due diligence processes.
- Demonstrated ability to balance legal risk with commercial objectives.
- Additional language skills, including Spanish or Mandarin, are a plus.
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