Senior Counsel - Anti-trust & Competition
Our client, a 7x Forbes award-winning Fortune 500 Technology Manufacturer & Distributor is looking to bring on a Senior Counsel to their legal team based out of the northern Chicago suburbs. This individual will provide strategic guidance and commercial support to senior management & executives of the company. You will also lead complex, high-dollar value business deals with distributors and their 10,000+ channel partners.
Job Title: Senior Counsel I
Location: Northern Chicago Suburbs (Buffalo Grove/Lincolnshire, 3 days in, 2 remote)
Compensation: 180k - 220k, with bonus, benefits, and short & long term incentives.
Structure:
- Reports directly into the VP, General Counsel EMEA & NA
- Has one direct report, and oversees/supervises jr attorneys & legal support team.
Job description:
- Master knowledge of the overall business, with an intimate understanding of the region or business unit, and becomes embedded with key business team as a trusted partner
- Serves as primary legal representative for the region or business unit, offering proactive solutions and risk mitigation strategies
- Acts as senior subject matter expert on all country-specific legal requirements and provides legal counsel on a wide array of areas, including Commercial strategy, anti-trust & competition, data privacy, and corporate governance
- Bring creativitive and strategic ideas to C-suite executives to continue to grow the company
- Keeps abreast of legislative changes with a focus on antitrust/competition law, and proactively drives understanding across legal teams
- Ensures proper due diligence and compliance with corporate policies and applicable laws
- Drafts contracts of varying complexity, including contracts for which there are no existing templates and that require significant creativity
- Promotes common tools, processes, practices and is a strong participant in departmental IT projects.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience, including in-house or prominent law firm experience. Preferably within the distribution, logistics, supply chain, technology, or manufacturing industries
- J.D. from accredited law school
- Up to 10% travel
Preferred Skills:
- Confident experience with channel programs and related contract templates
- Excellent negotiating skills and experience drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements (including distribution, marketing and collaboration agreements, SaaS Services Agreements, software licensing, and professional services agreements)
- Able to work collaboratively within and across departments including escalations to senior leadership
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail; very strong communication skills (oral and written) and strong interpersonal skills; familiarity with local laws and managing issues across countries;; coordinating with outside counsel on complex matters
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