Director Corporate Legal Counsel

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Director Corporate Legal Counsel
Duties: Promotes the vision, mission and values by effectively communicating and demonstrating them to others. Considers vision, mission and values in developing services, standards and practices. Leads, manages, coaches and reviews the performance of a team of attorneys and other support staff. Ensures execution of team’s objectives in furtherance of legal COE and business goals. Independently manages complex projects and coordinates work with other attorneys to deliver timely results. Develops and implements policies, procedures and standard terms for workflow and work-product of the legal team. Provides legal advice, analysis, and guidance in connection with the company’s operations to ensure the protection of the company’s legal rights, mitigation of risks and continued legal compliance. Anticipates legal risk and provides legal advice to internal clients on best practice negotiation strategies and standard terms for agreements including contract interpretation, dispute resolution and other legal risks, and ensures attorneys under their supervision do the same. Regularly deals with members of senior management and executives on legal matters within area of legal expertise. Provides legal advice to all levels of management to ensure their activities, policies, business practices, and transactions comply with all relevant laws and regulations. Adapts professional staff and other documents to changes in regulations, laws, and client practices. Leads the review and investigation of claims, actions, or lawsuits filed against the company, developing defense strategies, evaluating the strength of the claims, conducting risk analyses, and evaluating resolution opportunities. Builds relationships and partners with internal clients as well as external counsel, as required, on policy, contract and agreement matters. Supervises judiciously engages and/or manages outside counsel as required in a broad range of matters; oversees and supervises litigation to promote efficient and effective dispute resolution of potential and actual disputes. Communicates project and task updates to manager and leadership on a regular basis. Provides training to corporate COEs on legal topics. Develops and leads the implementation of corporate policies, procedures and programs, and standard terms for agreements; provides continuing counsel on legal matters and legal implications. Drafts, negotiates, reviews, finalizes and represents the Company and internal clients’ interests in a broad range of contractual documents, including licensing agreements, nondisclosure agreements, service arrangements, business associate agreements, purchase agreements, vendor contracts, joint venture agreements, marketing agreements, and employment agreements, among others. Reviews documents prepared by outside counsel, junior counsel or paralegals. Coaches colleagues throughout the legal team and organization to resolve legal problems for the Company’s benefit. Supports the management Legal COE budget. Advises on legal and regulatory issues and federal and state laws and regulations. Other duties as assigned and modified at the manager’s discretion.

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