Senior Corporate Counsel

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Senior Corporate Counsel
The candidate will report to the General Counsel and will partner with and provide strategic advice on complex legal and business matters. The Senior Corporate Counsel will be an in-house generalist with outstanding business development, risk management, outside counsel management, contract negotiation and problem-solving skills, excellent business acumen, a track record of success, and outstanding interpersonal skills. Provide strategic legal advice and counsel to the business and functional teams. Partner with the business team on strategic and tactical priorities of our businesses, balancing the need for practical legal/business solutions. Clearly and succinctly articulate and provide legal advice on complex legal and business matters to both executive and working level colleagues. Proactively identify and solve complex problems thinking beyond existing solutions and frameworks. Develop and maintain a strong knowledge of the products and business priorities. Advise on regulatory issues with a focus on monitoring and improving controls, processes and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Identify proactive solutions that will mitigate, manage or eliminate Donaldson’s global legal risks. Conduct corporate training on various legal topics. Keep updated on, monitor, review and resolve day-to-day legal, regulatory and compliance issues as they arise. Determine need for, select, manage and evaluate outside counsel. Juris Doctor (J.D.) required. Licensed attorney in the state of Minnesota. 7+ years of legal experience (combination of in-house and outside counsel experience preferred). Ability to quickly understand business objectives, identify related issues, and facilitate a risk/benefit analysis. Demonstrated experience thinking strategically to solve legal challenges. Proven negotiation experience as well as verbal and written communication skills. General corporate experience required and financing, corporate and commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and distribution experience preferred. Experience with selecting, managing and evaluating, and retaining outside counsel. Global organization experience preferred. Spanish language skills are a plus.

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