Senior Counsel- Environmental

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Primary Purpose:

Advises and leads associates on complex legal issues. Develops practical solutions that balance risk management with strategic business priorities.

Duties and Responsibilities

- Reviews and negotiates vendor, supplier, and customer agreements, ensuring alignment with company policies and risk tolerance.

- Leads the legal support for the procurement, negotiation, and management of a wide range of contracts.

- Supports litigation efforts by gathering evidence, drafting legal arguments, and liaising with external counsel.

- Leads investigations into regulatory violations, ethical concerns, and compliance breaches.

- Monitors legal developments and provides review and strategic advice to attorneys to position the company for potential appeals involving such developments.

- Supports corporate governance initiatives, including compliance with fiduciary obligations.

- Identifies potential legal risks and works with leadership to take cost-effective measures to mitigate or resolve these risks.

- Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

- Requires a Juris Doctor (J.D.) or Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree and active membership in the California Bar or another U.S. state Bar.

Experience

- Typically requires 5 years of related experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

- Legal Drafting - Prepares written legal documents, including a motion, a letter, a brief, a memo, or a contract.

- Contract Management - Streamlining the creation, execution, storage or renewal of contracts, with a focus on compliance, often via software or other automated means.

- Legal Research - The process of identifying and retrieving information necessary to support legal decision-making.

- Legal Advisory - Providing an opinion regarding the substance or procedure of the law in relation to a particular factual situation.

- Regulatory Compliance - Ensuring an organization's adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines and specifications relevant to its business processes.

- Litigation Management - The act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law.

- Corporate Governance - Corporate governance is the collection of mechanisms, processes and relations used by various parties to control and to operate a corporation.

- Legal Due Diligence - Conducting an assessment of legal risks associated with a business transaction, such as a merger or acquisition. It involves reviewing relevant documents, contracts, and agreements to identify any potential liabilities, obligations, or issues that could impact the outcome of the transaction.

- Documentation & Records Management - Creating, distributing, using, maintaining and disposition of recorded information maintained as evidence of business activities and transactions.

Commercial Negotiation - The planning, reviewing, analysis and other activities that a buyer and seller conduct to reach an agreement.

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