Senior Legal Counsel

Acts as primary legal support to regional and country management, business units and functions for sales and marketing, distribution, supply chain, and operations. Provides legal subject matter expertise for commercial, antitrust, employment, real estate, pensions, company secretarial, post-acquisition merger and acquisition (M&A), litigation, and local regulatory compliance matters. Provides first-line support for all US extra-territorial regulatory compliance. Participates in senior regional and country management teams. Provides institutional knowledge, support, and fiduciary oversight in relation to corporate and local governance standards, policies, process, and reporting requirements. Manages local external legal counsel and associated budgets.
Responsibilities:
Manages the development of legal strategies for local or regional senior management, including leading high value/risk commercial transactions and program review, drafting, and negotiation.
Develops and recommends innovative process improvements to effectively address business needs of an aligned country or region.
Identifies and resolves highly complex local/regional legal, regulatory, and business issues.
Manages legal responsibilities for multiple client organizations with divergent priorities and needs.
Leads complex, multidimensional projects or transactions.
May act as sole country counsel; serves as the primary legal contact for local or regional management and coordinates activity with corporate, regional, and other country resources.
Acts as a master of the local/regional environment by advising on complex laws and regulations and their implications for the local/regional operations/businesses.

Education and Experience Required:
Advanced university degree in law (e.g. JD or LLB).
Meets local legal license requirements.
Typically 10+ years commercial legal experience at a law firm or in-house.
Significant experience managing multiple, complex, strategic, specialty law projects, issues, and transactions.

Knowledge and Skills:
Mastery of legal and relevant business knowledge in multiple practices areas in a country/region.
Broad and deep knowledge of local/regional laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Developed awareness of how to operate successfully in multiple international legal environments.
Mastery in negotiating or advising senior representatives of external and internal organizations on complex and high value/risk matters.
Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
English language skills to business standard required."