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Senior Counsel (Hybrid) | Powerflex*
A Clean Technology Solutions Company, a subsidiary of EDF Renewables, is seeking a Senior Counsel to support our fast growth in the on-site renewable energy business – focused on distributed generation Solar PV Energy, Battery Storage, Electric Vehicle Charging and related hardware and software technologies. In this position, you will work in close partnership with leadership stakeholders and internal business teams, to review and draft contracts, lead contract negotiations, and manage the full cycle of the business's internal legal needs.
Responsibilities:
- Review and draft various contracts related to PowerFlex's business throughout the United States. Key contracts for the business include turnkey installation agreements for solar, storage, or EV chargers, power purchase or energy services agreements, and operation services agreements.
- Lead negotiations with counterparties and manage work streams for inter-company coordination.
- Provide legal support and serve as the main point of contact for internal business and management teams for a variety of communications around contracting and legal matters; interpret and apply legal requirements to the business – in particular, laws and regulations relating to PowerFlex's activities; advise on contract strategies and provide risk and business arguments for specific deals and commercial issues.
Privacy & Commercial Counsel | Mitek Systems Inc.*
A Machinery Industry Company is seeking an experienced full-time, in-house, privacy and transactional counsel to join its legal team. This person will act as a trusted advisor to our business on privacy, regulatory, and data security matters. As our Privacy Counsel, you will report to the General Counsel and will play a key role in supporting A Machinery Industry Company's global operations, advising the product, sales, and compliance teams with regard to privacy laws and regulations, and A Machinery Industry Company's compliance with the same. This role is primarily a privacy-focused role and will be our in-house expert on all privacy-related matters, but will also be called upon to support the business via negotiation of certain commercial contracts. You will also play a key role in developing, managing and continuing to improve the Company's existing privacy and compliance operations and supporting various customer and vendor transactions in North America and Europe.
Associate Counsel - Student Loan Compliance | Maximus*
The Associate Counsel- Student Loan Compliance will oversee the Compliance Management System, ensuring regulatory compliance and effective operation. In addition, this person will manage the maintenance of risk assessments for Department of Education programs, review and revise compliance standard operating procedures, and provide legal support for compliance issues. This position will report to the Assistant General Counsel- Student Loans.
Responsibilities:
- Assess, update, and assist with the operation of the company's Compliance Management System, including regulatory change management, consumer complaint response, the updating of systemic and manual controls, and audit remediation.
- Manage the maintenance of the Company's risk assessment for the Department of Education programs.
- Review, update, and revise compliance standard operating procedures.
- Provide legal support for the tracking, response, and management of identified compliance issues.
- Review training materials; policies and procedures; regulatory compliant responses; and borrower correspondence to ensure these materials align with contractual requirements, federal law, and state law.
Corporate Counsel | TrellisWare Technologies, Inc.*
You would be responsible for focusing primarily on government contracts and commercial transactions in a technology-based business. You'll assist senior attorneys on analyzing the various legal risks, business strategies, and other issues related to the Company's fast-growing business. You must be diligent and proactive, show excellent business judgment and strategic thinking, along with the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a collegial, fast-paced team environment. Enhancing cohesiveness and maintaining team morale is a responsibility of all our team members, as is the ambition for self-improvement and talent development.
Responsibilities:
- Draft and negotiate a wide variety of contracts, including complex sales and services agreements, technology agreements, distribution and dealer agreements that comply with Company policies and risk tolerance.
- Provide advice to all levels of the Company in all areas, including Operations, Business Development, Finance and Engineering, advising on the legal issues and risks, deal structures, negotiation strategy, and company policies and procedures, and using legal concepts that business-minded people can understand.
- Assist in other transactions and matters including employment issues and export compliance.
Corporate Counsel, Litigation & Legal Affairs | Midland Credit Management*
The Corporate Counsel in the Litigation Department leverages knowledge of a legal specialty or area of law to provide advice and recommendations to department leaders on matters within the litigation practice area. The role applies appropriate legal judgment and sound business logic to all caseloads / files and issues. This position provides advice and recommendations for action to more senior attorneys and management regarding matters of intermediate complexity which have or may have a sizable dollar impact on business activities and operations.
Responsibilities:
- Managing active caseload of files or issues within scope of responsibility. As part of this, perform extensive research of legal principles and precedents, plus consult with outside counsel on legal strategies on particular issues; balancing the allocation of internal and external resources taking into account such factors as, workload, skill base, project schedules, and cost of resources.
- Advising members of legal or organizational management. May assist more senior members of the department on more complex matters, applying appropriate legal judgment and sound business logic.
Head of M&A | Splash*
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head of M&A to lead our mergers and acquisitions efforts and support operational improvements within our portfolio companies. This role requires a unique blend of strategic thinking, financial acumen, and operational expertise. You would be responsible for identifying acquisition targets, executing deals, and working closely with the leadership of portfolio companies to drive operational efficiencies and growth.
Responsibilities:
- Build the M&A machine: Develop and execute a comprehensive M&A strategy that aligns with the firm's growth objectives. Identify and evaluate potential acquisition targets, conduct due diligence, and lead negotiations to acquire companies.
- Deal execution: Oversee the entire acquisition process, including financial modeling, deal structuring, negotiation, and closure. Work closely with legal, financial, and due diligence teams to ensure seamless execution.
- Portfolio company integration: Take the lead in post-acquisition integration efforts to ensure seamless transitions. We need you to establish integration plans, timelines, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to track and measure success.
VP, Assistant General Counsel | LPL Financial
The Vice President, Assistant General Counsel in the firm's Early Dispute Resolution (EDR) group is responsible for a broad range of in-house legal services, with primary focus on responding to investor complaints, including both sales practice and operational complaints, collaborating on regulatory inquiries and resolving customer complaints before they escalate, and defending the firm and its advisors prior to litigation. Responsibilities also include rendering legal advice and counsel to the company and business units while working to achieve equitable resolution of claims.
This role will report to a Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel within the Advice, Litigation and Regulatory group of the firm's Compliance, Legal and Risk Department. The role will require frequent interaction with the firm's compliance, operations, supervision teams as well as additional business units. The successful candidate will have a business-oriented approach and mindset in developing and delivering legal solutions.
General Counsel | Canonical
We are hiring a Global General Counsel to lead our in house legal, ESG, regulatory compliance and reporting team. We focus on customer, partner, supplier, contractor and employee contracts, predominantly under US and English law. We are growing our compliance and ESG reporting capacity as part of our program to list the business on a US or UK exchange. The successful candidate will lead work across a very wide variety of commercial contracts, counterparts and jurisdictions. The candidate must demonstrate excellent commercial and legal judgment, leadership, and teamwork at a global executive level. The sector is competitive and demanding, our GC will lead by example on work ethic, attention to detail, innovative use of technology and problem solving.
Responsibilities:
- Establish policy and default positions on commercial, regulatory and strategic matters
- Represent Canonical on complex regulatory matters including privacy, security, technology policy and employment in multiple jurisdictions
- Draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts, including complex agreements with large global customers
- Accountability for software licensing, technology service agreements, commercial contracts, real estate agreements, IP, tax and employment matters
- Coordination and communication with legal counsel, executives, managers, specialists and the open source or Ubuntu Community
- Legal research and independent work to produce industry- or jurisdiction-specific analysis or position statements
Senior Export Control Counsel | GKN Aerospace
As a member of the Corporate Export Control Team the role will report to the Head of Export Control Compliance (HECC) and working closely with the Export Control function, drive the continued development of the GKN Aerospace Export Control program in the US along with providing strong governance and assurance.
Job Responsibilities:
- Providing specialist legal support and advice on US export control and sanctions matters to senior GKN Aerospace stakeholders, in particular the HECC, Business Line export control leads and senior business stakeholders.
- Ensuring GKN Aerospace has effective policy, procedures, guidance and training, tools and systems to enhance compliance with particular focus on US regional requirements.
- Identifying gaps and shortcomings in procedures and knowledge, and take ownership of resolving them – e.g. by Leading the development, implementation and oversight of any required procedures, guidance, training and communication.
Transactional Attorney (hybrid) | Avidity Biosciences
We are looking for a seasoned biopharmaceutical attorney, reporting to the General Counsel, to join and collaborate with all functional areas of Avidity in La Jolla, California. The successful candidate will be able to work at all levels of the Company and should have a strong background in biotechnology/pharmaceuticals. This position requires an attorney with strong in-house counsel experience, negotiating high-value agreements for a growing legal department in the pharmaceutical research, development, and commercialization fields. This attorney will have a focus on business-minded advice regarding company legal matters and counsel for senior business leadership on transactional matters, complex legal issues, vendor contracts, providing subject matter expertise on issues arising research and clinical studies, coordinate responses to disputes, participate in due diligence for licensing, financing, and acquisitions, coordinate legal support across all internal functional areas, and develop and implement process improvements for efficient delivery of legal services. The ability to calmly handle and prioritize competing, high-pressure demands is required.
Assistant General Counsel Consumer Insurance | Customized Services Administrators, Inc.
Assistant General Counsel – Consumer Affairs is responsible for carrying out a wide range of legal work for the organization. This position will manage an independent workload and will also work with the General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel to provide legal services in support of the travel businesses. Will work closely with internal marketing and copywriting teams to achieve desired business outcomes including, but not limited to, ensuring all company and partner-related marketing materials are legally compliant with applicable laws, regulations, and marketing principles. Representative matters include: managing the legal reviews for all advertising/marketing content and all public-facing content including websites, social media, customer and employee contests, and press releases; reviewing and drafting marketing and trade show contracts; and generally advising on legal issues relating to the travel insurance and assistance businesses.
Responsibilities:
- Review the organization’s publications, including partner websites, social media content, internal and external contests, press releases, etc. and advise the Commercial and Marketing Departments on potential legal issues relating to such publications.
- Conduct legal research and analysis of routine legal matters, including issues specific to marketing/advertising as it applies to the travel insurance and assistance services businesses.
Corporate Counsel | Netradyne
The Corporate Counsel will help the VP, Legal manage all company contract-related matters including quote/proposal preparation, contract administration, and related compliance matters for our fast-growing company. The role requires a strong business acumen to ensure company contracts are aligned with overarching business goals and objectives. The ideal candidate will have a proactive, problem-solving approach and the ability to effectively collaborate across company functions at various levels.
Responsibilities:
- Manage proposal preparation, contract negotiation, and contract administration, serving as the main customer point of contact on all company contract-related matters.
- Work closely with company counsel by advising contractual rights/obligations (to include intellectual property considerations) and how they align with business objectives.
- Ensures that contract databases are updated and maintained in an accurate and timely manner, including the maintenance and retention of documentation covering the complete contractual record and evidence or review and approvals obtained in accordance with the Company's prescribed approval matrix.
Deputy General Counsel (hybrid) | Ascent Funding LLC
The Deputy General Counsel will be a key member of the Legal leadership team, assisting the General Counsel in all aspects of legal affairs. This role involves significant interaction with senior management, providing advice on a variety of legal issues, managing outside counsel, and leading internal teams.
Responsibilities:
- Review and advise on a range of agreements, including corporate, employment, and commercial agreements.
- Provide counsel and advice to cross-functional stakeholders and senior leaders to set the company's legal strategy on a broad range of matters related to new initiatives and products and other corporate, transactional, and regulatory matters.
- Oversee compliance with applicable laws and regulations and conduct legal research and analysis to stay current on changes that may impact the company and its subsidiaries.
Senior Patent Counsel | Neurocrine Biosciences
Take a leadership role in developing global strategies and managing day to day intellectual property efforts to support multiple biologic/gene therapy or small molecule discovery, clinical development and commercial phase Company programs.
Responsibilities:
- Identification of inventions, patent drafting, and prosecution relating to biologics/gene therapy or small molecule drugs
- Conducting strategic IP due diligence, including analyzing the patent portfolios of the Company’s competitors and potential collaborators
- Identifying opportunities for expanding the Company’s IP position and collaborating with members of various discovery, development and business groups within the Company
- Working and communicating with collaborators and other external strategic partners in connection with developing a global IP strategy
Legal Counsel - Leasing and Property Management
Realty Income is looking to hire a Legal/Senior Legal Counsel to provide professional leasing and property management legal services for the Company’s national portfolio of properties and to counsel and support the Company’s business teams on a broad range of legal matters.
Responsibilities:
- Negotiating and drafting leasing related documents (e.g., amendments, consents to assignments and subleases, guaranties) to maintain occupancy in the Company’s existing portfolio.
- Providing legal support to the Company’s property management business team through creative problem solving.
- Counseling internal clients regarding myriad legal issues including, lease interpretation, risk mitigation strategies, and title matters.
- Supervising paralegals in performing various aspects of asset management and property management legal matters.
In-House Counsel | General Atomics
We have an exciting opportunity for an attorney to join our fast paced, dynamic Law Department in our La Jolla/Torrey Pines facility. This position will function in a generalist capacity supporting the General Counsel on corporate, dispute and compliance matters.
Under general direction, this position:
- Provides legal advice and service concerning rights, obligations, and privileges of the corporation including patent and other intellectual property matters;
- Negotiates and prepares a variety of contractual documents including leases, licenses, purchases, sales, real estate, employment, insurance, mergers, acquisitions and related matters and remains current on legislative issues, statutes, decisions, laws, regulations and ordinances;
- Examines various documents and data and provides counsel to all levels of management on best courses of action;
- Represents the corporation with outside parties and acts as an agent for the corporation in various transactions. Manages outside counsel in both litigation and transactional matters.
Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel | Stepstone Group
The Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel, Venture Capital & Growth Equity of A Global Private Markets Investment Firm will support A Global Private Markets Investment Firm's Venture Capital and Growth Equity sector team within the Private Equity business, and report into the Associate General Counsel for that sector team. As an integral member of the Legal team, the person filling this role will be primarily responsible for drafting and negotiating legal documentation with respect to the firm's Venture Capital and Growth Equity clients and investment products, including commingled funds, funds-of-one, and investment advisory relationships. The person filling this role will also support Venture Capital and Growth Equity fund and direct investments, both primary and secondary.
Global OGC Data Attorney | Price Waterhouse Coopers
career in Office of General Counsel, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to be a part of the Firm's legal department by providing dedicated legal support in the areas of litigation, counselling, and corporate, commercial, and employment law. You'll play an important part in all aspects of regulatory proceedings involving the Firm and its personnel by supporting on regulatory issues, advising the Firm on matters relating to its operations, supporting the Firm's client contracting function, and advising on matters related to employees. As part of our team, you'll help with researching background information related to legal issues and prepare legal documents. You'll focus on drafting contracts or legal agreements, retaining files of prepared legal documents, and coordinating requests between internal and external counsel.
Open Source Legal Counsel, Senior | Qualcomm
This position will be primarily focused on conducting internal Open Source software reviews, and finding ways to enable Business Units to effectively utilize open source software while also maintaining license compliance and mitigating intellectual property risks. The successful candidate will work closely with software developers to understand how internally developed software will be integrated with Open Source software. They will analyze Open Source license agreements and investigate risks to A Multinational Semiconductor and Telecommunications Equipment Company's intellectual property rights associated with using Open Source software.
The successful candidate will provide counseling on sophisticated issues regarding Open Source compliance to senior executives, Business Unit engineers and legal staff. Candidates will also have an advocacy role in working with external organizations including open source, standards, policy workshops, and trade associations, to provide input and occasionally lead discussions to explain the intellectual property implications in the policy context as they relate to open source. This role will have significant cross-over with adjacent practices within the group including AI legal matters related to model usage/deployment, training dataset license compliance, and regulatory compliance. Experience and creativity in negotiations, comfort in public speaking and a willingness to engage within the open source community are additional positive considerations.
Associate House Counsel (Workers Compensation) | Berkshire Hathaway
Our Associate House Counsel is responsible for managing a designated caseload of workers compensation cases of moderate complexity and steering to successful resolution. This professional is a strategic partner with our Adjusting staff, researching issues in dispute and developing/calibrating appropriate legal strategies throughout the progression of the litigation process. Performs file review upon case assignment and provides detailed analysis of legal issues. Conducts appropriate legal research and provides well-reasoned plan of action to address. Prepares pleadings, discovery devices, deposition outlines, petitions, motions, summations, trial/appellate briefs in support of defense strategy. Provides effective and timely communications, information, and legal advice to Adjusting staff on legal and factual issues.
