Senior Legal Counsel

Description

This role focuses on providing broad legal support across commercial, compliance, litigation, M&A, integration, and legal operations. The Sr. Legal Counsel will balance business goals with legal risk management while helping build scalable legal processes and internal support programs with a core focus on operations and technology. 

Why Join Us:

• Ground Floor Opportunity: Get in on the action at an early stage of building our legal function and have the autonomy to shape best practices, processes, and policies.
• High Growth Environment: Work alongside teams eager for guidance on legal operations, commercial deals, compliance, corporate governance, M&A, integration, and more.
• Collaboration and Visibility: As a key contributor, you’ll interact directly with stakeholders across the company. Perfect for someone who enjoys building relationships and driving projects forward. With current legal team’s deep experience and a steady pipeline of complex matters, you’ll have ample opportunity to learn new skills and take on fresh responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Commercial Contracting and Deals: Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, ensuring business objectives and legal protections align.
• Compliance: Help to oversee compliance programs and implement training for internal teams to uphold regulatory and legal obligations.
• Litigation Support: Collaborate with external counsel on active litigation, guide internal litigation support, and develop strategies for risk mitigation.
• M&A and Integration: Play a pivotal role in due diligence, transaction documentation, and post-merger integration activities.
• Legal Operations: Develop and manage workflows to streamline our legal processes, from matter management, contract lifecycle management, to budgeting and vendor relations.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

• J.D. from an accredited law school and membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience at a public company legal department or equivalent in-house experience preferred.

Skills and Attributes:

• The ability to recognize true risk and navigate your business partners to practical solutions.
• The ability to close deals quickly, efficiently, and in a way that promotes the legal team as a strategic asset to the company. 
• Proven ability to see projects through from concept to completion. Proactive self-starters will thrive here.
• Strong interpersonal skills, capable of building trust and consensus across different teams.
• Detail oriented yet flexible enough to adapt in a fast paced, evolving environment.
• Demonstrated experience in commercial contracting, corporate governance, and compliance.
• Confident communication style. Clear, concise, and comfortable delivering messages to senior leadership.
• Creativity in problem-solving. We want someone who can bring fresh ideas to the table.

Disclaimer

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, or skills required. Forgent Power reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this job description as needed.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Forgent Power is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.

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