Our client a leading global specialty chemicals company has exclusively retained Solutus Legal Search to assist its executives in hiring an attorney to serve as Senior Legal Counsel. The Senior Counselwill manage sophisticated legal matters while interacting with senior business leadership around the company including the General Counsel and members of the C-Suite. This rolewill report to the Vice President HSE Policy and Deputy General role is based in the Companys U.S. headquarters just outside of Philadelphia with 5x a week in office required.
The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience with a variety of corporate and commercial agreements and transactions. This is an excellent opportunity for a talented attorney who is results oriented intellectually curious and enjoys being a member of a collaborative and top-notch legal team.
Responsibilities
- Serve as legal advisor to Procurement on a wide variety of agreements including SaaS and other technology agreements energy contracts logistics and transportation agreements and other supply-chain-related agreements.
- Advising the companys Integrated Supply Chain stakeholders including Procurement Operations Real Estate and/or Human Resources on a variety of legal matters including legal risk management contract structure dispute avoidance and litigation support including coordination with outside counsel and internal stakeholders.
- Conduct and support internal compliance investigations and advise on remedial actions.
- Supporting international matters from time to time.
- Acting with a high level of independence while safeguarding the Companys strategic objectives from a legal perspective.
Education & Experience
- Strong academic credentials including a J.D. from a well-respected U.S. law school with license to practice in at least one state.
- 5 years relevant working experience with strong training at atop-rated national or international law firm. Prior in-house experience strongly preferred.
- Broad exposure to multiple types of legal matters and areas of experience.
- Extensive experience in drafting reviewing and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements and other legal documents (including sales and purchase contracts and distribution agreements).
- Experience in supporting M&A transactions including due diligence reviews and integration planning/implementation is a plus.
- Solid dispute resolution experience and solid command of antitrust principles is a plus.
- Experience in environmental health and safety legal matters is a plus.
This is an excellent opportunity to work at a growing and successful international company with a fast-paced business-focused and dynamic culture. Compensation is competitive and includes a target bonus and benefits.
Solutus Legal has been retained as the exclusive representative for this desirable search. Resumes submitted directly to our client will be forwarded to Solutus for review and evaluation.
Ref. #953-SLS
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Our client a leading global specialty chemicals company has exclusively retained Solutus Legal Search to assist its executives in hiring an attorney to serve as Senior Legal Counsel. The Senior Counselwill manage sophisticated legal matters while interacting with senior business leadership around th...
Our client a leading global specialty chemicals company has exclusively retained Solutus Legal Search to assist its executives in hiring an attorney to serve as Senior Legal Counsel. The Senior Counselwill manage sophisticated legal matters while interacting with senior business leadership around the company including the General Counsel and members of the C-Suite. This rolewill report to the Vice President HSE Policy and Deputy General role is based in the Companys U.S. headquarters just outside of Philadelphia with 5x a week in office required.
The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience with a variety of corporate and commercial agreements and transactions. This is an excellent opportunity for a talented attorney who is results oriented intellectually curious and enjoys being a member of a collaborative and top-notch legal team.
Responsibilities
- Serve as legal advisor to Procurement on a wide variety of agreements including SaaS and other technology agreements energy contracts logistics and transportation agreements and other supply-chain-related agreements.
- Advising the companys Integrated Supply Chain stakeholders including Procurement Operations Real Estate and/or Human Resources on a variety of legal matters including legal risk management contract structure dispute avoidance and litigation support including coordination with outside counsel and internal stakeholders.
- Conduct and support internal compliance investigations and advise on remedial actions.
- Supporting international matters from time to time.
- Acting with a high level of independence while safeguarding the Companys strategic objectives from a legal perspective.
Education & Experience
- Strong academic credentials including a J.D. from a well-respected U.S. law school with license to practice in at least one state.
- 5 years relevant working experience with strong training at atop-rated national or international law firm. Prior in-house experience strongly preferred.
- Broad exposure to multiple types of legal matters and areas of experience.
- Extensive experience in drafting reviewing and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements and other legal documents (including sales and purchase contracts and distribution agreements).
- Experience in supporting M&A transactions including due diligence reviews and integration planning/implementation is a plus.
- Solid dispute resolution experience and solid command of antitrust principles is a plus.
- Experience in environmental health and safety legal matters is a plus.
This is an excellent opportunity to work at a growing and successful international company with a fast-paced business-focused and dynamic culture. Compensation is competitive and includes a target bonus and benefits.
Solutus Legal has been retained as the exclusive representative for this desirable search. Resumes submitted directly to our client will be forwarded to Solutus for review and evaluation.
Ref. #953-SLS
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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