Regional Associate General Counsel

We are seeking an Associate General Counsel to join our Legal team in Colombia. This is a unique opportunity for an entrepreneurial highly driven person with a well-rounded skill set and who has the ability to be a broad generalist supporting the operations of our U.S. Legal team as well as our regional offices in Colombia Mexico Spain Chile and globally.   We seek a strong utility player who will take on tasks willingly demonstrate initiative and suggest new approaches and/or process improvements. A significant element of this role will be working on and clearing conflicts of interest across various client assignments and performing contract review and management.  

The ideal person for this role will need to not only have a strong grasp of general legal principles contract terms and management and conflict principals but also be a flexible and a strategic thinker able to take on a variety of legal and compliance tasks.  

The ideal candidate possesses a broad understanding of the legal field (i.e. corporate generalist) and compliance topics. You are a great fit for our team if you are curious proactive and dynamic as you will play a vital role within our legal team. 

You will be working with our U.S. based Legal and Compliance teams regional LatAm Leads and related stakeholders. This role has room for development as we continue to mature expand and improve our in-house legal capabilities to keep pace with our growth.  This individual will work in our Medellin or Bogota Colombia office with a possibility for a hybrid work schedule and location. 

• First line of defense performing and resolving legal and business conflicts within the organization (50% of time). 

• Translate review and administer letters of engagement corporate contracts agreements and related materials. 

• Work with key internal stakeholders to draft translate review administer update and address privacy compliance and ethics matters. 

• File management and document tracking administration. 

• Ensure regional corporate compliance and initiatives keep pace with our growth and developments in the law regulations and corporate policy in LATAM. 

• Collaborate on special projects and respond to ad hoc requests as needed. 

Qualifications :

Please submit your resume in English to be considered for this position. 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelors Degree and 8 years of Legal experience in house or as a corporate generalist at a professional services or legal firm.  

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to present to and interact with stakeholders of varying levels. 

• High level of proficiency speaking and writing in English at least a C1 level. 

• Experience working in a large global law or related professional services firm with the ability to effectively manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office. 

• Ability to take initiative pivot quickly and balance legal issues with business risk. 

• Sense of urgency and confidentiality. 

Physical and Mental Job Qualifications 

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer. 

Additional Information :

We welcome applications from individuals with disabilities.  If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable adjustment in relation to any of the above please email and include Applicant Adjustment within the subject line with your request and contact information.

Some of the Benefits We Have Include

J.S. Held understands all of our employees are people and sometimes life needs flexibility.  We work to always provide an environment that best supports and suits our teams needs.
Our flexible work environment allows employees to work remotely when needed

• Generous Annual Leave Policy
• Comprehensive Medical Insurance

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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EEO and Job Accommodations

We embrace diversity and our commitment to building a team and environment that fosters professional and personal enrichment is unwavering. We are greater when we are equal!

J.S. Held is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request for a reasonable accommodation please email  and include Applicant Accommodation within the subject line with your request and contact information.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time