Senior Corporate Counsel

The Senior Corporate Counsel will serve as a strategic legal partner to Veolias Industrial Water business providing comprehensive legal support across new business development and existing customer operations. This role requires a proactive business-minded attorney who can balance legal risk management with commercial objectives while maintaining strong relationships across the organization.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Opportunity Evaluation & Early-Stage Transactions: Review negotiate and advise on NDAs MOUs and letters of intent to support new business opportunities

• Bid & RFP Support: Review and provide legal counsel on bid and RFP responses

• Contract Review & Negotiation: Draft review negotiate and advise on service agreements with primary focus on Operations & Maintenance (O&M) contracts. Support negotiation of alternative delivery models including Design Build Operate Maintain (DBOM) Design Build Finance Operate Maintain (DBFOM) and Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) contracts.

• Contract Portfolio Management: Manage a 70/30 mix of third-party/customer-initiated contracts versus Veolia-proposed agreements leveraging established O&M templates and emerging contract frameworks

• Risk Assessment & Deal Support: Conduct risk assessments addressing litigation reputational and deal structure risks; participate in meetings throughout the deal lifecycle

• Amendment Management: Draft review negotiate and advise on agreement amendments with emphasis on scope pricing and term extensions

• Proactive Legal Support: Lead amendment drafting efforts (70/30 in favor of Veolia-initiated versions) while managing customer-initiated revisions and alternative forms

• Dispute & Claims Management: Advise on incidents accidents potential claims disputes and contract terminations

• Early Dispute Resolution: Provide early to mid-stage dispute advice manage outside counsel relationships and represent the company in written and oral communications with customer legal teams (prior to litigation handoff)

• Operational Partnership: Meet regularly with the Industrial Water COO to ensure effective communication coordinate legal and operational priorities and support organizational initiatives

• Contract Repository & Governance: Build and maintain an accurate organized contract repository across all customers and active contracts; assess catalog and categorize contracts; conduct cross-functional reviews of underperforming or low-revenue contracts and recommend remediation strategies

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school

• Active bar license in good standing

• 10 years of legal experience preferably in commercial contracts service agreements or project delivery

• Demonstrated experience in drafting reviewing and negotiating O&M EPC and similar contract types

• Strong negotiation and drafting skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to explain complex legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders

• Experience managing outside counsel and early-stage dispute resolution

• Ability to work collaboratively across business functions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in industrial services water treatment or infrastructure sectors

• Familiarity with complex project delivery models such as DBOOM and DBFOM

• Project finance or risk assessment experience

• Experience supporting operations teams on contract administration and performance issues

Additional Information :

Join a company that values Responsibility Solidarity Innovation Customer Focus and Respect. Youll have opportunities for comprehensive leadership development career advancement and the chance to make a meaningful impact on sustainability and environmental protection while leading a talented team.

At Veolia we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions deliver better results and build stronger communities. Were an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We offer challenging and meaningful careers and because our people are our greatest assets we also offer competitive compensation and benefits.  The estimated compensation range for this role is $145000 - 160000 plus a 10% annual bonus. 

Benefits:
Medical Dental & Vision Insurance Starting Day 1! 
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off 
Paid Holidays
Parental Leave
401(k) Plan
Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts
AD&D Insurance
Disability Insurance
Tuition Reimbursement

As an inclusive company Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications without discrimination.

****Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity****

Veolia does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms. All vendors must have a current and fully executed MSA on file before submitting candidates. Any unsolicited resumes and candidate profiles will be deemed the property of the company and no fee will be due.

As an inclusive company Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications without discrimination.

As an inclusive company Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications without discrimination.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time