In-house Counsel

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In-House Counsel
The candidate will be responsible for: Work closely and collaboratively with other members of Legal Department – Chief Legal Officer, Senior Counsel, Contracts Manager, Contracts Administrator and others – to develop and implement key legal processes and systems corporate wide. Provide legal advice on a variety of business initiatives, policies, and internal compliance issues. Ensure compliance with laws and regulations. Advise on employment law matters. Act as liaison between Human Resources and Chief Legal Officer for employment law matters. Assist Chief Legal Officer in refining, implementing and managing the Company’s Compliance Program, including advising on/overseeing ethics investigations and other internal investigations. Where appropriate, provide advice and guidance and assist with responses regarding governmental, regulatory and other investigations. Assist Chief Legal Officer in directing global legal affairs, referring to and coordinating with global outside legal counsel as required. Assist in achieving corporate objectives by providing analysis and guidance on projects and transactions. Review, negotiate or draft legal agreements. Develop and implement a system with “standard” corporate agreements and manage the review process of such agreements to effectuate business goals. Assist Chief Legal Officer regarding compliance with applicable data protection regulations, including reviewing and negotiating legal agreements required under global data protection laws and regulations, educations of NSF personnel regarding such regulations, distribution of necessary legal agreements to global NSF customer, supply and independent contractor base. Assist Chief Legal Officer regarding intellectual property protection, licensing and enforcement. Assist Chief Legal Officer regarding corporate governance and matters involving the board of directors. Assist Chief Legal Officer in litigation and dispute resolution matters. Provide senior management with counsel as to, litigation brought by and against NSF. Other projects as requested from time to time by the Chief Legal Officer. Must have approximately 5-7 years of legal experience, preferably including two or more years of in-house legal experience. Proven ability to work successfully in a fast-paced legal department – i.e., highly organized self- starter with ability to juggle multiple projects and deadlines with little supervision. Should have experience working in a global company. Must have broad-based experience and ability to exercise legal judgment on a variety of issues including experience with a variety of legal agreements, labor and employment matters, and support of business initiatives. Should have experience implementing and building traction with compliance programs. Must have experience with complex transactional matters, including ability to draft and negotiate unique legal agreements to serve business needs and limit enterprise risk. Employment law expertise/experience preferred, including internal investigations. Data privacy expertise/experience a plus. Legal operations experience/expertise a plus. Must have excellent communication skills - presentation, written and verbal. Should have J.D. from an ABA accredited law school. Must have admitted to practice law, and in good standing, in any US jurisdiction. Foreign language skills a plus, particularly French, German, or Spanish.

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