Full Job Description
Associate General Counsel
Your role
Key responsibilities in your new role
• Assist with the preparation and review of documents for various commercial arrangements, including sales agreements, distribution and sales representative agreements, purchasing agreements, and IP licensing and development agreements.
• Assist with the preparation and review of documents for various corporate actions, including board resolutions, meeting minutes, and entity maintenance.
• Respond promptly to requests from internal clients, and summarize and communicate legal risks in a way that business people can understand that pragmatically balances risk with the Company's business objectives.
• Provide leadership on cross-functional teams, identify legal issues, and provide legal options and analysis of possible legal solutions, all while interacting with external counsel (where appropriate), advisors, external vendors, and the business.
• Keep informed of new laws, regulations, and industry trends affecting the Company, and assist with the development of policies and training as needed. Support corporate and strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, real estate and other related transactions.
Your profile
Qualifications and skills to help you succeed
• Law Degree from a nationally recognized law school and membership of a major state bar
• 8+ years' experience in legal practice (either in a large law firm or a combination of a large law firm and in-house experience)
• Significant experience working as a commercial attorney and providing legal advice on a broad set of commercial and IP matters
• Significant experience working in the field of corporate law
• Excellent organizational and planning skills and the capacity to simultaneously handle a variety of complex matters under deadline
• Strong demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating contracts
• Excellent written, verbal and analytical skills and an ability to communicate complex issues in a simple way and to orchestrate plans to resolve issues and mitigate risks
• Ability to form strong working relationships with other employees and business partners while maintaining firm adherence to proper legal standards
• Sound business judgment and strategic thinking.
• Flexibility and an interest in working on a broad variety of legal matters in order to understand and advise the Company on legal implications of its business strategy
• Attention to detail and the ability to work individually, within a multi-disciplinary team, as well as with external partners and vendors
Salary pay information:
LocationIndicative salary rangeSan Jose, CA, United States
El Segundo, CA, United StatesWage range that the company expects to pay for a qualified candidate:
US$ 245,800- US$ 338,000
US$ 213,900- US$ 294,100
In addition, all employees will be eligible to participate in an incentive plan.