Koppers Holdings

Corporate Counsel

Koppers Holdings • $110K — $130K *
Pittsburgh, PA 15237Hybrid
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school
  • 2-5 years of legal experience in law firm or in-house
  • High level of integrity and professionalism
  • Strong business judgment and risk assessment skills
  • Ability to balance legal risk with business objectives
  • Excellent communication skills for translating complex legal issues

Responsibilities

  • Provide legal support for commercial contracts, including negotiation and drafting
  • Support mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions with due diligence and document preparation
  • Advise business units on operational, regulatory, and compliance matters
  • Assist with public company compliance, including SEC filings
  • Advise on corporate records management
  • Identify and mitigate legal risks while enabling business objectives

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with strong emphasis on strategic thinking
  • Opportunity to engage in high-stakes legal transactions
  • Professional growth through diverse legal challenges
  • Access to continuous learning and development opportunities
  • Engagement with cross-functional teams including business leaders
Full Job Description
Job Responsibilities
  • Provide legal support and counsel on commercial contracts, supporting negotiation and drafting of contracts with customers, suppliers, and business partners
  • Support mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions, including due diligence, document preparation, closing activities, and post-closing integration
  • Provide day-to-day legal advice and strategic counseling to business units and corporate functions on commercial, operational, regulatory, and compliance matters
  • Assist with public company compliance, including preparation and review of SEC filings and compliance with NYSE listing standards, corporate governance requirements, and disclosure obligations
  • Advise management and business partners on corporate records management
  • Partner with business leaders to identify, assess, and mitigate legal and business risks while enabling commercial objectives
  • Coordinate and support intellectual property matters, including patent, trademark, and related portfolio management activities
  • Assist with the development and implementation of company policies, procedures, training, and compliance initiatives
  • Assist with managing relationships and services of outside attorneys
  • Perform other legal and business support responsibilities as needed

Qualifications
  • Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school
  • 2-5 years of experience in either law firm or in-house legal department
  • High level of integrity, professionalism, and discretion
  • Strong business judgment and risk assessment skills
  • Ability to balance legal risk with practical business objectives
  • Strategic thinking, plus a committed "get to yes"/solutions-oriented approach
  • Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex legal/regulatory issues into understandable and executable advice
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities
  • Strong relationship-building and client-service orientation
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across functions
  • Comfort and excellent judgment in areas where regulation/law is evolving or uncertain
  • Self-motivated and enthusiastic
  • Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

About Koppers Holdings

Koppers is a global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds. The company was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Koppers operates in three segments: Railroad and Utility Products and Services, Carbon Materials and Chemicals, and Performance Chemicals. The company's products and services are used in a variety of industries, including railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber, and construction.
Learn more about Koppers Holdings
Size
2,088 employees
Market Cap
$602.8 million
Industry
Business Services
Net Income
$122 million
Founded
1988
5 Year Trend
+3.5%
Revenue
$1.6 billion
NASDAQ
KOP
* Ladders Estimates

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