What We Need:
The Deputy General Counsel is a senior-level leader that serves as the company's lead corporate, securities, and governance attorney and a key member of the Legal Leadership Team. This role partners directly with the General Counsel, executive leadership, cross-functional corporate departments, and international business teams to manage public company compliance, strategic transactions, and enterprise governance across a complex multinational organization. The role also serves as a strategic advisor to the Board of Directors and senior management on disclosure, governance, capital markets, and related enterprise risk matters.
What You'll Do:
• Advise on SEC and NYSE reporting requirements, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements, and Section 16 filings.
• Lead preparation and review of public disclosures, earnings releases, investor communications, and sustainability reporting.
• Support the Disclosure Committee and enhance disclosure controls and reporting processes.
• Partner with the corporate secretary and Board on governance matters, including meetings, materials, policies, and shareholder engagement.
• Advise senior leadership and the Board on governance trends, fiduciary duties, and regulatory developments.
• Provide legal support for debt financings, capital markets transactions, intercompany activities, and treasury matters.
• Lead or support mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, and other strategic transactions.
• Oversee global subsidiary governance and legal entity management.
• Support corporate compliance programs, including insider trading, sanctions, and anti-corruption initiatives.
• Provide legal guidance on emerging risks, including regulatory and sustainability-related matters.
• Advise business leaders on legal implications of strategic and operational decisions.
• Draft, review, and negotiate legal documents and manage outside counsel.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration and drive process improvements within the legal function.
• Mentor legal team members and support overall legal department operations.
• Performs other duties as needed.
What You Have:
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 12+ years relevant experience or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 7+ years of management experience.
• JD degree and active bar membership preferred.
• Licensed to practice law preferred
What You're Good At:
• Broad commercial legal experience required, with particular focus in commercial transactions (including real estate), employment law and litigation management.
• Thorough understanding of current federal, state and possibly international regulatory requirements affecting public corporations to include SEC, FASB, SOX, ERISA, EEO, HIPPA, OSHA, ADA and all other laws and regulations.
• Demonstrated experience in the ability to manage internal and contract counsel effectively.
• Ability to draft, negotiate and facilitate a wide range of commercial transactions, including complex commercial agreements, purchase and supply agreements, sales and distribution agreements, real estate leases, intellectual property licenses, etc.
• Demonstrated experience advising senior executives, boards of directors, and board committees.
• Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives and manage competing priorities in a global organization.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of corporate operations and financial structures.
• Able to delegate work effectively to team members; ensures tasks are completed without micromanaging.
• Focused on and responsible for their team's productivity and collective impact.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and organizational skills.
• Able to multitask, prioritize, delegate, and manage time effectively.
• High level of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive and confidential people data.
• Proficient using Microsoft Suite of products.
• Flexible attitude, adaptable to change, team player and able to handle multiple projects at once.
• High degree of professionalism, judgment, maturity, and resourcefulness in the absence of formalized guidelines and procedures.
What Else?
• Travels to company work locations and board meetings as necessary to perform function.
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