Director, Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.$150K — $180K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Juris Doctorate from an accredited US law school with 8-10 years of legal practice experience.
  • Member in good standing of a US State Bar, eligible for Texas bar or in-house counsel qualification.
  • Experience in providing legal support specifically to consumer electronics and home appliance retail sectors.
  • Strong background in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements and transaction terms.
  • Ability to identify and navigate regulatory issues related to privacy, consumer transactions, and ecommerce.
  • Proficiency in making legal and business presentations to high-level technical and management audiences.
  • Experience in effectively directing outside counsel and measuring performance results.

Responsibilities

  • Partner closely with internal teams to align commercial objectives with legal frameworks.
  • Manage complex commercial-related matters alongside business leaders and legal stakeholders.
  • Negotiate agreements and handle disputes with external parties.
  • Provide senior management with guidance on commercial transactions, ecommerce, and FTC-related issues.
  • Draft and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including retail and B2B sales contracts.
  • Identify legal and regulatory issues within digital sales channels.
  • Collaborate with legal team members to support business initiatives and product launches.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance.
  • Life Insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Employee Purchase Program for products.
  • Tuition Assistance after 12 months of employment.
  • Paid Time Off.
  • Student Loan Program after 12 months of employment.
  • Wellness Incentives.
  • Eligibility for MBO bonus compensation based on performance.
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Role and Responsibilities

Role & Responsibilities

SEA is seeking to add a dynamic and experienced attorney to SEA's commercial legal team providing legal support mainly for SEA's Home Entertainment and Digital Appliances lines of business. Reporting to the Principal Legal Counsel, you will combine legal acumen with your substantial experience in consumer electronics and home appliances sales, distribution marketing and ecommerce transactions and provide sound legal advice and practical solutions on a wide range of commercial and contractual matters affecting SEA's consumer electronics and home appliance businesses. Your primary responsibilities will include drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, assessing potential risks, managing commercial disputes, and providing guidance on various existing and emerging laws and regulations. You should possess a "no ego" style that encourages clients and legal department peers to seek you out for trusted advice and counsel. You also take a proactive approach to legal matters and consistently look to help solve problems.

In this role, you will:
  • Partner closely with internal stakeholders, including consumer electronics, home appliance and customer care teams and other legal department peers to support commercial objectives while managing risks to the company.
  • Work closely with other members of Samsung's legal team, business leaders, and other key stakeholders, to manage complex commercial-related matters.
  • Be on the front line in negotiating agreements or disputes with counterparties.
  • Provide guidance to senior management on issues relating to commercial matters, transactions, ecommerce and FTC issues.
  • Draft and negotiate various standard and non-standard commercial agreements including retail and B2B sales and distribution agreements, service contracts, promotional agreements and technology licenses. Review packaging, warranties, user interfaces, end-user license agreements, and other terms and conditions of service as needed.
  • Identify legal and regulatory issues associated with digital sales channels.
  • Partner closely with other legal team members to advise on business matters.
  • Exercise independent, informed, and considered judgment with minimal supervision. Must have strong, complex, and strategic commercial experience with strong communication, interpersonal, and negotiating skills.
  • Participate in cross-functional teams to provide legal support and guidance on various business initiatives, product launches, and regulatory matters.
  • Proactively identify emerging legal and regulatory risks for the business team.
  • Support continuous improvement of AI technology solutions, standard form agreements, policies, and legal operations related to commercial transactions.


Skills and Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
  • Juris Doctorate from an Accredited US Law School with 8-10 years of legal practice experience
  • Member in good standing of one US State Bar, and ability to become member in good standing of the Texas bar or qualify as in-house counsel in Texas.
  • Experience providing legal support to consumer electronics and home appliance retail, B2B sales, marketing teams or to ecommerce B2C teams.
  • Experience partnering with business teams to understand their requirements and then drafting, negotiating, and revising sophisticated transaction terms.
  • Experience with identifying privacy, consumer, transactional, and regulatory issues and working with multiple stakeholders to assess risks and then navigating through them.
  • Ability to make professional legal and business presentations in writing, through emails and reports, or orally, including complex legal, business, and technical matters to an audience of high technical skills, management, and operational experience.
  • Ability to direct outside counsel cost-effectively, clearly define results to be achieved, make decisions, give direction, and measure individual/team performance and results.


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Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Employee Purchase Program, Tuition Assistance (after 12 months), Paid Time Off, Student Loan Program (after 12 months), Wellness Incentives, and many more. In addition, regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) are eligible for MBO bonus compensation, based on company, division, and individual performance.

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