Vistra Corp.

Labor Relations Counsel

Vistra Corp. • $90K — $130K *
Irving, TX 75061In-Person
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Juris Doctorate with Bar membership and ability to license in Texas within a year
  • 4-5 years of legal experience specifically in labor law
  • Experience in corporate or in-house legal settings
  • Solid understanding of employment law and employee compensation benefits
  • Strong oral and written communication skills with high attention to detail

Responsibilities

  • Provide legal counsel on employment and labor-related matters
  • Advise on labor relations activities, including union issues and collective bargaining
  • Draft and negotiate personnel-related corporate agreements
  • Interpret and create benefit plan documents
  • Draft employment documents such as agreements and severance packages
  • Proactively mitigate potential legal claims against the company
  • Manage unfair labor practice charges with the NLRB

Benefits

  • Work closely with senior leadership and HR on compliance activities
  • Opportunity to supervise outside litigation counsel
  • Engage in proactive legal strategies to guide company operations
  • Access to continuous professional development opportunities
  • Work in a dynamic corporate environment with a focus on strategic legal counsel
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Job Summary

Job Description

Key Roles & Responsibilities
  • Provide legal counsel, risk analysis and support, training to Vistra on a variety of employment and labor-related matters as well as compensation and benefits issues.
  • Advise on all aspects of labor relations, including union campaigns, collective bargaining agreements, grievances, arbitrations and settlements
  • Draft and negotiate terms of corporate transactions or agreements related to personnel or benefits issues, including outsourcing arrangements, workforce transition or engagement of contractors, and service provider contracts.
  • Interpret and draft benefit plan documents.
  • Draft employment agreements, releases, severance documents and other labor/employment related documents on behalf of the company.
  • Proactively advise Vistra management regarding ways to avoid or mitigate potential claims against the company and assert claims by Vistra.
  • Make recommendations regarding the potential resolution of cases, including potential settlement as well as the litigation of legal proceedings against others.
  • Manage unfair labor practice charges and proceedings beofre the NLRB
  • Supervise outside litigation counsel and provide guidance to such counsel with respect to Vistra's strategies, policies, and objectives.
  • Work with senior leadership, HR and operations to support compliance activities in HR and labor/employment areas.
  • Provide day-to-day advice and counsel to HR partners and throughout the business.


Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements
  • Juris Doctorate, at least one state Bar membership and ability to become licensed in Texas within 1 year.
  • 4-5 years of substantial legal experience in labor law within a well-established law firm and/or corporate environment.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills. Acute attention to detail.

Experience preferred in:
  • Corporate/ in-house legal setting experience.
  • Employment law experience.
  • Employee compensation and benefits


Job Family
Legal/Compliance

Company
Vistra Corporate Services Company

Locations
Irving, Texas

Texas

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Based in Irving, Texas, Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an innovative, customer-centric approach to its retail business. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world. The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world. In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11. TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy. Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor. It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.
Learn more about Vistra Corp.
Size
5,060 employees
Market Cap
$9,272
Industry
Energy & Utilities
5 Year Trend
+1460%
NASDAQ
VST
* Ladders Estimates

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