Senior Counsel - Litigation
Location: Monroe, LADrax is seeking an experienced
SeniorCounsel to lead litigation, arbitration, mediation, and dispute-relatedmatters across our North American operations. This is a strategic leadershipopportunity for an accomplished legal professional who thrives in a fast-pacedenvironment and is passionate about delivering practical legal solutions thatsupport organizational success.
As
Senior Counsel - Litigation, youwill partner closely with the Deputy General Counsel of North America, fellowin-house attorneys, and senior business leaders to develop litigation strategy,manage legal risk, and support Drax's commercial and operational objectives.You will oversee complex U.S. litigation matters while serving as a trustedadvisor to leadership across North America and the UK.
Your Day-to-Day as a Senior Counsel - Litigation. You'll be:- Responsible for managing significant litigation and dispute matters across the U.S. and Canada, often involving material legal, financial, operational, and reputational risk.
- Oversee outside counsel engagement, litigation budgets, e-discovery providers, and other third-party support in a cost-effective and strategically disciplined manner.
- Provide legal advice and reporting to senior business leaders and support board-level updates on significant litigation, disputes, and related regulatory matters
- Operate in a multi-jurisdictional environment requiring sound judgment, prioritization, and the ability to manage a varied and complex portfolio of contentious matters.
- Expected to contribute to broader legal and compliance objectives by identifying risk trends, improving processes, and helping reduce future disputes and investigations.
What you'll bring:To excel in this vital role, you'll need:
- Juris Doctor required and active license to practice law in the United States.
- Must be admitted and in good standing with the state bar of one of the following states: Louisiana, Mississippi, or Alabama
- Substantial litigation experience, ideally including significant responsibility for complex commercial, regulatory, environmental, employment, or other high-risk disputes in an in-house setting.
- Demonstrated ability to lead litigation strategy, assess risk pragmatically, and manage matters through all phases of dispute resolution, including early assessment, discovery, motion practice, mediation, arbitration, trial preparation, and settlement.
- Strong experience selecting, instructing, and managing outside counsel, controlling legal spend, and ensuring high-quality, commercially focused legal support.
- Experience with e-discovery, document preservation, legal holds, internal investigations, witness preparation, and litigation reporting.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. federal and state court procedure, AAA arbitration processes, regulatory investigations, and administrative proceedings; experience with Canadian disputes and cross-border issues is desirable.
- Ability to provide clear, concise, and practical legal advice to senior leaders, including advice on sensitive, high-profile, or reputationally significant matters.
- Strong drafting, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence outcomes and build credibility across legal and business teams.
- Sound judgment, high integrity, and the ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, multi-jurisdictional environment.
- Experience advising on policies, training, contract risk issues, and dispute-prevention strategies is strongly preferred.
How we act at Drax:- Our culture is built on a few core beliefsthat guide everything we do:
- We care about what matters: We support each other to achieve important goals.
- We're a can-do kind of place: We're empowered to make informed decisions and do what's right.
- We see things differently: We share insights, search for new ideas, and innovate.
- We listen carefully: We ensure everyone feels heard and valued.
- We do what we say we'll do: We are proactive, committed, and reliable.
Ready to make a difference?Apply today to help Drax discover thetalented individuals we need to drive this change. A career at Drax is morethan just a job-it's a chance to make a difference.
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