Corporate Counsel

Key Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate commercial/transactional documents such as sales and purchasing contracts, IT contracts (e.g., software licenses, SaaS, consulting agreements), and real estate contracts (e.g., leases, licenses, easements, and purchase and sale agreements).

• Provide advice and counseling to internal clients on a wide array of construction-related issues relating to industrial facilities and high-profile equipment installation projects.

• Draft, improve, and update standard real estate, construction, and facilities management forms.

• Manage and coordinate outside counsel, including review of critical documents, preparing an outside counsel budget, and monitoring the same.

• Maintain a corporate culture with a high degree of emphasis on dignity, respect, and inclusion.

• Take the lead on complex corporate transactions, as needed.

• Provide training, orientation, and coordination of work for junior legal staff, paralegal, and administrative staff.

• Carry out other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) and licensed to practice law in at least one state, in good standing.

• Minimum of five years experience involving complex commercial contracts, including industrial construction projects and equipment installation work (preferred).

• Advanced legal drafting skills; able to handle complex drafting with speed and accuracy.

• Ability to contribute to special drafting projects, including M&A activity.

• Provides strategic counsel and legal advice/services primarily to management on complex legal matters, balancing legal risk with business objectives.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; able to develop practical solutions and withstand scrutiny from senior legal leadership.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to advise management and collaborate across teams.

• Works independently with limited guidance, leading functional teams or projects as needed.

• Sophisticated understanding of applicable laws and regulations relevant to responsibilities.

• Strong project management skills; able to manage large workloads, prioritize, and delegate effectively.

• Familiar with legacy liability issues such as environmental and risk transfer concepts, including insurance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with brown-field real estate transactions and mining properties, including title transfer, deed recording, licenses, easements, rights of way, and mineral/mining rights.

• Experience in environmental compliance, construction and development projects, zoning, and land use matters.

• Prior mergers and acquisitions experience.