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Legence, a Blackstone portfolio company, is an Energy Transition Accelerator™ that provides advisory services and implementation focused on financing, designing, building, and servicing complex systems in mission-critical and high performance facilities. With five decades of expertise in the built environment, Legence has a proven track record of reducing carbon emissions, implementing renewables, lowering utility costs through efficiency consumption, and making systems run better at unmatched speed and scale.
Legence, a leader in sustainable building solutions, is seeking an experienced Corporate Counsel to join our Team. This critical role offers the opportunity to provide strategic legal guidance across litigation and labor/employment matters, supporting our rapidly growing organization.
Litigation and Labor and Employment responsibilities include:
- Managing litigation: Handling litigation, pre-litigation, and arbitration matters for the Company
- Labor and Employment: Working with HR department on labor and employment related legal questions and legal strategies
- Developing legal strategies: Working with business leaders to develop and implement legal strategies
- Drafting legal documents: Creating, reviewing, and negotiating agreements and other legal documents
- Ensuring compliance: Ensuring that business practices comply with laws and regulations
- Managing legal risks: Calculating and managing risks in litigation matters and other legal decisions
- Advising management: Providing legal advice and guidance to management and other stakeholders
- Collaborating with external counsel: Coordinating with outside counsel to ensure they represent the company's best interests
- Monitoring legal updates: Keeping up with changes in laws and regulations, especially in the labor and employment context
- Managing legal budget: Managing the litigation legal budget
Qualifications and requirements include:
- A J.D from an accredited law school; active bar membership in good standing
- 10+ years experience in litigation/labor and employment law
- CA law experience preferred, but not required
- In house experience preferred, but not required
- Knowledge of legal language and practices
- Excellent communication skills
- Exceptional organizational, prioritization, and time-management skills
- Arbitration and mediation skills
- A collaborative and business-focused mindset, with the ability to work effectively across diverse teams.
We are unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this position.
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Health and Welfare Benefits
- Health and Welfare
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Prescription drug
- Employee assistance program
Personal Benefits
- Paid vacation
- Company-paid holidays
- Sick leave
Financial Benefits
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Company-paid long-term disability insurance
- AD&D insurance
- Life insurance
Contingent Employment Statement
Offers of employment for this role may be contingent upon successfully passing a background check and/or drug screen. Execution of screens will vary based on role requirements and Company policy. All background checks and drug screens will be done in accordance with applicable federal, state, or local law.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Legence and its affiliate companies are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, other non-merit-based factors, and any other characteristic protected under applicable local, state or federal laws and regulations.
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Reasonable Accommodations
If you require assistance applying online, email ta@wearelegence.com. Please include a description of the specific accommodations you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying. If you are selected for an interview, please notify your recruiter of your accommodation needs. All efforts to provide reasonable accommodations will be made.
To all recruitment agencies
If you require assistance applying online, email ta@wearelegence.com. Please include a description of the specific accommodations you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying. If you are selected for an interview, please notify your recruiter of your accommodation needs. All efforts to provide reasonable accommodations will be made.
To all recruitment agencies
Legence and its affiliate companies do not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Do not forward resumes to our career’s alias or employees of Legence and/or its affiliate companies. Legence and/or its affiliate companies are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Any third-party recruiting agreements for Legence and its affiliate companies may only be executed by Legence Holdings LLC’s CHRO or Director of Talent Acquisition, without exception. All others are done without proper authorization and will not be honored. We will not be responsible for any fees under any third-party recruiting agreement not executed by said authority.
Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision
Legence and its affiliate companies will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) - Pay Type Salary
- Travel Required Yes
- Required Education Bachelor’s Degree
