Corporate Counsel

Job Location: Wickliffe, OH
Job Type: Hybrid

About Lubrizol  
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.   

Lubrizol is seeking a Corporate Counsel to join our dynamic Legal Team. In this influential role, you’ll lead contract negotiations, manage litigation strategy, and advise on a wide range of legal matters that shape the company’s operations. Reporting directly to the Vice President, Deputy CLO, and General Counsel, you’ll collaborate across departments to align legal strategy with business goals—making a measurable impact in a fast-paced, global environment.

 What You Will Do:

• Negotiate, prepare, and review sales and procurement contracts.
• Work closely with the Deputy CLO and the Assistant General Counsel for each business/function to develop contracting strategy to achieve the company’s goals
• Works directly with Procurement and Sales teams to understand contract needs, goals, and risks involved.
• Develops metrics to demonstrate performance of the Contracts team to ensure efficiency and identify improvement opportunities, providing necessary reports to the Deputy CLO.
• Direct strategy for certain litigation matters and other disputes to which the company is a party.
• For filed matters, maintain responsibility for U.S. litigation discovery process, managing written discovery, document review and production, and overseeing electronic discovery procedures.
• Oversee and direct the company’s response to all subpoenas
• Manage outside counsel to ensure implementation of strategy and monitors the progress of litigation matters.

Skills That Make a Difference:

• 8+ years as a lawyer at a corporate law firm or in-house corporate legal department, demonstrating a broad array of experience in matters affecting a large and diversified company.
• Experience drafting and negotiating contracts and successfully handling litigation matters. 
• Bachelor’s degree from accredited college or university and Juris Doctorate are required.  Candidate must be licensed to practice law in at least one state.
• Candidate must be able to work in a fast-paced environment to ensure that the company's contracts and litigation are managed in a timely and efficient manner that is consistent with the company's strategic goals. 
• Candidate must be flexible and able to work with multiple internal/external attorneys, sales professionals, and procurement professionals in multiple practice areas.
• Fluent in oral and written English, and skillful in MS office (Words, Excel, Power Point, Outlook etc.).
• Self-starter with highly effective organizational skills and ability to handle confidential matters.
• Must be open and able to travel as needed to serve the company’s interests

Perks and Rewards That Inspire:

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonus plans
• 401K Match plus Age Weighted Defined Contribution
• Competitive medical, dental & vision offerings
• Heath Savings Account
• Paid Holidays, Vacation, Parental Leave
• Flexible work environment

Learn more at benefits.lubrizol.com!

Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together! 

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities. We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work. As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better. One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today. More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic.

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