Description:
The General Counsel provides legal advice to the company on a wide variety of matters, including corporate, project and financial. The General Counsel also reviews, drafts, and negotiates organizational, project and loan documents, analyzes applicable local, state, and federal laws, and consults as necessary with outside counsel in advising the CEO and other management of the company.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage corporate matters, including serving as Corporate Secretary of the Board of Directors.
- Serve as corporate liaison with Board Members to advise on legal matters.
- Coordinate legal related requests from shareholders.
- Maintain corporate records and any related legal documents in order to provide legal protection to the organization
- Review, prepare and/or negotiate various service contracts, leases, commercial agreements, and purchase orders
- Review, prepare and negotiate amendments and change orders to the governing contractual agreements with the Virginia Department of Transportation, the design-build contractor, the System Integrator contractor and Back Office provider
- Manage and oversee legal issues associated with the acquisition of right-of-way through eminent domain, up to and including condemnation litigation
- Manage and oversee legal issues associated with the collection processes.
- Manage and oversee property damage claims.
- Advise management concerning compliance, including matters of contractual obligations, financial covenants, ethics policies, and other applicable laws, rules, and regulations
- Manage customer claims and all litigation handled by outside counsel
- Review and analyze relevant legislation and its potential impacts on the company and shareholders' current and future assets and business prospects in Virginia and US
- Manage risk reporting and other legal shareholders reports.
- Perform related job duties as required
Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to fulfill those duties. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education & Experience:
- Law degree (J.D.) is required.
- Virginia Bar License is preferred.
- 10-15+ years of transactional legal experience, ideally with experience in the transportation infrastructure industry
- 5+ years of experience in Project Finance.
- Law firm and corporate in-house experience required.
- Experience with VDOT (Virginia Department of Transportation) and other East Coast DOTs is highly valued.
