Description:
We need great legal professionals to help continue our incredible growth. To that end, we are strategically growing the legal department to add a legal advisor who can provide creative, practical, and business-oriented solutions to complex challenges.Job Summary:
The corporate counsel will join A Company That Develops, Manufactures & Markets Power Tools at our headquarters in Brookfield, WI. Duties will include
- Negotiating and drafting a variety of commercial contracts, including supply agreements, distribution agreements, partnerships, leases, LOIs, etc.
- Consulting with management, tax, accounting, finance, marketing, engineering, and all areas of the business to support their legal needs with advice on a variety of different legal and strategic issues
- Advise and lead diligence on various acquisitions
- Update and continue to develop the organization's policies, including identifying industry-specific issues, governance, and regulatory affairs
- Designing, updating, and delivering legal training to the business
- Becoming a trusted advisor for the leadership of various different areas of the business
What we are looking for:
- Juris doctorate degree from an accredited law school
- Law firm or in-house lawyers with 1-3 years of experience and licensed to practice in at least one state or the District of Columbia
- Must have authorization to work in the U.S. on a permanent and ongoing basis
- Understand commercial and corporate law
- Ability to work in a highly autonomous role
- High-energy, self-starting, works well independently and in a team atmosphere
- Proven leadership skills either in school or professional experience
- Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Organized and detailed-oriented with ability to multitask and adapt to variable work assignments across multiple legal departments and other functions in an extremely fast-moving environment
- Ability to prioritize responsibilities to meet multiple deadlines
- Ability to think strategically, while managing the details
- Experience using Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint