Description:

A Mining Company has an opening for a Senior Attorney at our office in West Chester, Ohio or A Mining Company, Ohio. The Senior Attorney will be responsible for providing legal support and counseling to the Company's steel products sales team and technology development group. Areas of assistance include the negotiation and drafting of commercial contracts, with a particular emphasis on intellectual property matters and strategic projects, including federal, state and local government grants and procurement subcontracts. As Senior Attorney, this individual will have a direct professional reporting line to the Group Counsel, Commercial in the Company's legal department. This Senior Attorney will also be expected to assist other members of the Company's legal department as may be required from time-to-time based on workloads and overall Company priorities.

Summary of Responsibilities:

Provide day-to-day legal support for the Company's commercial and technology development teams.
Draft and negotiate commercial sales agreements.
Advise business team on government contracting issues, registrations and related compliance matters.
Advise business team on intellectual property issues.
Provide day-to-day legal support for strategic technology development projects, including those relating to emerging decarbonization initiatives and those involving government grants or funding awards.
Draft and negotiate contracts and agreements covering diverse types of corporate legal arrangements, including confidentiality agreements, license agreements, technology development agreements and arrangements with various universities, institutes or industrial partners.
Assist other lawyers on matters arising in the course of day-to-day business activities, including advice on intellectual property and government procurement issues that arise in sales, purchasing, financing or other business contracts.
Strategize, manage and coordinate matters with outside counsel.
Conduct legal research and provide legal review and advice on various legal corporate and compliance issues, including with respect to information technology and cybersecurity.
Analyze and triage real-time situations, coordinate appropriate responses, attend and participate in business and legal departmental meetings.
Develop an innovative approach to resolving legal issues in support of strategic business initiatives and objectives with a superior level of professionalism, ethical behavior and business judgment.
Implement organizational and recordkeeping initiatives as needed to comply with legal requirements and internal policies and develop and implement standard forms as needed.
Promote confidentiality and discretion to protect sensitive company information and data.
Other duties as requested, and flexibility to work on special projects and transactions and fill specific needs.

Minimum Qualifications:

BA/BS Degree.
JD.
License to practice law in good standing in Ohio or any state that enables admission to practice as in-house or corporate counsel in Ohio.
7+ years' relevant commercial law as well as government procurement and/or intellectual property law experience in firm and/or in-house positions.
Ability to work independently with general guidance.
Comfortable multi-tasking on time sensitive projects, with high level of initiative, problem identification and resolution skills.
Experience working in a complex, multiple client environment.
Ability to communicate respectfully and effectively up, down and across the organization.
Demonstrated ability to manage pooled resources of varying skill sets effectively balancing workloads across multiple projects and priorities.
Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills.
Strong problem solving and negotiation skills.
Willingness to travel as needed for business purposes.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience advising clients in the automotive, metals and mining, or other manufacturing industries preferred.
Working knowledge of evolving cybersecurity issues in a corporate environment a plus.