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This job is expired. See open roles herePosted Mar 12
Assistant General Counsel
USG
Est. $125,217 - $297,072 / year
On SiteChicago, Illinois
Assistant General Counsel-HQ 11410
Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
Reporting directly to the General Counsel, the Assistant General Counsel will provide support on a wide variety of corporate matters including M&A, contracts and possibly financing transactions. The position also provides support to the client groups within the company. Minimal travel required.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Providing counseling to business units on a variety of matters.
- Drafting and negotiating variety of contracts involving the Corporation’s operations, including sourcing, supply, manufacturing, transportation and distribution agreements.
- Provide legal advice as needed on proposed mergers, acquisitions and equity investments.
- Providing legal support for potential international transactions and joint ventures.
- Structuring and documenting potential financing transactions.
Qualifications
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Education and Related Experience:
- Law Degree from leading law school and/or accredited law school with high academic credentials
Bar Admission:
- Illinois
Years of Experience:
- Minimum 10 years experience as a corporate lawyer at a first-tier law firm or law department with transactional experience. A combination of law firm and in house experience is preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Required:
- Strong working knowledge of corporate, contract and commercial law.
- Experience in mergers and acquisition, international and joint vnclentures.
- Experience in financing transactions, including advising business units on loan and covenant compliance.
- Ability to quickly and accurately recognize areas of risk/opportunity.
- Strong customer service orientation.
- Experience working effectively with all levels of management and as member of legal and business teams.
- Strong problem solving skills and business instincts—a creative thinker.
- Grasp key drivers of the business and industry quickly.
- High integrity and professionalism. Grounded and resilient.
- Strong business acumen with knowledge of financial principles and practices.
- Gravitas and executive presence. Self-confident and immediately credible, with the outstanding written and oral communication skills needed to effectively develop relationships and communicate, influence and persuade at all levels.
- Strong business orientation and acumen; can spot issues and proactively problem solve with the business leaders to arrive at a better outcome.
- An outstanding work ethic and client service orientation.
- Asks “why” at the right times and knows how to develop the answer.
- Demonstrated leadership talent, with ability to motivate and interface with employees at all levels by virtue of keen business acumen, excellent judgment, professional competence, emotional intelligence, credibility, flexibility and personal integrity.
- Ability to cost effectively and proactively engage and manage outside counsel.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with an ability to inspire trust and confidence with internal and external stakeholders.
Preferred: (but not required):
- Experience with dispute resolution/litigation
EOE including disability/veteran
Job Legal
Primary LocationUnited States-Illinois-Chicago
Organization Corp-Legal-149
Schedule Full-time
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