Senior Counsel

Overview

This role serves as Senior Counsel for CHVAC within the organization’s Corporate legal group. Reporting to the Associate General Counsel, the Senior Counsel provides legal support and business advice to the CHVAC business segment, working closely with internal stakeholders to address legal matters, support business needs, and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and ancillary agreements, including:
  • commercial playbooks
  • form purchasing and sales contracts
  • commercial contracts
  • supplier and vendor agreements
  • bid documents
  • sales representative agreements
  • licensing agreements
  • other related documents
• Collaborate with a team of global legal professionals to support global business strategy.
• Draft, analyze, and prepare legal memoranda, training materials, and other legal documents as needed.
• Assist business clients with commercial disputes; escalate to senior-level attorneys as needed.
• Conduct and oversee specific legal projects for the Corporate legal group or segment by applying subject-matter expertise and promoting adherence to procedures and policies.
• Perform and oversee legal research to interpret and review legal documents (e.g., contracts, memoranda, policies), including analysis of federal and state laws, rules, and regulations; escalate highly complex issues to other senior-level attorneys as needed.
• Drive legal projects forward and build relationships within the legal team and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Partner with internal and external legal stakeholders to support effective business decisions.
• Identify and act on opportunities for improvement, evaluate recommendations, and influence the completion of project tasks by others.
• Support other legal matters as assigned.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of transactional corporate experience with a law firm and/or corporate legal department.
• Substantial experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts.
• For U.S.-based positions: current law license in good standing from any U.S. State, or eligibility to become licensed or practice through in-house authorization in Wisconsin.
• For European-based positions: qualification and registration as a Rechtsanwalt, Syndikusrechtsanwalt, Avvocatos or an equivalent EU categorization.
• Strong organization, negotiation, presentation, and communication skills.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Additional language skills, especially Spanish and Italian, will be considered.
• Ability to independently handle complex legal matters, with strong judgment on when to involve more senior legal and business colleagues.
• High ethical and moral standards.
• Fully remote unless the successful candidate lives within a reasonable daily commute to one of the corporate offices and desires an onsite office.
• Estimated travel requirements:
  • Approximately 10% annually (other travel as described below).
• Remote location preferences:
  • U.S.-based candidates located in Eastern or Central time zone.
  • European-based candidates located within 2 hours commute of one of the company locations in Germany; Leeds, UK; or Pontevico, Italy.
• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance or visa sponsorship.
• The successful candidate will be expected to have legal authority to work in the region of their residence.
• Position is not eligible for any form of sponsorship (e.g., OPT or H1B visa status) now or in the future; only individuals authorized to work in the United States now and for the foreseeable future will be considered.

Education

• For U.S.-based candidates: Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited United States law school.
• For European-based candidates: an LLB, LLM, or the equivalent law degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing new legal contract management technology systems.
• Previous experience representing a global manufacturing company and/or in-house experience.

Travel

• Travel as necessary for job execution, including meeting with senior management at locations worldwide.
• Unrestricted authority to travel inside the US, UK, Europe, and China (with entry visa application).
• If remote: estimated travel into a corporate office required 2–3 times a year.
• Estimated other travel required 10% of the time.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $170,000–$190,000 (estimated in good faith). Final offer will depend on qualifications, experience, and other job-related considerations within the stated range.

Health & well-being

• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Maternity Leave (12 weeks at 100% pay)
• 8 weeks of short-term disability leave paid at 100%
• 4 weeks of paid parental leave paid at 100%
• Paternity Leave (4 weeks at 100% pay)

Financial benefits

• 401k retirement plan with company paid match
• Life insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Short Term Disability (company paid)
• Long Term Disability

Work-life balance

• Competitive time-off policies
• Tuition Reimbursement

Location

• Fully remote option available, or onsite office option if located within a reasonable daily commute to one of the corporate offices and the candidate desires onsite work.
• Preference for remote U.S. candidates in Eastern or Central time zones.
• Preference for remote European-based candidates located within 2 hours commute of locations in Germany; Leeds, UK; or Pontevico, Italy.