Senior Counsel

Overview

This role is part of the Corporate Legal group, providing legal support and business advice to the CHVAC business segment. Reporting to the Associate General Counsel, the Senior Counsel will partner with internal stakeholders to address legal matters and business needs, while ensuring 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, and other related documents.
• Collaborate with a team of global legal professionals to support global business strategy.
• Draft and analyze legal memoranda, training materials, and other legal documents as needed.
• Assist business clients with commercial disputes, escalating to senior-level attorneys as needed.
• Lead and oversee specific legal projects for the Corporate Legal group or segment by applying subject-matter expertise and promoting adherence to procedures and policies.
• Conduct and review legal research to interpret legal documents (e.g., contracts, memoranda, and policies), addressing complex issues involving federal and state laws, rules, and regulations; escalate highly complex research issues to senior-level attorneys as needed.
• Drive legal projects forward and build relationships within the legal team and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Work with internal and external legal partners to support effective business decisions.
• Identify and capitalize on improvement opportunities, evaluate recommendations, and influence timely 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.
• 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 while demonstrating excellent judgment regarding when to involve senior legal and business colleagues.
• High ethical and moral standards.

Licensing / Qualification

• 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.
• European based positions: qualification and registration as a Rechtsanwalt, Syndikusrechtsanwalt, Avvocatos or an equivalent EU categorization.

Education

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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing new legal contract management technology systems.
• Previous experience representing a global manufacturing company; in-house experience is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $170,000–$190,000 (specific offer depends on qualifications, experience, and other job-related considerations, and will be within the stated range).

Benefits

• Competitive health, dental & vision insurance coverage (Day One)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Maternity Leave (12 weeks at 100% pay)
• Paternity Leave (4 weeks at 100% pay)
• 8 weeks of short term disability leave paid at 100%
• 4 weeks of paid parental leave paid at 100%
• 401k Retirement plan and company paid match
• Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Short Term Disability (company paid)
• Long Term Disability
• Competitive time-off policies
• Tuition Reimbursement

Location

• This position is fully remote unless the successful candidate lives within a reasonable daily commute to one of the corporate offices and desires to have an onsite office.
• Annual travel: approximately 10%.
• Remote location preferences:
  • U.S. based candidates located in Eastern or Central time zone
  • European-based candidates located within 2 hours commute of the following locations: Germany; Leeds, UK; or Pontevico, Italy

Additional travel details

• If remote, estimated travel into a corporate office will be required two to three times a year.
• Estimated other travel will be required 10% of the time.
• Travel may be necessary to meet with senior management at locations worldwide, including unrestricted authority to travel inside the US, UK, Europe, and China (with entry visa application).

Work Authorization / Sponsorship

• 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.
• This 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 for this position.