Senior Legal Counsel
- Employer
- Exyte
- Location
- Dallas
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- Sep 25, 2024
- Closes
- Oct 09, 2024
- Practice
- Litigation
- Position
- Counsel
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Our people are our success. As one of us, you will contribute to engineering excellence for the high–tech markets of the future, including semiconductors, batteries, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and data centers. At Exyte, you will be part of a global community of challenge seekers who are ambitious and passionate about innovation. Together, we will build on our company's long history and keep on leading the way to a better world.
Discover your exciting roleThe Senior Legal Counsel is responsible for providing support to the General Counsel – USA on matters that affect business, including corporate risk. Provides legal advice and guidance to all levels of management and acts as a trusted business partner. Works closely with other departments to interpret, defend, and enforce handbook, agreements, etc.
Explore your tasks and responsibilities- Provides support to the General Counsel – USA on matters affecting business, including corporate risks
- Drafts, reviews, and revises legal and other documents affecting the Company's day–to–day operations, including design, construction and EPC agreements, labor agreements, subcontract agreements, vendor agreements, jobsite work rules, and EHS processes and procedures
- Provides legal advice and guidance to business line and functional management on matters affecting business; acts as trusted business partner to management
- Oversees the corporate books including by–laws, shareholder and buy/sell agreements, and shareholder records
- Manages the resolution of claims by clients, subcontractors and other third parties working with insurers and when appropriate, outside counsel
- Provides guidance on corporate governance, ethics, Code of Conduct, policy guidelines, leases, insurance, organizational structure, and collection matters
- Counsels Senior Management regarding corporate risks, and supports the company's risk management program
- Works closely with Human Resources, Compliance and other departments to interpret, defend, and enforce handbooks, agreements, etc.
- Reviews corporate policies and procedures, makes recommendations to management team
- Manages and handles domestic employment, litigation and claim matters
- Investigates, responds to and advises on NLRB, OSHA, EEOC, ERA Section 211, DOL, WARN, FLSA and other state, federal and other government administrative actions
- Manages ERISA issues concerning multi–employer defined benefit plans and welfare benefit plans
- May be involved in environmental and intellectual property matters and other types of commercial and non–commercial legal issues
- Assists with the Company's mergers and acquisitions
- Manages assigned projects to completion
- Other duties as assigned.
- 7+ years of experience
- Must be licensed and in good standing in STATE
- Engineering or Construction Management preferred
- Prior experience working in a law firm and in house preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Non–Solicitation: We are not currently accepting third–party agency candidates for this position. Any agency candidate submitted to any employee of Exyte may be contacted by Exyte without obligation to the third party agency.