Counsel

• Responsible for handling and leading a variety of legal matters, including complex legal matters, and projects with specialized knowledge in various practice areas.
• Responsible for leading project teams and cross-functional groups on a wide range of legal and compliance matters.
• Collaborates with business leaders and cross-functional teams to effectively mitigate commercial risks and support corporate strategies and business objectives.
• Expertise in relevant legal practice areas and provides counsel related to those areas to business clients.
• Provides practical and actionable advice to management on legal matters, including developments and changes in laws and regulations, and develops policies and ensures compliance in those areas.
• Negotiates, drafts, and reviews legal documents and agreements to accomplish business objectives and serves as a legal advocate for the company with external constituents.
• Supervises and provides direction to other team members and may lead a practice area.

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) Degree required
• PA bar or other jurisdiction appropriate bar license required
• Excellent academic credentials required
• 5 years required of significant experience in a law firm, preferably a national or major regional firm, or in-house department, preferably for a large corporation.
• 5 years of experience required as an attorney with subject matter expertise in relevant practice areas
• 5 years of experience required of complex legal document drafting, review, and negotiations.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including drafting complex legal contracts and documents.
• Responsible, accountable, client-focused person who showcases department well (e.g., responsive, knowledgeable, professional, timely) and integrates well into the larger organization.
• Good business acumen, provides creative and practical solutions to problems.
• Adept at communicating in layman's terms and delivering alternatives and solutions in clear, concise manner.
• Self-starter, highly motivated, adaptable, flexible, and manages multiple projects and competing priorities with willingness to get their hands dirty (e.g., roll up sleeves and do the heavy lifting).
• Good at recognizing an issue, inquisitive, asks right questions and makes extra effort.
• Good business partner.
• Curious, willing to learn new areas and skills.
• Excellent legal research skills
• Technologically proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

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