Regional Legal Counsel
DSS Sustainable Solutions- Posted : one year ago
About dss+
dss+ is a global management consulting firm that has been advising leading industrial companies around the world on operations improvements for over 50 years.
We are in the business of saving lives - making our clients safer, more sustainable and productive. Through our operations management consulting experience, we help industrial companies to protect their employees and assets, realize operational efficiencies, innovate more rapidly, and build workforce capability. We strive to deliver value to our clients, transforming their cultures, processes and capabilities for sustainable, long term results and at all levels - from executives to operators.
With our consultants and subject matter experts worldwide, we serve clients in over 40 countries.
About the Opportunity:
The Regional Legal Counsel - USC is the lead-legal counsel for the US and Canada market that works in close collaboration with USC leadership.
Location:
"This is a remote position" and could be located anywhere in the United States.
Job Description:
Responsible for providing legal oversight, expertise, and guidance across the team:
- Responsible for the legal oversight of the USC region
- Advise and support internal stakeholders, such as the USC management, sales and project execution teams on a wide variety of contractual, commercial, and legal matters
- In particular draft, review, and negotiate, consulting services agreement, master services agreement and standard NDA, with both public and private sector clients
- Assist on Vendor Agreement, Independent Contractors, and IT agreements
- Assist on ad-hoc corporate governance, M&A, compliance, antitrust, anti-bribery and anti- corruption, intellectual property, and data privacy matters
- Provide guidance, support as well as risk management and mitigation for all USC business activities, challenges, and opportunities
- Ensure compliance with dss+ policies and procedures, ethical practices, company values, and adherence to relevant laws and regulations.
- Coordination and collaboration with all other legal team members to ensure global coverage of legal matters
- Train and educate the team on legal matters
- Manage external legal counsel across USC
- Model and support our core values and mission critical behaviors
Qualification:
- Juris Doctor Degree from an accredited US law school
- License to practice law and in good standing with at least one state bar (preferably Delaware or New York or Illinois) (Additional call to a Canadian province an asset)
Experience:
- Minimum 8 - 10 years of relevant work experience
- Prior experience in consulting or professional services preferred
- Strong experience in contract reviews and advice
Competencies and Abilities:
- Function independently, with moderate supervision
- Handle high volume of work, recognize priorities, and manage time effectively
- Follow a risk-based approach
- Pragmatic and business-oriented approach.
- Focused on providing practical solutions with a business impact
- Manage senior stakeholders and internal clients
- Comfortable to deal with ambiguity and can make quick decisions
- Willing and interested in working closely with the dss+ team and contribute directly to the group's success
Skills Required:
- Good interpersonal skills, including clear and effective communication skills
- Ability to work well under pressure and multi-task
- Fluency in both written and spoken English, another language - such as French or German - will be a plus
Skills
- operations management
- risk management
