Assistant General Counsel
CompoSecure · New Jersey, United States · Yesterday
On-siteLegalFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Manage, structure, draft, review, and negotiate contracts for commercial transactions, including non-disclosure agreements, customer supply agreements, SaaS licensing agreements, vendor agreements in an effective, efficient and time-sensitive manner
- Improve contracting workflows, policies and procedures
- Manage litigation and pre-litigation matters
- Provide accurate, relevant, and timely advice on legal topics that affect the business
- Ensure compliance with laws and regulations that apply to the business
- Promote compliance and risk management best practices throughout the company
- Design and deliver legal training to the business units
- Maintain knowledge of organization's operations and legal documents
- Identify and escalate concerns (and solutions) to the General Counsel
- Organize and maintain legal department forms
- Identify and resolve legal issues and identify and help resolve business issues
- Serve as lead lawyer on cross-functional teams
- Participate in legal department meetings to provide updates on current matters
Employee Engagement
- Be a visible leader within the organization
- Communicate and reinforce the company's vision and strategy
Required Skills and Competencies
- A minimum of 5 to 10 years (or more) of relevant experience, including an in-house role
- Bachelor of Science and Juris Doctor (JD) degree
- Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- Comprehensive commercial contract drafting and negotiation skills
- Comfortable in a fast-paced environment under tight timelines; able to multitask
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Understand how to establish and maintain working relationships with C-level executives
- Outstanding judgment and legal reasoning
- Possess financial integrity; support a strong code of ethics in the workplace
- Enthusiastic attitude, cooperative, professional demeanor, creative and innovative
- Attention to detail; task-oriented, excellent organizational & time management skills
- Technical experience with Microsoft Office apps and other appropriate technology tools