Assistant General Counsel

Your Responsibilities

• Review and provide legal guidance for advertising, marketing, e-commerce, and communications materials.
• Provide legal guidance to support business development to negotiate, create and administer allied agreements and M&A activities.
• Provide legal guidance to support dealer/distributor channel teams regarding product distribution, pricing and go to market tactics.
• Provide contract development, negotiation and administration legal guidance to large corporate accounts, rental marketing accounts and Government Sales teams.
• Provide legal guidance to Government Affairs team to help determine how proposed legislation could impact Deere’s business and propose revisions to minimize potential impact.

What Skills You Need

• Prior knowledge of, and experience with, applying antitrust, advertising, distribution, dealer protection, contract and consumer protection laws.
• Prior experience counseling construction equipment and engine manufacturing businesses in antitrust compliance, product distribution, go to market tactics, and complex contract negotiation.
• Technical skills to independently negotiate, draft and administer complex contracts.
• Deep understanding of construction equipment and engine manufacturing businesses.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Litigation experience is beneficial to help counsel business on potential risks when managing the advertising issues, dealer/distributor network and/or negotiating, administering and/or amending contracts.
• Prior experience managing disputes in front of the National Advertising Division (NAD) and/or National Advertising Review Board (NARB).
• Prior experience with multidistrict litigation and/or government investigations.

Education

Doctor of Jurisprudence degree and active license, in good standing, to practice law in Illinois, or ability to obtain an Illinois license.

What You'll Get

• Flexible work arrangements
• Highly competitive base pay
• Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
• Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Tuition assistance
• Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
• Charitable contribution match
• Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use
• Vacation and Holiday Pay

Pay

$166,752.00 - $250,116.00 + Benefits

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position.