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Commercial & Regulatory Counsel

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We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes "Position Overview" etc. We need to use

for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include sections only when posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not put Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, no invention. Remove boilerplate etc. We need to decide which sections to include: About the role (maybe from Position Overview). Responsibilities (Key Responsibilities). Requirements (Required Qualifications). Qualifications maybe Preferred Qualifications? Actually we have Required Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications. Could combine into Requirements and Qualifications? The instruction says use headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly. We have content: Position Overview (description). That could be About the role. Key Responsibilities -> Responsibilities. Required Qualifications -> Requirements. Preferred Qualifications -> Qualifications? Or maybe Skills? But we have Skills heading; we could put skills under Skills? However we have no explicit skills list; we could put some skill items under Skills. But we must not invent. Better to put Preferred Qualifications under Qualifications heading. Skills maybe we can omit if no specific skill content besides what's in qualifications. But we could extract skills like drafting, negotiation, analytical, communication, etc. Those are in Required Qualifications. Could put them under Skills. But we must not duplicate? The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine Required and Preferred into Requirements and Qualifications sections. Skills maybe we can omit if not distinct. Benefits: We have "What We Offer" includes benefits description: competitive base salary and performance-based bonus, commensurate with experience. Potential for incentive units. Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement plan with company contribution, paid time off. Collaborative culture etc. So we have Benefits section content. Pay: we have mention of competitive base salary and performance-based bonus, commensurate with experience. That's pay info but it's vague "commensurate with experience". The instruction says never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text like "commensurate with experience", "not specified", etc. So we should not create a Pay section if it's only that vague statement. However we also have "competitive base salary and performance-based bonus" which is somewhat substantive but still vague. The instruction says never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state benefits (medical, dental, vision, retirement, PTO). So Benefits section is okay. Pay: they mention competitive base salary and performance-based bonus, commensurate with experience. That's somewhat specific? It's still vague but maybe acceptable? The instruction says never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g., "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD"). So if we include Pay heading with that phrase, it's filler. So we should omit Pay section. Schedule: no info, omit. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits. We need to use

for each heading. Use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use

    for prose. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from each section. Let's extract content. About the role: from Position Overview paragraph(s). Let's copy: "We are seeking an experienced Commercial & Regulatory Attorney to play a pivotal role as the second attorney in our newly created in-house legal team. Reporting to the General Counsel, this attorney will focus primarily on two critical areas of responsibility across the company and its divisions, including future businesses acquired through the company’s programmatic M&A. These responsibilities are core to our strategic growth objectives: (1) serving as the company’s primary enterprise-wide legal resource to support the business with the negotiation, drafting, and contract lifecycle management of our construction project agreements and other commercial contracts, and (2) advising on, coordinating, and proactively enhancing our industrial construction regulatory compliance program across North America, in partnership with operational owners and outside counsel. This is a high-visibility, exciting role in a lean legal department of a high growth business. The successful candidate will work directly at all levels within the organization, including executives, project managers, estimators, pre-construction teams, and operations leaders. Sylvan operates a decentralized business model across multiple jurisdictions and operating entities, and this role therefore requires regular engagement with field and business unit personnel, including periodic travel to project sites, subsidiary offices, and partner locations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico." We'll put that in a

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    About the role

    . Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities section includes two sub-sections: Commercial & Construction Contracts and Construction Regulatory & Compliance and Legal Department & Enterprise Support. We need to preserve all details. We'll create a
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    • items for each bullet. The original text includes paragraphs with multiple sentences; we could break into list items per bullet point. But we must preserve all substantive information; we can keep as paragraphs inside
    • . Let's extract each bullet: Under Commercial & Construction Contracts: - Draft, review, and negotiate a high volume of critical construction and commercial agreements, including prime contracts, subcontracts, master service agreements, purchase orders, design-build, equipment leases, professional services agreements, and vendor and supplier contracts. - Advise on key contract risk areas, including indemnification, insurance, warranties, limitations of liability, liquidated damages, consequential damages, payment and retainage terms, change orders, scheduling and delay provisions, force majeure, termination rights, dispute resolution, and other key terms. - Proactively lead contract lifecycle management, including intake, triage, risk escalation, and approval workflows; contribute to the development and continuous improvement of templates and negotiation playbooks; provide leadership to evaluate and implement fit-for-purpose AI and other technology tools. - Counsel business teams on bid and proposal terms, flow-down obligations from owners and general contractors, and contract close-out practices. - Assist with claims avoidance and pre-litigation dispute management, including payment disputes, mechanics' liens and bond claim strategy, and coordination with outside counsel. Under Construction Regulatory & Compliance: - Coordinate and advise on federal, state/provincial, and local regulatory requirements affecting industrial construction operations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, including contractor and trade licensing, permitting, and registration requirements. - Provide legal counsel on prevailing wage and public works requirements (including Davis-Bacon and state equivalents) and, in coordination with the company’s safety, human resources, and operational teams, on OSHA/workplace safety and project-site and company facility environmental regulatory matters. - Support compliance with lien, bond, and security-of-payment regimes across multiple jurisdictions, including notice deadlines and preservation of rights. - Monitor legal and regulatory developments affecting the industrial construction industry across North America and translate them into practical guidance, training, and policy updates for business teams. - Support cross-border commercial matters, including coordination with local counsel in Canada and Mexico on jurisdiction-specific contracting and regulatory questions. Under Legal Department & Enterprise Support: - Partner with the General Counsel on various corporate and legal operations initiatives as the legal shared service function continues to grow. - Support the General Counsel on acquisitions and other strategic transactions, including diligence, transaction documentation, closing coordination, and post-closing legal integration, as needs and experience permit. - Manage and coordinate outside counsel to support the core responsibilities of the role as needed, with attention to expense management, responsiveness and work product quality. - Travel periodically to project sites, subsidiary offices, and partner locations to support business teams and build relationships across our decentralized organization. We'll put each as
    • . Requirements: Required Qualifications section. We need to preserve all details. It's a paragraph with multiple sentences; we could break into list items for each qualification. Let's extract: - Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar; Michigan bar admission (or eligibility for admission, including via reciprocity or in-house counsel registration) required within a reasonable period after hire, as required. - At least 5 years of relevant legal experience at a law firm, in-house legal department, or a combination of both. - Substantial experience drafting and negotiating a range of complex commercial agreements and advising corporate clients. - Experience building or improving contract templates, playbooks, and legal intake and workflow processes, including the use of contract lifecycle management and AI-assisted tools. - Working knowledge of construction law or regulatory frameworks, or demonstrated ability to develop that knowledge quickly and effectively manage specialized outside counsel. - Strong client service approach to supporting internal team members. - Strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills, with the judgment to identify material risks and propose practical, business-oriented solutions. - Ability to manage a high-volume, fast-paced workload with significant autonomy and to prioritize effectively across competing demands. - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to explain legal concepts clearly to non-lawyers at all levels of the organization. - Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) as business needs require. We'll put each as
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      Requirements

      . Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications section. Extract: - Experience supporting industrial, energy, infrastructure, or multi-trade (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) construction businesses. - Familiarity with cross-border contracting and managing regulatory issues in Canada and/or Mexico. - Experience with government contracting, public works procurement, or federally funded projects. - In-house experience in a decentralized, multi-entity, or acquisition-oriented organization integrating multiple operating businesses. We'll put each as
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      Qualifications

      . Benefits: What We Offer section. Extract: - The opportunity to help build and shape a newly formed, growing in-house legal function with direct access to senior leadership. - Broad, sophisticated work spanning commercial transactions, construction law, and multi-jurisdictional regulatory practice. - Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus, commensurate with experience. - Potential for incentive units depending on the experience level and background of the candidate. - Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement plan with company contribution, and paid time off. - A collaborative, high performing, entrepreneurial culture with meaningful exposure to operations across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. We need to be careful: The phrase "Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus, commensurate with experience." is somewhat vague but it's part of benefits. The instruction says never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It does state benefits, so we can include Benefits section. Even though it includes vague compensation phrase, it's still part of benefits. We'll keep it. We'll put each as
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      Benefits

      . We must not include any boilerplate like "About Sylvan Global Holdings" etc. The initial paragraph about Sylvan is company description; is that substantive? It's about the company, not the role. Should we include? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The company overview might be considered substantive? It's about the company, not the role. The instruction didn't explicitly say to remove company overview, but we are to reformat a job posting into clean HTML. Usually we include a brief about the company? The sections defined are About the role, Responsibilities, etc. The company overview could be considered part of About the role? But we already have About the role from Position Overview. The company overview might be considered filler? It's not boilerplate; it's descriptive of the company. However the instruction says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Including a separate section for company overview would require a heading not in the list (like About the company). Not allowed. So we should incorporate relevant company info into About the role if appropriate

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