Corporate Counsel

About Us

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

Job Description

We are looking for a pragmatic, conscientious attorney to fill our Corporate Counsel position to develop and strengthen world-class, people-centric practices at our well-balanced, financially solid, rapid-growth, global organization. As a member of the corporate legal team reporting directly to the VP & Corporate Counsel, you will be a part of a small, focused Legal and Risk team, and serve as a valued partner to corporate and divisional leaders.

Corporate Counsel will provide legal advice and support on a broad range of commercial and corporate governance matters facing a global supplier of manufacturing technology and services. You enjoy leading both people and projects. You are a strategic leader, with experience in an in-house legal department or a corporate law department at a law firm.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Provide commercial legal support to all departments of the business
• Support, lead and assist non-attorney Contract Managers with contract reviews
• Assist BW Property Group with office lease negotiations and other legal issues
• Structure, draft, negotiate and review various commercial contracts
• Avoid KYC requests from our banking partners
• Afford assistance to International Finance Team with legal documents necessary to facilitate relationships with financing partners
• Afford assistance to BW Property Group with office lease negotiations and other legal issues
• Supervise paralegal in corporate governance reporting and filing responsibilities
• Coordinate with outside counsel
• Perform other duties as needed

Job Specifications

• Results-oriented, highly collaborative, pragmatic, flexible, takes initiative, and creative
• Sound legal reasoning, thoroughness, and excellent legal writing skills and presentation skills
• Capable of building partnerships internally, building teams and effectively operating within teams
• Understand business drivers and adapt legal solutions to achieve them
• Navigate effectively in matrix organization, as well as ability to make decisions on incomplete or conflicting information
• Distill complex legal problems into easily understood language with straightforward, practical solutions tailored to business needs
• Build and maintain relationships with senior members of operating entities
• Able to handle multiple competing priorities
• Administrative self-sufficiency

Required Education and Experience

• JD Degree (required)
• Licensed in at least one state in the U.S. (required)
• Minimum of 3-5 years of legal experience preferred

Preferred Background

• Experience in corporate law, commercial finance and real estate matters within a law firm or an in-house legal department setting