Legal Counsel

About the role

Avery Dennison Corporation is seeking an experienced lawyer to partner with and provide legal advice to Avery Dennison’s Solutions Group (SG) businesses in North America. The SG businesses are commercially complex, connecting the physical and digital worlds, and sell integrated solutions comprised of hardware, software, and label consumables to major global brands and retailers, national sports leagues and teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the North American SG business teams, providing sound, business-focused, and strategic guidance on legal matters to senior leadership, functional leaders, and others in sales, marketing, procurement, finance, IT, and HR. Such matters include a wide variety of commercial, legal, regulatory, and compliance issues, including commercial contracts and disputes; the digitalization of products, services, and the workplace; data privacy and AI governance; ESG issues; marketing and advertising; information technology; antitrust/competition; product liability and compliance; EHS; and labor and employment.
• Identify and effectively communicate (both orally and in writing) risks and legal developments to senior leadership, functional leaders, and colleagues in the Law Department and work closely with them to provide and implement strategic and pragmatic legal advice.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of complex contracts, including purchase and sale, consulting, software licensing, integrated/bundled solution agreements combining hardware, software, and consumables, strategic customer agreements with major brands and retailers, strategic procurement and reseller agreements, and contracts related to the provision of digital services (e.g. SaaS, terms of use, license agreements, service agreements, data rights).
• Lead strategic projects and initiatives related to legal, compliance, and/or regulatory matters.
• Assist in the improvement of legal support processes, templates, and client-facing materials to drive greater internal efficiencies.
• Develop and deliver training to internal clients on various legal and regulatory topics.
• Partner with other in-house counsel on a wide variety of issues related to the business.
• Manage and oversee outside counsel on litigation matters and other strategic projects, including budgeting, forecasting, and managing outside counsel spend.
• Contribute to a positive working environment within the Legal Department, cultivating an environment that supports diversity, trust, and respect.
• Some travel required (< 25%; could fluctuate depending on the circumstances).

Qualifications

• J.D. degree from an accredited law school
• Licensed to practice law in the state in which the candidate resides
• Experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts in a manufacturing, retail, CPG, or technology environment
• 8+ years of legal experience
• Ability to effectively manage a variety of legal matters
• Experience conducting or managing litigation

Preferred Qualifications

• A combination of legal and business skills enabling the active membership of one or more business leadership teams
• Experience with integrated agreements combining hardware, software, and consumables, and with strategic brand and retailer customer contracts
• Experience working with IT-related agreements, including SaaS, system integration agreements, and other agreements related to the purchase of IT services and the sale/provision of digital solutions.
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management platforms (e.g., Ironclad) and legal AI tools
• Experience with M&A transactions, including post-acquisition integration activities

Additional Information

The salary range for this position is $164,000 - $244,900 year.