Senior Legal Counsel, Global Solutions

About the role

The global leader in access solutions, ASSA ABLOY is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel for its office in Plano, Texas. ASSA ABLOY employs approximately 65,000 people globally and generates around USD 14 billion in revenue, offering doors, locks, and access control technologies worldwide. ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions specializes in advanced access management, delivering comprehensive solutions across various industries.

Key responsibilities

• Provide hands-on, day-to-day legal support to business units and functions across a wide range of commercial and operational matters
• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a broad spectrum of agreements, including sales, distribution, service, licensing, procurement, and non-disclosure agreements
• Act as a key advisor on regulatory and compliance topics, including data privacy, competition law, anti-corruption, export control, and intellectual property matters
• Manage and coordinate litigation and pre-litigation matters, working closely with external counsel and internal stakeholders to define and execute effective legal strategies
• Support the full lifecycle of M&A activities, including legal due diligence, structuring, drafting and negotiating transaction documentation, and post-closing integration
• Drive and support the development and implementation of legal policies, procedures, and training programs to strengthen compliance and mitigate legal risk across the organization
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments relevant to the business and proactively advise stakeholders on implications and required actions

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an ABA-accredited law school
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• LL.M. in International Law, Corporate Law, or related field (preferred)
• Active license to practice law in the State of Texas
• IAPP certification (CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM) or equivalent privacy credentials (preferred)
• Approximately 4+ years of relevant experience, combining both private practice (commercial law firm) and in-house legal roles within a global organization
• Strong expertise in commercial law, including extensive experience in drafting and negotiating complex contracts
• Solid understanding of compliance frameworks and key regulatory areas such as data privacy and anti-corruption
• Experience with dispute resolution and managing external counsel
• Exposure to M&A processes, including due diligence and transaction execution, is highly valued