Sr Legal Counsel

Responsibilities

The Senior Legal Counsel is a cross-functional role that partners with the Novelis North America Management Team, Business Value Streams and Functional Leaders, Plant Management, and the Novelis Global Team, to provide commercially astute legal advice that highlights potential risks and offers risk mitigation recommendations and alternatives. The primary focus of the role will be partnering with the North America and Global business teams, primarily the Business Value Streams and Logistics and Transportation functions, to handle commercial transactions and business contract arrangements with customers and suppliers. This diverse role also involves the management and resolution of contractual issues and commercial disputes, and the handling of a variety of other legal matters to anticipate and assess legal risks relating to operations and strategic decisions.

Other responsibilities include providing training and advice to employees on legal and corporate compliance matters and other special projects. The successful candidate will be considered for growth opportunities such as developing and expanding legal expertise in a variety of areas such as Value Stream commercial sales agreements, trade compliance, and other matters.

Qualifications

• Certified Juris Doctor from an accredited U.S. law school
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as in-house counsel or with corporate law firms
• Advanced understanding of commercial law, UCC, and other statutes applicable to commercial transactions
• Able to work collaboratively with all internal functions, internal clients, and external counsel
• Excellent contract negotiation and drafting skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to use independent judgment and creativity to resolve complex contract issues
• Significant experience negotiating complex contracts, and resolving complex commercial disputes, is highly valued, as is experience counseling global organizations on commercial and compliance issues
• Meticulous and able to handle multiple transactions and projects simultaneously under deadline pressure
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills, strong leadership skills, and the ability to build and sustain lasting relationships with customers and management
• The ability to raise (and intensify, if necessary) potentially sensitive or contentious issues
• Broad business knowledge, high energy, and enthusiasm with sound judgment
• Background in negotiation of capital expansion projects with a manufacturing company is desired