Strategic Planning Team - Junior Attorney

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including customer and supplier agreements, and intercompany agreements.
• Oversee the lifecycle of contracts, including tracking amendments, renewals, and ensuring adherence to terms and conditions.
• Develop and update contract templates and internal contracting processes and training.
• Handle legal aspects of large-scale projects at corporate level such as real estate transactions, M&A, entity reorganization, and joint ventures.
• Draft, distribute, and collect periodic surveys to assess the status of each subsidiary company’s contracts and insurances, and ongoing litigations.
• Analyze, identify, and evaluate risk factors based on survey outcomes, and draft a report summarizing the findings and recommendations including proper insurance coverage to hedge risks.
• Collaborate with internal teams to draft, update, and maintain company policies in alignment with legal and operational requirements.
• Oversee litigation processes, including coordinating with external counsel and advising on strategy for resolving disputes.
• Analyze and summarize the lessons learned from litigation and distribute preventive measures to operational teams.
• Handle other assigned legal tasks to safeguard compliance.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• Strong legal writing and research skills, and case analysis.
• Draft contracts, letters, policies, and reports.
• Strong ability to identify, analyze, and mitigate legal risks in complex business operations.
• Interest in automotive industry, logistics, or corporate.
• Strong attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy, professional skepticism, and commitment to delivering high-quality work products.
• Effective management of multiple priorities, performance under pressure, and meeting tight deadlines while maintaining work quality.
• Willingness and flexibility to travel frequently across subsidiary locations within the Americas region.
• Professional certification such as CPA, CIA, CISA, or equivalent qualifications preferred.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Health Care & Dependent Care
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Basic Life and AD&D as well as Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Paid Vacation, 14 Holidays, and Sick leave
• Hospital and Critical Illness Insurance
• Wellness Program and Gym Reimbursement
• 401(k) with Generous Matching
• Referral Bonuses
• Auto Allowance
• Quarterly Employee Lunches, Summer Refreshments, and Monthly Team Building Activities
• Discretionary Bonuses
• Tuition Reimbursement

Pay

$150,000 - $162,500 yearly salary range. (Subject to Compensation Study Upon Candidate Selection)

Schedule

Not specified

Skills

• All benefits pursuant to Company policy.

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate Required.
• 1 - 4 years of direct experience in Legal, Litigation, Transportation Legal.

About GLOVIS America Inc.

GLOVIS America, Inc. is a third-party logistics provider headquartered in Irvine, CA. Since our inception in 2002, we are committed to delivering our customer's products via truck, rail, or ocean vessel throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Glovis America makes every effort to exceed standards by providing quality service to our customers and vendors of the automotive, freight forwarding, parts distribution, used car, and fuel industries. We cater logistics strategies and processes to our customers' needs by utilizing the latest information systems and advanced technologies.