Corporate Counsel, Americas

The Corporate Counsel - Americas, based in Columbus, Ohio, will provide legal advice and support to the Americas legal team, reporting to the General Counsel. Key responsibilities include drafting and negotiating commercial and corporate agreements, offering legal counsel on various matters such as digitalization, employment, and trade compliance, and delivering training on legal topics. The role also involves supporting senior attorneys with litigation, acquisitions, compliance, intellectual property, and public company matters, while proactively assessing legal risks and contributing to key team projects and initiatives. Provide practical legal advice to assist the organization in achieving its commercial goals while minimizing risks and enhancing compliance Develop and conduct legal training sessions to both colleagues and to internal clients on a wide variety of legal-related topics Draft, negotiate, interpret (and provide advice in connection with) a wide variety of commercial and corporate agreements Perform legal research and draft memoranda summarizing and applying the law on complex issues and in challenging and new areas of the law; Interface with internal and external customers in all aspects of contract negotiation, representing the Company professionally at all times during legal negotiations Support the Chief Legal Officer and Head of Compliance on public company filings and related matters Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, to management and other internal and external stakeholders Support and independently coordinate cross-divisional and cross-unit legal projects Manage disputes and litigation, including employment law matters, with guidance from senior attorneys Interpret and provide guidance to clients to enable them to follow company policies and internal procedures