Western Digital

Western Digital

Director and Senior Legal Counsel – Securities and Corporate Finance

Irvine, CA, United States · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago
Cloud PlatformsCorporate LawVoIPCommunicationProblem SolvingSarbanes-Oxley

About the role

  • It's real systems, at real scale, people solving some of the hardest challenges in technology today.
  • Join us and let's shape the future of data.
  • We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above.

Responsibilities

  • Provide legal support to the treasury and finance functions, ranging from supporting large financing transactions to managing day-to-day activities
  • Track and support compliance with covenants in debt documents, including by assisting with debt document interpretation
  • Provide legal support for domestic and foreign subsidiary management and legal entity restructuring
  • Effectively manage outside counsel on a global basis
  • Self-starter with an appetite for problem-solving and ability to "own" projects or tasks to see goals through to completion

Requirements

  • Every interaction, every model, every system generates data that must be stored, managed, and made accessible over time.
  • J.D. degree from accredited law school
  • Proficiency in drafting, reviewing and analyzing transaction documentation, while collaborating on strategy and risk considerations
  • Demonstrated ability to proactively identify, analyze and resolve issues, anticipate the needs of clients and supervisors and provide business-focused and practical legal advice with a high degree of integrity

Nice to have

  • Periodic and current reports
  • Proxy statements
  • Registration statements
  • Form SD (conflict minerals) and
  • Section 16 filings
  • Draft and review Board of Directors and committee meeting materials covering topics such as financial reviews, corporate governance and strategic transactions
  • Recommend policy, process and/or practice changes with impact on one or more functional groups or business units
  • Advise on a broad range of securities laws and corporate governance matters

Compensation

  • The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.
  • We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York.
  • If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.
  • You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either WD's Short Term Incentive Plan ("STI Plan") or the Sales Incentive Plan ("SIP") which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance, depending on your role and your performance.
  • You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan.
  • Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.

Benefits

  • You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan.
  • Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan.
  • RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to WD's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
  • Evaluate, advise on and handle a wide variety of financing transactions, including debt and equity offerings, bank financings, sale-and-leaseback transactions and other structured financing transactions
  • Provide support to, and develop strong working relationships and trust with, the tax, treasury, investor relations, finance and stock plan administration functions
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