Brambles

Brambles

Senior Legal Counsel, NA Litigation & Employment

Remote, Field Based - USA · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago
ComplianceM&ALogisticsEmployee RelationsIntellectual PropertyEmployment LawResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

  • CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers.
  • We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries.
  • Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world's biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.

Responsibilities

  • Manage day-to-day legal issues for business operations, including matters related to plant operations, logistics, asset management, and real estate (e.g., leases, property agreements).
  • Anticipate, mitigate, and manage legal risks by providing proactive legal strategies and monitoring emerging legal trends that may impact the business.
  • Support the company's litigation strategy, manage disputes, and handle intellectual property rights issues, leveraging external counsel when necessary.
  • Support the development of company policy, operational improvements, and procedural enhancements by providing legal insights on regulatory compliance and business operations.
  • The Senior Legal Counsel, Litigation, Employment & Risk serves as the lead legal advisor for litigation, disputes, employment matters, claims, and other high-risk matters across North America.
  • Manage outside counsel on employment and litigation matters, including scope, strategy, budgets, staffing, and outcomes.
  • Partner with HR, Operations, Asset Recovery, and other business teams to support issue spotting, claims handling, improved visibility, and the efficient use of outside counsel.
  • Support legal hold, subpoena, service-of-process, and related matter-management processes in coordination with legal operations or paralegal support.

Requirements

  • Must be a team player, and highly approachable.
  • Experience managing outside counsel and complex disputes

Skills

  • Exemplary written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong work ethic, coupled with superior multi-tasking capabilities.
  • Strong interpersonal, presentational and networking skills
  • Strong analytical and technical legal skills
  • Must be able to work autonomously
  • Dynamic, energetic, positive
  • J.D. and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction or Canada jurisdiction
  • Bachelor's Degree and qualification from an accredited law school
  • Brambles and CHEP never conduct interviews via online chat or request money as a term of employment.

Company info

  • Advise on and negotiate commercial transactions, contracts, and agreements with key customers, vendors, and service providers, ensuring alignment with business goals and legal standards.
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