Senior Corporate Counsel - Commercial/Regulatory - Southfield, MI

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Job Description
Job Summary

The Senior Corporate Counsel for Commercia and Regulatory will support the organization in a broad range of commercial and regulatory matters.  The candidate will work across multiple businesses and functions in North America to develop and deliver legal solutions to complex and complicated business needs.  The candidate will work directly with member of the legal team, purchasing, sales, engineering and business executive to proactively identify solutions that address and manage contract, regulatory and transactional risks.  The candidate will participate heavily in providing proactive advice and counsel, and negotiating contracts in collaboration with company team members to ensure that the company’s legal position is protected and that the company has full knowledge of the risks involved with a variety of transactional matters.  The candidate must have excellent judgement, have courage to make difficult decisions, and be able to influence peers and executives on strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Advise and counsel business partners on legal issues related to transactional matters involving the purchase and sale of goods and services; sourcing of direct and indirect commodities/supplies; and establishment of a variety of collaborative relationships in the support of the company’s short- and long-term vision.
• Provide support to Sales, Purchasing and Engineering functions in review, drafting and negotiation of a wide variety of transactional documents, including software licensing documents and other documents regularly encountered in support of manufacturing supply chain transactions and complex sales relationships in the automotive industry.
• Provide advice and counsel on various regulatory matters typically encounter by large manufacturer in the automotive industry, including OSHA, NHTSA, FMVSS, Import/Export and Environmental
• Develop and deliver contract and regulatory training to business partners and other stakeholders.
• Manage policy requirements to satisfy the North American contract review process as well as the contract review process for foreign parent company.
• Maintain current understanding of industry or functional trends in area of responsibility and builds on them to generate creative and innovative solutions.
• Travel to domestic locations.
• Performs other duties as assigned by General Counsel. 

• Juris Doctorate from accredited law school required.  Admitted to a US state bar in good standing.
• Strong academic background.
• Minimum of 7-10 years working commercial/transactional attorney required.
• Experience working on basic and complex commercial matters including reviewing, drafting and negotiating various agreements required.
• Experience advising clients in regulatory matters involving import/export, NHTSA, FMVSS, Data Privacy, OSHA or Environmental preferred.