Associate General Counsel

Luxfer Gas Cylinders • Riverside, CA

4d • $180,000 - $200,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Luxfer is seeking a full-time Associate General Counsel to join the Legal Department at its corporate office located in Riverside, California. This is a full-time hybrid position based in Riverside, California. Reporting directly to the General Counsel, the Associate General Counsel will serve as a senior legal advisor to the Company and its worldwide subsidiaries, providing strategic, business-oriented legal counsel across a broad range of legal, operational, and corporate matters. The Associate General Counsel will partner closely with executive leadership and business leaders to identify, assess and manage legal and regulatory risks while supporting the achievement of the Company's strategic objectives. The Associate General Counsel will have primary responsibility for significant legal matters affecting the Company, including labor and employment, litigation management, commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, corporate governance, and other complex corporate legal matters. This role will also assist the General Counsel in developing and implementing legal strategies, compliance initiatives, risk management programs, and legal department priorities. The ideal candidate is a pragmatic and collaborative attorney with strong business acumen who exercises sound judgment, effectively balances legal risk with business objectives, and thrives in a fast-paced, global business environment. The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor to executive leadership and will make a significant impact across the organization through responsive, practical, and solutions-oriented legal guidance.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with the California State Bar.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible legal experience, including substantial in-house and/or law firm experience.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a trusted advisor to senior management and business leaders.
• Significant experience managing employment matters, litigation, commercial transactions, compliance programs, and other complex corporate legal issues.
• Proven ability to balance legal risk with business objectives and provide practical, actionable legal advice to executive leadership.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting strategic transactions, corporate governance matters, and enterprise risk management initiatives strongly preferred.
• Manufacturing, industrial, and/or multinational experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Company's primary legal advisor on labor and employment matters, providing strategic guidance to executive leadership, Human Resources and management regarding complex employment-related issues.
• Review and draft employment-related agreements, policies, procedures, handbooks and training materials.
• Assist with labor relations matters and responses to administrative agency charges, audits and investigations.
• Conduct and oversee internal workplace investigations.
• Advise management regarding employee discipline, separations, leaves of absence, accommodations and performance management.
• Support employment-related litigation, demand letters and administrative proceedings.
• Monitor legal developments and provide guidance regarding emerging employment law requirements.
• Oversee the Company’s workers’ compensation program.
• Partner with senior leadership on workforce strategy, organizational restructurings, reductions in force, executive employment matters and enterprise-wide employment risk management initiatives.
• Manage the Company's litigation and dispute resolution strategy, including oversight of material litigation, arbitration, government investigations and significant pre-litigation disputes.
• Partner with and oversee outside counsel to develop case strategy, manage budgets and ensure effective representation.
• Develop and execute litigation strategies in partnership with the General Counsel and business leadership, including evaluation of legal exposure, settlement strategy, financial reserves and business impact.
• Support internal investigations and preservation efforts.
• Evaluate legal risks, settlement opportunities and dispute resolution strategies.
• Maintain legal reporting and litigation tracking processes.
• Negotiate, draft and strategically review complex commercial transactions and agreements, including supply, distribution, technology, intellectual property and strategic business arrangements.
• Advise executive leadership regarding significant commercial risks, contractual strategy and enterprise-wide contracting initiatives
• Provide practical guidance to internal stakeholders regarding contract interpretation, risk allocation and compliance with contractual obligations.
• Develop and maintain contract templates, playbooks and approval processes.
• Assist the General Counsel in the development and oversight of the Company's ethics, compliance and risk management programs.
• Lead cross-functional compliance initiatives and provide guidance regarding legal, regulatory and governance requirements affecting global operations.
• Advise business units on compliance with applicable laws, regulations and industry requirements.
• Support internal audits, compliance reviews, risk assessments and regulatory inquiries.
• Assist with policy development and maintenance, compliance training and corporate governance initiatives.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments affecting Company operations and provide actionable recommendations.
• Manage legal strategy related to intellectual property protection, portfolio management, licensing, enforcement and risk mitigation.
• Support the Company's confidentiality, trade secret protection and information governance programs.
• Support the Company's intellectual property portfolio, including trademarks, patents, copyrights and trade secrets.
• Coordinate with outside intellectual property counsel regarding filings, maintenance, enforcement and portfolio management activities.
• Assist with intellectual property licensing, protection and infringement matters.
• Support employee invention, confidentiality and intellectual property assignment programs.
• Provide guidance regarding intellectual property ownership, protection and risk mitigation.
• Assist the General Counsel in advising regarding corporate governance matters.
• Lead and/or support mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, financings, integration activities and other strategic transactions.
• Act as a key legal advisor on strategic business initiatives, organizational matters and enterprise risk management activities.
• Assist the General Counsel in directing outside counsel relationships, including selection, budgeting, performance management and legal spend oversight.
• Provide mentorship, guidance and training to legal department personnel and business stakeholders.
• Develop and implement legal department processes, policies, technology solutions and best practices to improve efficiency and service delivery.
• Participate in special projects and perform other legal duties as assigned.
• Manage various legal projects to successful completion, including managing multiple ongoing projects in a timely manner to meet deadlines.
• Handle confidential information with the highest degree of care.
• Work in tandem with various departments to support special projects as needed.
• Perform additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental (start on the 1st day of the following month after being hired)
• 401k with Company match of up to 6%
• 10 Company Paid Holidays
• Additional PTO

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree