Corporate Counsel

The Armor Group•Mason, OH

25d

About The Position

The Corporate Counsel provides overall risk management and proactive legal leadership to help run the company’s businesses. The role handles negotiations, litigation, contract review and approval, deal structures, and other mergers and acquisitions activity. It advises company leadership and employees, develops risk-minimizing processes and policies, manages legal matters and outside counsel, and supports acquisitions, insurance, corporate governance, and shareholder business and estate planning.

Requirements

5–10 years of experience.
Juris Doctor (JD) required.
Strong employment law experience.
Corporate and real estate experience.
Experience building processes within a legal department and teams.
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to support and partner cross-functionally with business leaders.
Excellent research and data-gathering skills.
Self-starter who is motivated and proactive.
Hands-on, doer approach.
Expected to demonstrate the company’s core values: customer-focused, passionate about work, solution-oriented, and driven by integrity.

Nice To Haves

MBA or financial educational background preferred.
Contracts experience in sales, real estate, and intellectual property, as well as experience with other contracts.
Strong knowledge of M&A involving distressed-company acquisitions, including creditor rights, Article 9, bankruptcy, and distressed-asset purchases.
Bankruptcy experience, including 363 sales, Article 9 sales, and lien and title searches.

Responsibilities

Manage the legal aspects of acquisition opportunities, including evaluating risks and executing established opportunities through NDAs, letters of intent, due diligence, and deal negotiations.
Develop creative solutions for distressed-asset acquisitions.
Create and review contracts and legally binding documents involving employees, customers, vendors, and acquisition candidates, including sales documents, purchase orders, warranties, leases, purchase agreements, NDAs, and bank and loan agreements.
Develop processes, policies, and procedures to minimize risks involving product liability, environmental matters, human resources, and government regulations and requirements.
Draft legal documents on behalf of the company and maintain databases and electronic filing systems for legal documents.
Represent the company in legal matters, including settlement negotiations and debt collection.
File lawsuits on behalf of the company, its shareholders, and affiliated companies.
Represent the company in litigation when appropriate to reduce litigation costs.
Retain and manage outside counsel when necessary.
Create corporations and draft articles of incorporation, bylaws, and related documents as needed.
Advise management on appropriate legal courses of action and monitor and recommend insurance carriers and programs.
Perform legal duties that arise for the company or its shareholders, and direct and coordinate shareholder business and estate planning.
Provide legal support to the Executive Committee, Division Presidents, Human Resources, Shipping and Receiving, and Sales Group, including on claims and international legal issues.
Build relationships across company divisions and with executive management to understand their businesses and provide value-added risk mitigation.
Manage business insurance, including property and casualty and directors and officers insurance; review policies, monitor relevant marketplace changes, and negotiate prices with insurance providers.
Create and maintain corporate minutes.