Senior Legal Counsel, NA Commercial

Brambles

1d•Remote

About The Position

Join a transforming North America legal team in a high-impact Senior Legal Counsel role, where you’ll partner directly with business leaders and shape how legal supports the organization. The Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial serves as the lead legal business partner for customer-facing and revenue-generating activities across North America. This role provides pragmatic, business-focused legal advice on commercial transactions, strategic customer arrangements, contract negotiation, pre-litigation disputes, growth initiatives, customer NDAs, and strategic projects across the U.S. and Canada.

Requirements

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
Significant in-house and law firm experience handling complex commercial transactions and customer contracting
Strong drafting and negotiation skills, with the ability to balance legal risk and business objectives
Experience supporting fast-paced operating environments, preferably in industrial, logistics, manufacturing, equipment, or service-based businesses
Strong judgment, executive presence, and ability to work cross-functionally with non-legal stakeholders
Strong cross-functional partnership skills and the ability to advise business teams in a practical, solution-oriented manner.
At least 8+ years post qualification experience
Experience in drafting, reviewing, negotiating and managing commercial contracts with a customer-centric mindset.
English language proficiency

Nice To Haves

Experience in creating or improving process and automation for the efficient and effective delivery of legal services
Experience working with digital technology such as AI tools and systems to support the efficient and effective delivery of legal services
Experience working in a global company
Experience in matrixed environments
Spanish language proficiency

Responsibilities

Provide reliable, cost-effective, and timely legal counsel to business units across a wide array of matters affecting the region and the global corporation.
Advise on and negotiate commercial transactions, contracts, and agreements with key customers, vendors, and service providers, ensuring alignment with business goals and legal standards.
Offer strategic legal guidance on major transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with a focus on identifying risks and conducting necessary due diligence.
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.
Lead 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.
Research and monitor evolving legal issues, using external counsel where needed, to provide pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice to senior leadership.
Serve as primary legal advisor to Commercial, Sales, Key Accounts, and other designated customer-facing business teams.
Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on customer agreements, amendments, order forms, NDAs, pilot agreements, strategic partnership arrangements, and other commercial documents.
Provide legal advice on customer claims, contract disputes, escalations, and other pre-litigation commercial matters.
Support strategic growth initiatives, new offerings, business transformation projects, and other revenue-related initiatives requiring legal input.
Develop and maintain commercial templates, clause libraries, fallback positions, negotiation guidance, and approval frameworks to improve consistency and contracting efficiency.
Partner with legal operations and business stakeholders to improve intake, triage, standardization, and self-service for lower-risk commercial work.
Escalate significant legal, financial, reputational, or strategic issues to the General Counsel as appropriate.