Senior Legal Counsel, NA Litigation & Employment

Brambles

1d•Remote

About The Position

CHEP is a global leader in supply chain solutions, utilizing a sustainable share-and-reuse business model. We are seeking a Senior Legal Counsel – Litigation / Employment to serve as a business-facing legal partner across North America. This role will lead legal strategy related to employment law, litigation, and enterprise risk. The Senior Legal Counsel will provide reliable, cost-effective, and timely legal counsel to business units, advise on commercial transactions and contracts, and offer strategic guidance on major transactions including M&A. The role also involves managing day-to-day legal issues for business operations, anticipating and mitigating legal risks, supporting the company’s litigation strategy, and contributing to policy development and operational improvements. The position is a remote, U.S.-based individual contributor role, with a preference for candidates in Eastern or Central time zones.

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
Strong required expertise in: Employment law
Litigation and dispute strategy
Experience managing outside counsel and complex disputes
Strong judgment in handling privileged, sensitive, and reputationally significant matters
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.
Experience managing outside counsel, budgets, litigation strategy, and early case assessment
Ability to provide practical, business-oriented advice in fast-moving, operationally complex environments
At least 8+ years post qualification experience
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.
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.
Research and monitor evolving legal issues, using external counsel where needed, to provide pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice to senior leadership.
Oversee North America litigation and claims across a broad risk portfolio, including asset recovery / protection, commercial disputes, employment matters, general liability, personal injury, and IP / trade secret disputes.
Serve as primary legal advisor on employment matters, including employee relations issues, investigations, demand letters, agency matters, terminations, reductions in force, policy-related issues, and employment-related strategic projects.
Manage outside counsel on employment and litigation matters, including scope, strategy, budgets, staffing, and outcomes.
Provide strategic advice on dispute prevention, early resolution, settlement strategy, risk escalation, and privilege-sensitive internal responses.
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.
Escalate material disputes, precedent-setting matters, and sensitive employment issues to the General Counsel as appropriate.
Create or improve process and automation for the efficient and effective delivery of legal services.
Work with digital technology such as AI tools and systems to support the efficient and effective delivery of legal services.