Sr. Counsel - Commercial

Westlake•Houston, TX

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate. Position Summary: Serves as a key member of the commercial legal team, supporting, as assigned, the business, manufacturing facilities, and M&A clients. Further, this position is expected to support other functions as the need arises, e.g., procurement, logistics, accounting, treasury, and litigation. This position is located in Houston, Texas

Requirements

Juris Doctor degree and licensed, as a member in good standing, to practice law in Texas, or otherwise eligible to practice as an in-house corporate attorney.
Strong academic credentials from a top-rated accredited law school.
Minimum of 10 years of experience, preferably with major law firm and in-house corporate experience, handling a variety of complex commercial and M&A matters with a focus on commercial transactions, corporate, antitrust and general business law.
Strong writing and verbal skills.
Strong business acumen with an ability to balance legal and business requirements.

Responsibilities

Reviews, drafts and negotiates complex commercial contracts and ancillary agreements, including product sales contracts, purchasing contracts, non-disclosure agreements, consulting agreements, master services agreements, declarations of force majeure and other third-party vendor agreements.
Supports product liability issues such as warranty claims and resulting dispute resolution.
Reviews, drafts and negotiates complex M&A contract and ancillary agreements, including, plan of merger agreements, binding and non-binding bids, confidential information memorandums, anti-trust filings, and closing contracts.
Advise assigned client groups as to when litigation is appropriate and lead litigation efforts, through external counsel.
Builds and maintains strong partnerships with the business, manufacturing, other company departments and company management.
Provides counsel on commercial matters, legal rights and obligations under contracts, customer disputes and related laws and regulations to ensure legal and business needs are aligned.
Analyzes risks and strategic opportunities from a legal perspective for the assigned client group with a view toward creating practical long-term solutions.
Reviews advertising and marketing materials to ensure compliance with legal requirements (e.g., Green Guides) and company policies.
Develops and provides training to company personnel on substantive legal topics including commercial and antitrust matters.
Improves standard form agreements and legal processes, as necessary.
Manages outside counsel as necessary in a budget-minded manner.