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Job Summary
The Corporate Counsel, Litigation is a key member of the legal department. This role will provide legal support for the organization and is responsible for protecting White Cap’s interests in disputes, claims, and litigation and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Additionally, this role will conduct legal research, partner with external counsel, and advise on legal issues within the organization.
Major Tasks, Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities
- Collaborates with legal team and stakeholders to provide expert and strategic legal advice on a broad range of legal matters to management, key stakeholders, and executives.
- Represents the company in a broad range of legal proceedings and disputes, including litigation, arbitration, mediation, and pre-litigation dispute resolution.
- Partner with outside counsel in legal proceedings to ensure accuracy, organization, and strategic alignment throughout all phases of litigation, including fact investigations, discovery, motion practice, and settlement negotiations.
- Sets internal governance policies and manages the impact of external factors.
- Researches legal issues, provides legal analyses, develops strategies, and oversees resolutions.
- Evaluates and weighs multiple inputs and impacts of any decision or course of action.
- Drafts, reviews, and revises a variety of legal documents ensuring accuracy, clarity and compliance with applicable laws.
- Identifies proactive solutions that will eliminate or mitigate risks.
- Creates associations of trust and respect with key stakeholders.
- Interacts with external stakeholders, including, but not limited to engaging with regulatory bodies to ensure compliance and collaborating with external legal counsel on various legal
- matters.
- Oversees legal matters that cut across legal and related areas.
- Stays abreast of legislative changes.
- Develops training material and educates employees on legal issues, company policies, and best practices.
- Performs other duties to support the legal team, as needed.
Nature and Scope
- Demonstrates skill in data analysis techniques by resolving missing/incomplete information and inconsistencies/anomalies in more complex research/data.
- Nature of work requires increasing independence. Work review typically involves periodic review of output by a supervisor and/or direct customers of the process.
- May provide general guidance/direction to or train junior level support or professional personnel.
Work Environment
- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
- Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
- Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.
Education and Experience
- Juris Doctor degree from accredited law school.
- License to practice law in good standing in at least one U.S. State.
- 3+ years' post-JD experience in a law firm practicing general business, commercial, employment, and/or insurance defense litigation. Additional experience in an in-house setting is preferable but not required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent written communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to assess complex situations and develop appropriate strategies.
- Ability to work both independently with little oversight and collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
- Strong negotiation, drafting, and analytical skills.
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What We Do
White Cap and its affiliates serve as a one-stop shop, providing concrete accessories and chemicals, tools and equipment, building materials and fasteners, erosion and waterproofing products, and safety products to professional contractors by meeting their distinct and customized supply needs in non-residential, infrastructure, and residential end markets. White Cap operates approximately 500 branches across North America with more than 10,500 employees supporting approximately 200,000 customers. For more information about White Cap, visit about.whitecap.com
