- Provide legal support and counsel on commercial contracts, supporting negotiation and drafting of contracts with customers, suppliers, and business partners
- Support mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions, including due diligence, document preparation, closing activities, and post-closing integration
- Provide day-to-day legal advice and strategic counseling to business units and corporate functions on commercial, operational, regulatory, and compliance matters
- Assist with public company compliance, including preparation and review of SEC filings and compliance with NYSE listing standards, corporate governance requirements, and disclosure obligations
- Advise management and business partners on corporate records management
- Partner with business leaders to identify, assess, and mitigate legal and business risks while enabling commercial objectives
- Coordinate and support intellectual property matters, including patent, trademark, and related portfolio management activities
- Assist with the development and implementation of company policies, procedures, training, and compliance initiatives
- Assist with managing relationships and services of outside attorneys
- Perform other legal and business support responsibilities as needed
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school
- 2-5 years of experience in either law firm or in-house legal department
- High level of integrity, professionalism, and discretion
- Strong business judgment and risk assessment skills
- Ability to balance legal risk with practical business objectives
- Strategic thinking, plus a committed "get to yes"/solutions-oriented approach
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex legal/regulatory issues into understandable and executable advice
- Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities
- Strong relationship-building and client-service orientation
- Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across functions
- Comfort and excellent judgment in areas where regulation/law is evolving or uncertain
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic
- Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Koppers Inc. and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category or characteristic protected by federal law, state, or local law.
Skills Required
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school
- 2-5 years of experience in a law firm or in-house legal department
- High integrity, professionalism, and discretion
- Strong business judgment and risk assessment skills
- Ability to balance legal risk with practical business objectives
- Strategic thinking and solutions-oriented approach
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into understandable, executable advice
- Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities
- Strong relationship-building and client-service orientation
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively across functions
- Comfort and sound judgment in evolving or uncertain legal and regulatory areas
- Self-motivated and enthusiastic
- Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
What We Do
Koppers, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a global wood preservation technology company that creates safe and environmentally responsible solutions to solve our customer’s most important challenges. Our products and services are used in a variety of niche applications in a diverse range of end-markets including railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber and construction industries. With more than 2,100 employees, we maintain a global manufacturing and distribution network, with facilities in North America, South America, Australasia, China and Europe. Koppers is committed to living a culture of Zero Harm that places the care of our people, our environment and our communities first at all times. The company is also a member of the American Chemistry Council and dedicated to adopting its Responsible Care® initiative at all of our locations worldwide.
