Associate Legal Counsel

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts, requests for proposals, forms, and other legal documents to support the profitable growth of Victaulic’s business
• Work broadly across various business groups, operating companies, and departments to gather information and assess needs/capabilities in order to deliver tailored legal solutions
• Support major business transactions, including due diligence, mergers, acquisitions, divestures, global joint ventures and strategic partnership deals
• Participate in the development and provision of corporate policies, programs, and training on industry-specific issues, corporate governance, compliance, human resources, etc., and the continued legal guidance of all such policies/programs
• Aid in the selection, retention, management and evaluation of outside counsel
• Keep informed of industry-specific regulations and ensure that appropriate risk management strategies are in place
• As a member of the Legal Department, assist internal business clients and Legal Department staff with various tasks as assigned

• Juris Doctor degree from an ABA accredited school of law
• License to practice law in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (or ability to obtain a Limited In-House Corporate Counsel License from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience practicing law within a corporation or private practice, or preferably, combined experience
• Proficiency drafting and negotiating commercial contracts with key understanding of business operations and legal issues affecting the business
• Experience supervising support staff and with cost-effective management of outside counsel
• Ability to anticipate issues and estimate risks strategically
• identify proactive solutions to eliminate or mitigate identified risks
• Excellent judgement and analytical skills
• capable of developing trust and respect with key stakeholders through ‘first class’ interpersonal and communication skills
• Periodic travel domestically and abroad

Complex sales/transactional contracts and/or government procurement exposure a plus