ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL

Heaven Hill Brands - Louisville, KY

Full-time - Senior

Louisville, KY

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

About the position

This position is a hybrid role based in Louisville, Kentucky, providing oversight of the legal function within the company. The individual will act as the primary manager for all legal counsel worldwide, offering comprehensive legal advice and risk analysis across various topics, particularly in the alcohol beverage industry. Responsibilities include managing legal compliance, advising on regulatory matters, and supporting internal investigations and litigation.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage legal counsel team members.
• Manage the Company's trade practice compliance process, policy, and procedure.
• Act as the Company team leader to build relationships across sales and marketing and drive effective trade practice compliance practices across the organization.
• Interpret legislation, laws, rulings, and regulations, and advise the Company on legal rights, remedies, and options, particularly as it relates to disputes and litigation.
• Engage on and stay abreast of proposed regulatory changes and government affairs topics related to trade practice compliance.
• Lead company initiatives to improve processes and create collaborative solutions to reduce Company risk and execute Company strategy.
• Act as the primary Company legal liaison to all state and federal alcohol regulatory agencies.
• Draft, review, and negotiate company contracts, requests for proposals, and other legal documents.
• Act as the primary advisor and business partner to certain divisions of sales and marketing, the Regulatory Compliance Department, and Human Resources.
• Manage litigation and claims.
• Review product labels for compliance with federal and state beverage alcohol laws and regulations.
• Support the General Counsel to provide legal support to executive and senior leadership on various projects.
• Manage other duties and special projects as assigned by General Counsel.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• J.D. or LLM required from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Current Bar License in Kentucky or a state with reciprocity with Kentucky.
• Minimum 10 years of experience working as an attorney required, with specific experience in the alcohol beverage industry strongly preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing a team, preferably including practicing attorneys.
• Excellent people leader skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage a heavy workload and prioritize multiple projects with competing deadlines.
• Self-starter with ability to work autonomously while functioning well in a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to understand general business operations beyond basic legal issues.
• Ability to identify and synthesize legal issues simply and communicate effectively with other departments.
• Excellent computer skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Nice-to-haves

• Labor law experience preferred.

Benefits

• Paid Vacation
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental & Vision eligibility from day one
• FSA/HSA
• 401K match
• EAP
• Maternity/Paternity Leave