Legal Counsel

Trex Pte Ltd - Winchester, VA

Full-time

Winchester, VA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

When you work at Trex, you're helping to grow and enhance a true original. You join a company that boldly launched an entire industry and still leads the way. We are looking for a Legal Counsel to support our legal team by providing ongoing legal counseling in a wide range of legal areas, including labor and employment, commercial transactions, marketing, consumer laws, privacy, intellectual property, and regulatory compliance. As a Trex Legal Counsel, you'll be based in our corporate headquarters in Winchester, VA and will report to the Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. In this role, you will provide ongoing legal counseling in various legal areas, resolve issues that arise in existing commercial relationships, and handle pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries. You will be responsible for structuring, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements, including distribution, licensing, and marketing contracts. Additionally, you will assist with securities regulations compliance, including reporting and filing documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and manage the company's insurance policies and strategies. Your responsibilities will also include ensuring insider trading compliance, supporting mergers and acquisitions, and managing executive compensation matters, including equity compensation program support for long-term incentive pay structures. You will oversee the company-wide record retention policy and partner with departmental cross-functional teams, including Finance, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Research and Development on various projects. This position requires a high attention to detail as well as excellent legal and business judgment, and you must possess a high level of energy, tact, and a strong desire to learn and grow while being a team player.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing legal counseling in a wide range of legal areas, including labor and employment, commercial transactions, marketing, consumer laws, privacy, intellectual property, and regulatory compliance.
• Resolve issues that arise in existing commercial relationships and handle pre-litigation legal disputes and inquiries.
• Structure, draft and negotiate commercial agreements, including distribution, licensing and marketing contracts.
• Assist with securities regulations compliance, including reporting and filing documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Assist in the management of the company's insurance policies and strategies.
• Ensure insider trading compliance, including Section 16 filings.
• Support for mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and other corporate transactions.
• Manage executive compensation matters, including equity compensation program support for long-term incentive pay structures.
• Oversee company-wide record retention policy.
• Partner with departmental cross-functional teams, including Finance, Marketing, Sales, Operations, Research and Development on various projects.

Requirements

• Five-or-more years of experience in general corporate matters is required.
• Juris Doctorate from a top law school and active license to practice.
• High attention to detail and excellent legal and business judgment.
• High level of energy, tact, and strong desire to learn and grow.
• Ability to work as a team player.

Benefits

• Paid holidays and paid vacation.
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance with a generous share of the cost covered by the company.
• 401(k) With Company Match.
• Tuition Reimbursement for further education.
• Training and Education options available.
• Stock Purchase Program at a discounted price.
• Employee Discount Program for Trex products.