Staff Attorney (47312)

About the position

As the largest machine tool builder in the western world, we need world-class talent in all of our departments. The Staff Attorney will provide day-to-day advice on a broad range of contractual issues and other legal matters. Under general supervision, carries out broad and complex assignments requiring comprehensive knowledge of the legal field and compliance including corporate, environmental, contracts, employees and intellectual property.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a portfolio of competitive, enforceable form agreements that protect the interests of the company and limit its exposure to liability.
• Review, revise and update existing form agreements: NDA, Confidentiality and Employee Agreements, Service Agreements, Consulting Agreements and regular corporate reporting.
• Draft internal policies to enforce legal compliance; Human Resources, Environmental, Corporate reporting.
• Manage worldwide outside legal counsel resources; review and approve corresponding invoices.
• Manage litigation and lawsuits; managing external litigation resources, interaction with insurer attorneys, assess and reduce risk of litigation.
• Secure company intellectual property; internal and external IP agreements, patents, licensing activities, copyrights, trademarks and corporate reporting.
• Review and renegotiate or terminate existing contracts that are not advantageous to the company.
• Provide legal support to sales and business associates during contract negotiations and review.
• Review and negotiate incoming non-standard agreements.
• Review, interpret and provide advice on the company's rights/obligations under existing agreements.
• Prepare and maintain a risk analysis of existing contracts.
• Effectively manage transactions to conclusion.
• Collaborate with other employees in team problem solving.
• Set up and maintain a contract database and ensure compliance with notice provisions and key terms of agreements.
• Review and negotiate real estate leases.
• Perform legal research, analyze and advise on a broad range of business and legal affairs issues.
• Perform other miscellaneous assignments in any general corporate area.
• Assist with departmental and administrative functions and matters.
• Represent departments or systems that are recognized as high risk in relation to the management of personal data.
• Serve as member of the information governance committee.
• Assist the Privacy Officer with day-to-day responsibility for compliance with the data protection policy.

Requirements

• California State Bar certified.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills and attention to detail.
• Strong negotiating skills.
• High ethical standards and trustworthiness with confidential matters.
• Ability to manage numerous time-sensitive matters simultaneously and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
• Results-oriented, practical business and legal counselor able to meet tight deadlines and deliver timely, sensible results.
• Ability to evaluate both business and legal risks of proposed and existing agreements.
• Ability to grasp, evaluate and summarize complex transactional and contractual terms and conditions.
• Confident, professional individual comfortable working closely and exchanging ideas with senior executives.
• Highly computer-literate in Excel and Word processing.
• Self-motivated individual who works independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work professionally and efficiently with a variety of personalities and on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Must be willing to do some administrative work.

Nice-to-haves

• Doctoral Degree Ph.D. from a four-year college or university is required.
• 3-5 years of related experience.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $135,000 - $175,000 per year.