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ABB

Senior Legal Counsel – US Electrification Smart Power

ABB

. Providing Legal & Integrity (L&I) related advice to ABB management and acting as an advisor to the business stakeholders.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeCary • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Providing Legal & Integrity (L&I) related advice to ABB management and acting as an advisor to the business stakeholders.
  • Reviewing and negotiating contracts, drafting commercial agreements and other contractual terms in collaboration with relevant business stakeholders and L&I team members, and overseeing contract management.
  • Monitoring legal affairs, including but not limited to litigations and activity reports and occupying a seat at the table on local strategic business matters.
  • Ensuring good corporate governance (including structuring, drafting, and negotiation) in your area of accountability within the country, with respect to Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) / divestiture transactions.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Juris Doctorate from an accredited U.S. law school with active bar admission
  • Minimum 8+ years of experience in corporate/commercial law, preferably gained in multinational manufacturing / corporate environments and/or top-tier law firms.
  • Proven ability to manage fiduciary responsibilities, corporate governance, and operate effectively within a decentralized organization.
  • Strong business-focused legal judgment with experience in process improvement, risk mitigation, and optimization of legal operations.
  • Proficiency in contract review, drafting, and negotiation; mergers & acquisitions; and corporate secretarial functions, including filings and compliance.
  • Deep understanding of data privacy and protection laws, U.S. government contracting, contractor licensing, and related regulatory frameworks.
  • Familiarity with integrity, finance, treasury, risk management/insurance, and preferred experience in antitrust, IP, and IS/IT-related legal matters.
  • Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
  • Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
  • Vision benefit
  • Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
  • Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
  • Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
  • Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
  • Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
  • Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
  • Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
  • Employee discount program
  • Retirement 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
  • Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
  • ABB provides 11 paid holidays.
  • Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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Hard Skills & Tools
contract reviewcontract draftingcontract negotiationmergers & acquisitionscorporate governancefiduciary responsibilitiesdata privacy lawsU.S. government contractingregulatory frameworkscorporate secretarial functions
Soft Skills
business-focused legal judgmentprocess improvementrisk mitigationoptimization of legal operationsability to manage stakeholderseffective communicationstrategic thinkingcollaborationnegotiation skillsorganizational skills
Certifications
Juris Doctorateactive bar admission