Legal Counsel

ABB

Legal Counsel providing strategic counsel for ABB's Process Industries division in the United States. Collaborating with business stakeholders and ensuring compliance with legal standards.

Posted 7/16/2026full-timeWesterville • North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $119,000 - $190,400 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in providing strategic legal counsel, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, and managing legal risks while fostering corporate governance in Mergers & Acquisitions. Strong ability to collaborate with business stakeholders and navigate complex legal environments with a focus on practical solutions.

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Degree In LawBar Admission In A US StateLaw Firm ExperienceIn-House ExperienceMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

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Hard Skills

Contract ReviewContract NegotiationCommercial Agreement DraftingLegal Risk ManagementCorporate Governance

Soft Skills

Collaborative TeamworkPractical Problem SolvingOut-Of-The-Box Thinking

Tools & Technologies

Digitally Enabled EnvironmentAI Utilization

Industry Keywords

ComplianceEthical StandardsLitigation MonitoringLegal AffairsBusiness Partnering

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide strategic legal counsel as a business partner and uphold and foster the highest standards of integrity within ABB.
Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards.
Effectively and pragmatically manage legal risks.
Reviewing and negotiating contracts, drafting commercial agreements and other contractual terms in collaboration with relevant business stakeholders and team members, and collaborating with 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.
Supporting in anticipating future business and legal opportunities and challenges and developing appropriate strategies to address them.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Degree in law from an established US university.
Law firm experience and In-house experience preferred.
You hold current bar admission valid in a US State.
Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.
You are at ease communicating in English. French and/or German helpful.
You enjoy working as part of a full-service team integrated into our business.
Willingness to work with AI and in a digitally enabled environment.
You are passionate about law in a practical and solution orientated way with out-of-the- box thinking.
You are captivated by technology and want to work collaboratively as a true business partner.

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
Paid Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Program
Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
Employee discount program
401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
ABB provides 11 paid holidays.
Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.