Legal Counsel
Coloplast
Lead Corporate Governance Specialist, Corporate Counsel
Switzerland Global Enterprise
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $109,000 - $146,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Responsible for managing the day-to-day operational needs of all GE Vernova businesses in North America region related to the entire life cycle of entities, including legal entity creation, management and maintenance, dissolution, and simplification
- Receive requests and interact with Business General Counsels, Finance, Tax and other GE Vernova teams to ensure timely creation, maintenance, and dissolution of legal entities
- Manage board and committee meeting logistics, attend and record minutes of all board and committee meetings; facilitate board communications
- Advise Legal Entity boards on their roles and responsibilities; facilitate the orientation of new Directors
- Maintain key corporate documents and record them in centralized document storage
- Maintain legal entity data in relevant internal entity management systems across GE Vernova
- Ensure proper corporate disclosure and compliance with jurisdictional corporation laws and enable proper reporting and compliance; support legal compliance tracking and reporting for North America region entities
- Assist in implementing global governance policies and procedures locally
- Monitor corporate governance developments and assist in tailoring governance practices to meet the needs of each legal entity
- Work closely with the Business Counsels and cross regional teams to implement different LEAN and legal governance process improvement projects and gain adoption across all GE Vernova Business units
- Liaise with external counsel, notaries, and government agencies
- Collaborate with finance, tax, and operations teams to ensure entity compliance
- Identify and implement process improvements for entity management
- Support digitalization and automation initiatives for governance workflows
Requirements
- Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
- Must be a member in good standing of one or more state bars
- Minimum 2-3 years of legal entity corporate governance experience for US entities OR Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or college with at least 3-5 years of significant corporate governance experience for US entities within the legal department of a corporation
- Notary certification (electronic notary certification desirable)
- Must be fluent in English (proficiency in Spanish, French or Portuguese would be an advantage)
Benefits
- Professional development
- Competitive compensation
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
legal entity managementcorporate governancecompliance trackingprocess improvementdigitalizationautomationboard meeting logisticsdocument managemententity management systemsgovernance policies
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationadvisoryorganizationalfacilitationinterpersonalproblem-solvingleadershipattention to detailadaptability
Certifications
Juris Doctorstate bar membershipnotary certificationelectronic notary certification
