In-House Counsel, Global Venture & Private Equity Deal Structuring
Allocator One
Assistant General Counsel - Employment
Sysco
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Houston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provide legal counsel and risk assessment regarding employment matters to HR and business stakeholders
- Serve as primary legal support for Human Resources partners, senior management, company executives and key functions
- Manage and select outside counsel and develop strategies for employment litigation
- Direct pre-litigation employment matters and responses to complaints from opposing counsel and government agencies
- Partner with leadership of HR, Sales, Operations, Finance, Safety and Compliance to support initiatives
- Provide daily advice and counsel regarding legal compliance and risk avoidance
- Manage outside counsel fees and costs to maintain efficiency
- Participate in cross-functional teams to support enterprise-wide initiatives, policies and strategies
- Prepare materials and conduct training for internal business clients on strategic initiatives and legal matters
Requirements
- Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
- 6+ years legal experience, including practicing and litigating at a law firm and in-house
- Excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills
- Creative problem solving
- Aptitude to work collaboratively
- Ability to effectively and efficiently manage multiple time-sensitive projects simultaneously
- Strong leadership skills and client service orientation
- Ability to manage high volume of employment and employment litigation matters
- Above-average command of English, both oral and written, and excellent grammar, proofreading, punctuation and spelling skills
- Above-average arithmetic skills
- Authorized to work in the United States
- Willingness/ability to travel up to 25%
- Ability to sit for long periods, perform lengthy typing tasks, multitask under stress
Benefits
- Hybrid Role: In-office Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Work from home on Thursday and Friday.
- For information on Sysco’s Benefits, please visit https://SyscoBenefits.com
- Opportunity to grow personally and professionally
- Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
Juris Doctoratelegal counselrisk assessmentemployment litigationlegal compliancepre-litigation matterscomplaints managementemployment matterslegal trainingproject management
Soft skills
verbal communicationwritten communicationinterpersonal skillscreative problem solvingcollaborationleadershipclient service orientationtime managementmultitaskingstress management
