General Counsel

• Advise LADS business leaders as a strategic legal partner
• Provide legal guidance on U.S. and international laws
• Review, draft, negotiate, and advise on international agreements
• Support international award and execution
• Prepare and deliver written correspondence and legal memoranda
• Counsel on warranty claims and coordinate with local partners
• Manage outside counsel matters and contribute to budgeting and planning
• Engage collaboratively across the SBU, maintaining strong relationships

Director, Senior Counsel, Land and Air Defense Systems

• Own negotiation and execution of commercial SaaS agreements — including MSAs, subscription agreements, DPAs, and NDAs — while enabling the business to move quickly within defined guardrails.
• Enforce company positions on non-standard terms and manage escalation paths, improving time-to-signature without increasing legal or commercial risk.
• Train and enable Sales to handle routine negotiations independently, reducing legal bottlenecks at scale.
• Lead the end-to-end contracting function for all customer and vendor agreements, building a scalable, AI-enabled operation that reduces manual work and accelerates deal cycles.
• Implement and manage a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system, including templates, negotiation playbooks, approval workflows, and delegation of authority controls.
• Leverage AI-driven legal tools for contract review, risk flagging, and workflow automation — actively identifying opportunities to reduce outside counsel reliance over time.
• Own vendor contracting and procurement legal processes, maintaining a contract repository with proactive tracking of key terms and obligations.
• Lead legal aspects of data privacy — including DPA negotiation and regulatory alignment with GDPR, CCPA, and related frameworks — and monitor evolving requirements across Canto's operating and customer geographies.
• Partner with Security, Product, and Executive Leadership on emerging legal and regulatory requirements related to AI, data governance, automated decision-making, IP, and responsible AI practices.
• Serve as the primary legal advisor across commercial and operational matters, managing outside counsel relationships across the US and Europe with a focus on cost efficiency and minimizing routine escalations.
• Handle disputes and pre-litigation matters with a pragmatic, resolution-oriented approach, and advise on Canto's corporate entity compliance program.
• Partner with Security during privacy and security events, coordinating on notification obligations, contractual commitments, regulatory requirements, and privilege preservation.

Commercial Counsel

• Providing legal coverage and litigation support to claims professionals
• Reviewing first- and third-party policies
• Providing legal advice on tenders of coverage
• Drafting correspondence in response to tenders of coverage
• Managing disputes and litigation over the duty to defend and/or duty to indemnify
• Researching and keeping apprised of changes in the law
• Preparing quarterly reports to Claims Management

Associate General Counsel – Risk Transfer Solutions

• Provide legal support and advice, including interpreting laws, rules and regulations
• Advise company personnel, negotiating and drafting agreements and other documents
• Monitor laws and regulations affecting the company
• Assists management with a wide variety of projects requiring legal expertise
• Initiatives involving legal disputes
• Provides hands-on counsel and presents clear recommendations
• Advises company officers, managers and employees of legal requirements pertaining to operations
• Provides education and training to personnel on relevant topics

Associate General Counsel, M&A

• Serve as a trusted legal advisor and strategic business partner to revenue cycle, supply chain, and enterprise-wide business operations
• Negotiate and manage commercial agreements to ensure alignment with organizational objectives and risk tolerance
• Advise executives and operational leaders on regulatory compliance, risk management, and dispute resolution
• Identify legal risks, develop effective mitigation strategies, and implement compliant operational procedures
• Translate regulatory changes into actionable business practices and educate business partners on impacts

Associate General Counsel, Shared Services

• Provides leadership in development, implementation, and oversight of system-wide/regional standards, programs, and/or systems for the delivery of legal services
• Directs, supervises, and evaluates the work of legal department staff, including attorneys
• Holds legal department staff accountable for achieving performance and productivity targets
• Works with legal department staff to identify and resolve complex issues
• Develops staff to ensure continued professional growth
• Builds and supports effective collegial relationships within the Legal Department and also with applicable internal clients
• Oversees the development, implementation, and consistent application of effective organizational policies and practices
• Participates in maintaining an effective internal control environment within the legal department
• Monitors legal developments in healthcare or general corporate environment
• Helps provide oversight of development, performance and quality of contract management and review operations
• Performs direct legal services in areas of assigned responsibility, including representation of Banner in negotiations

Executive Director – Legal Services

• Analyze insurance policies, draft coverage opinions and provide coverage advice and recommendations for clients;
• Conduct complex and rigorous legal research and analysis, and draft memoranda;
• Draft and review pleadings, memos, briefs, discovery, motions with supporting briefs and other legal correspondence;
• Attending depositions, hearings and mediations as required.

Senior Counsel – Trial & Defense

• Assist DPR teams in reviewing, drafting, and negotiating Owner contracts, subcontracts, professional services agreements, and supply agreements
• Serve as a backup resource to DPR’s contracting counsel team
• Advise DPR teams on corporate insurance and surety programs
• Review client-provided builder’s risk, Owner Controlled Insurance Programs
• Partner with operations teams and legal colleagues to develop practical solutions for managing contract risk
• Prepare guidance, training materials, and educational content for DPR teams on insurance-related issues

Associate Counsel

• Provides strategic and operational leadership to claims and litigation management team
• Implements best practices and oversees financial performance of claims
• Provides legal advice and direction related to risk management incidents and claims
• Directly manages and mentors Claims Directors
• Coordinates with other risk area functions to reduce financial impact of liability risks
• Oversees case evaluations, mediations, and trials

Senior Director, Claims & Litigation Counsel

• Own multi-state regulatory compliance obligations for HopSkipDrive as a transportation network company operating in the education sector, including TNC licensing, driver qualification standards, DMV record check requirements, and state-specific transportation regulations.
• Draft and submit regulatory filings, advice letters, and compliance attestations to state agencies; track and manage agency review, approval, and disposition.
• Advise on revenue contract and RFP provisions with regulatory implications, including background check requirements, reporting obligations, and driver and vehicle standards.
• Advise internal stakeholders on regulatory requirements for new market entry and ongoing compliance obligations in existing markets.
• Build AI projects and workflows related to regulatory matters.
• Monitor and analyze federal and state legislation affecting HopSkipDrive’s operations, with a focus on transportation network companies, school pupil transportation, and automated decision systems.
• Develop legal and policy positions on pending legislation; collaborate with the Policy and Government Relations teams to prepare bill analyses, public comments, and engagement strategies.
• Assist with bill review and bill drafting in partnership with the Policy team.
• Identify legislative trends and develop proactive compliance strategies, particularly around TNC regulation, school transportation, and gig economy classification.
• Represent HopSkipDrive’s interests in regulatory rulemakings before state public utility commissions and transportation agencies.
• Monitor and manage responses to public records and disclosure requests from state and local agencies.
• Leverage AI tools for more efficient legislative analysis.
• Oversee a book of claims related to labor and employment claims.
• Manage a small number of cases or claims related to civil litigation including discovery strategy, preparing corporate witnesses, and directing litigation defense.
• Support outside counsel in preparing for and conducting arbitrations.
• Handle subpoenas, service of process, and regulatory investigations, coordinating with outside counsel as appropriate.
• Build AI projects and workflows related to litigation.
• Manage data use agreements and research partnerships with academic institutions and government agencies.
• Provide legal research and rulemaking assistance as needed to support a busy and growing regulatory portfolio.
• Serve as a legal subject matter expert on AI and automated decision-making, advising on compliance with emerging state AI legislation and internal AI governance frameworks.

Senior Counsel – Policy & Regulatory

• Perform complex legal work and analysis as it pertains to litigation issues involving the client
• Conduct research and analyze legal issues using both computerized legal research and hard copy tools
• Handle a broad spectrum of civil claims as assigned by the Practice Group Leader, including advising government agencies
• Assist the Civil Division with appeals work, including writing and editing appellate court briefs, defending clients at oral argument when scheduled, and helping other attorneys in the office by preparing appeals and arguments
• Draft various documents, including reports and updates, motions, memorandums, and various other court documents
• Attend court to present and defend the client at status conferences, oral arguments on motions, in evidentiary hearings, and other hearings as set by the court
• Provide risk analyses and status reports to the Practice Group Lead and, where appropriate, to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and clients on all cases and matters assigned
• Assist with supervising and mentoring non-senior attorneys
• Responsible for compliance with the continuing legal education requirements and other requirements imposed by the State Bar of Arizona

Senior Counsel

• Independently handling all aspects of a personal docket of FINRA arbitration claims
• Recording and reporting on Counsel’s docket of litigation and other claims against the Osaic broker-dealers
• Administration of claims and interaction with insurance carriers
• Administration of cases placed with outside counsel
• Handling of a broad variety of legal inquiries related to independent financial professionals

Litigation Counsel

• Independently provides legal counsel to senior leadership to support business objectives and lead regulatory, compliance and litigation risk to USAA.
• Leads sophisticated legal assignments with a high level of business impact and delivers appropriate solutions.
• Effectively communicates with partners and varying levels of leadership in both verbal and written forms.
• Produces clear and concise legal positions involving highly complex issues.
• Proactively collaborates across USAA and Legal and Advisory Services to mitigate risk.
• Proactively monitors and analyzes changes in laws, regulations and industry and advises appropriate organizational leadership of such changes in a timely manner.
• Anticipates potential or future legal and operational issues that present a risk to the organization and proactively engages with others to identify potential solutions.
• Regularly provides guidance to more junior attorneys and serves as a resource to others in Legal and Advisory Services.
• Provides leadership through cross-functional projects that have a material impact to USAA.
• Effectively manages outside counsel to obtain legal advice.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

Associate General Counsel – Insurance Counsel

• Provide legal advice and counseling on a wide range of employment law issues and legal support to the business unit and operations HR teams
• Support ranges from explaining human resource fundamentals to HR employees to providing detailed analysis of legal risk of proposed actions or inactions
• Provide tactical and strategic legal advice and counseling to HR leadership, including advice on handling performance or conduct concerns of high-level employees, employment law implications of operational decisions, ensuring compliance with unique state and local laws, and proactively addressing potential legal risk
• Review and provide guidance on HR or employment related contracts and agreements to ensure that vendors and partners are required to comply with relevant employment law and Circle K requirements, compliance with Circle K’s internal contract requirements, and that internal partners understand the terms of the contract
• Draft, review, and provide advice on a host of employee agreements, including severance and separation agreements, offer letters, and accommodation agreements
• Partner with business units and HR teams to internally handle employment law claims, including demand letters, administrative charges, and administrative investigations by advising on investigating the claims, documenting findings, and developing responsive documents
• Develop strategies to resolve the claim through settlement when appropriate
• Retain and manage outside counsel for lawsuits and employment law claims that business units and HR teams are unable to handle internally
• Ensure that outside counsel handles employment litigation matters in compliance with the outside counsel guidelines, adheres to approved budgets, and focuses on achieving the best outcome for Circle K
• Identify gaps and opportunities in HR operations and processes to notify HR teams and leadership, develop solutions to ensure legal compliance, and define the legal risk if gaps are not addressed and ensure leadership is aware of the risk
• Provide legal guidance to HR and operations on business reorganizations, reductions in force, and outsourcing employees and teams to vendors, ensuring proper selection procedures are followed
• Provide legal guidance on transactions, acquisitions, and divestitures, with a focus on identifying legal issues and risk with the target’s employment policies, documents, and practices; ensuring HR and transaction team understands the potential cost of employee agreements, separation policies, and other employment policies triggered by a transaction; identifying material legal risk of employment claims and lawsuits; and reviewing employment related language to agreements
• Post closing, provide guidance on how to integrate or offboard employees, draft employment related documents, and advise on compliance with the requirements of the agreement
• Work with the Legal Labor and Employment team to develop and deploy training on a regular basis to Human Resources employees and management level employees on a range of labor and employment issues
• Review and provide support on updating employment policies and procedures across the enterprise and keep them current/compliant
• Assist the REAL BRGs by providing legal guidance about proposed actions, determining global implications of proposals, identifying potential changes to the law that may affect Culture & Community programs, and participating in programs
• Collaborate with Legal team members on matters that have labor and employment and non-labor and employment legal issues to advise the relevant business units, develop strategies to address legal risk, and identify and manage outside counsel
• Provide guidance and advice to Legal Counsel, Labor and Employment, US, and Paralegal, Labor and Employment, US
• Provide legal guidance to Head of Global HSE and business unit HR and HSE members on compliance with state and federal Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) laws and regulations
• Ensure that Head of Global HSE is updated on changes to the law and state level laws that fall under the HSE authority
• Work with Head of Global HSE and key partners to develop and implement legally required policies and trainings
• Advise the Head of Global HSE and business units on how to handle OSHA investigations and complaints

Senior Legal Counsel, Labor and Employment

• Manage claims and litigation cases
• Proactively monitor and collaborate with outside defense counsel
• Serve as in-house counsel on risk management and claims matters
• Evaluate each claim with respect to liability, causation and damages
• Direct attorney-client privileged investigations
• Negotiate directly with claimants and attorneys on serious liability exposures
• Drive resolution of claims by formulating and implementing investigative plans
• Serves as a trusted advisor to internal clients
• Participate in attorney selection and re-evaluation process

Director of Complex Claims and Counsel

• Provide necessary in-house legal services
• Negotiate and draft contracts, including software licensing agreements, health care provider contracts, and supplier contracts
• Provide legal counsel to various BCBSAZ areas, including Information Technology, Procurement, Business Continuity, Marketing
• Manage Vendor Contract Forms and evaluate Form language
• Advise on healthcare and corporate issues, statutory and regulatory compliance
• Support activities related to the No Surprises Act
• Coordinate responses to DOI, attorney, provider, and member complaints
• Gather and analyze data for special risk management projects
• Work with Internal Audit on fraud investigation and prosecution
• Engage with internal clients on business needs with potential legal impacts

Associate General Counsel

• Structure, draft, and negotiate complex commercial agreements—especially those involving the sale of technology, data, or service arrangements.
• Provide real-time, business-focused commercial legal advice on complex commercial contracts and in areas such as technology and privacy.
• Effectively collaborate across business units, compliance, and legal teams to identify issues, drive solutions, and complete commercial transactions.
• Lead development of templates, playbooks, and process improvements to support efficient contract review and negotiation.
• Anticipate legal issues and offer practical, innovative solutions in fast-paced and dynamic business environments.
• Help foster alignment between business goals and legal frameworks in regulated industries.
• Navigate ambiguity with confidence and help shape emerging business models and opportunities.
• Contribute to a culture of open dialogue and collaborative problem-solving across a distributed, virtual team.

Senior Managing Counsel, Commercial Transactions

• Structure, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements—especially those involving procurement of technology and/or service arrangements.
• Provide real-time, business-focused commercial legal advice on commercial contracts, including SaaS and other technology agreements, digital marketing, and contract amendments.
• Support senior counsel on various third-party risk management initiatives
• Identify potential issues related to data, privacy, and intellectual property for collaboration with and escalation to internal subject matter experts.
• Effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Finance, Risk and Compliance, Privacy, Security, IT, HR, and within Legal to identify and solve problems, build partnerships, and complete commercial transactions.
• Anticipate legal concerns and provide creative problem solving in a dynamic business environment.
• Contribute to the development of templates, playbooks, and process improvements to support efficient contract review and negotiation.

Counsel, Commercial Transactions

• Advising on business initiatives, product design, filings, claims, utilization management, pharmacy, and provider network matters;
• Leading responses to regulatory inquiries, investigations, and market conduct exams;
• Providing proactive guidance on evolving state laws and requirements.
• Serving as counsel to the Banner | Aetna joint venture in Arizona, advising on governance, regulatory strategy, and business initiatives.

Senior Legal Counsel, West Regional

• Drive valuable technology transactions, including negotiation with customers
• Draft subscription, business associate, data processing and professional services agreements
• Provide proactive strategic advice and guidance to internal teams regarding business and legal issues
• Assist in implementing legal efficiencies to support the Healthcare business unit
• Help build and improve contract templates and negotiation playbooks
• Assist with internal training to sales and contract operations on customer contract experience

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