General Counsel

• Provide practical legal advice and counseling on a full range of product-related issues that arise domestically and internationally
• Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering and Strategy teams through the entire product lifecycle to identify issues, recommend practical solutions, and assist cross-functional efforts to achieve go-to-market goals
• Serve as a legal advisor on AI matters, including advising on AI policies, liability, licensing, responsible AI development, deployment, and risk assessments
• Develop and enhance processes designed to ensure ongoing product compliance with global laws and regulations, including global privacy laws, data security, export control and trade compliance
• Negotiate inbound and outbound license agreements
• Participate in the company's open-source review process
• Advise on privacy by design, privacy impact assessments, and data handling and minimization principles throughout the software development lifecycle
• Review product collateral and marketing materials
• Serve as a subject matter expert on our products for the Contracts and Legal teams and assist with contract negotiations
• Support the company's incident response program and respond to security events
• Contribute to the company’s IP strategy and product roadmap, including management of patent and trademark portfolios and IP enforcement activities in coordination with product teams and outside counsel

Product Counsel

• Provide strategic advice and counsel to the People team and business stakeholders on a broad range of U.S. employment issues, including recruiting and hiring, onboarding, performance management, disciplinary actions, leaves of absence, accommodations, wage and hour compliance, compensation and benefits, pay transparency, contingent workers, employee classification, reorganizations, redundancies, non-competition and non-solicitation, and separations and terminations
• Oversee internal workplace investigations, including matters involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower complaints, and policy violations
• Investigate and respond to claims, demand letters, administrative complaints, audits, and other employment-related inquiries
• Manage pre-litigation and litigation matters with the assistance of outside counsel as needed
• Draft, review, and negotiate employment-related documents and templates, including offer letters, employment agreements, contingent worker agreements, separation and severance agreements, and release agreements
• Develop, review, and update employment policies, standards, and HR guidelines to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws
• Support Tanium’s federal contractor compliance obligations, including OFCCP compliance evaluations and AAP preparation and maintenance under VEVRAA and Section 503
• Advise on legal issues arising from the use of AI tools in recruiting and employment practices
• Design and deliver employment related training to the People team, employees and managers
• Monitor federal, state, and local employment law developments and proactively communicate changes and their business implications to the People team, leadership, and relevant stakeholders

Employment Counsel

• 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

• Draft, review, analyze, structure, and negotiate manufacturing, packaging, development, purchase, supply, license, and service agreements
• Advise and provide training to business unit personnel on compliance policies, customer and vendor relations, contract matters, and regulatory issues
• Assist in merger and acquisition activity
• Help resolve customer disputes and claims, support litigation, and direct outside counsel in dispute and litigation matters
• Provide general advice to senior management and other senior company personnel on a day-to-day basis
• Offer guidance to achieve business objectives in compliance with laws and regulations while avoiding unacceptable risks
• Perform other duties as assigned

Senior Counsel

• 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.

Legal Counsel

• Prepare, review, and negotiate agreements in connection with the bank’s roles as bond trustee, escrow agent, paying agent, and custodian.
• Advise business line on governing documents, account administration matters, and transactional issues across corporate and municipal finance deals.
• Provide legal guidance on risk considerations, including potential litigation exposure and regulatory compliance matters.
• Support business partners with contract drafting, negotiation strategy, and resolution of deal-related issues under tight timelines.
• Interpret and assess the requirements of laws and regulations relevant to corporate trust and agency services, including those applicable to fiduciaries and financial institutions.

Senior Corporate Counsel – Corporate Trust Attorney

• Investigate factual situations and present creative solutions based on independent legal research and analysis
• Provide timely and accurate legal advice and prepare effective documents
• Oversee diverse litigation docket, drive litigation strategy, and provide counsel to internal stakeholders
• Analyze potential litigation exposure and respond to pre-complaint investigations and demands

Senior Counsel – Litigation

• Serve as the lead legal advisor to the Wealth Management business on acquisition of books of business and other transactional matters.
• Structure, draft, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including: Asset Purchase Agreements, Asset Retention Agreements, Loan Agreements, Promissory Notes, Other transaction-related and ancillary documentation.
• Provide legal support for: Onboarding of financial professionals and advisor groups
• Acquisitions of books of business by Equitable
• Acquisitions of books of business by existing Equitable financial professionals
• Review and advise on restrictive covenant agreements, including non-compete and non-solicitation agreements and provisions.
• Review financial professional candidate applications and hiring letters.
• Lead and partner with outside counsel to address various legal issues including those associated with debt recovery in the event of default on debts owed by financial professionals.
• Partner closely with internal stakeholders, including Compliance and Litigation, to ensure alignment on regulatory, risk, and dispute-related matters.
• Identify legal and regulatory risks and provide practical, business-focused solutions.
• Support the development and refinement of scalable legal processes for transactional workflows.

Counsel – Wealth Management

• Provide legal advice to internal stakeholders who originate and underwrite public and private debt securities issuances (investment grade and high yield debt)
• Review, draft, and negotiate transaction documentation on a wide variety of capital markets transactions including public offerings, 144A/Reg S transactions, private placements and liability management transactions
• Work closely with the front office to support the real-time execution of capital markets transactions
• Advise business units and other support partners (Compliance, Risk Management, etc.) regarding securities laws and regulations, SEC/FINRA Rules and related risks
• Stay abreast of relevant market, legal and regulatory developments
• Assist in training business units regarding legal risks and regulatory changes, including advising on regulatory change projects relating to securities sales and trading
• Become familiar with relevant U.S. Bank policies and procedures, ranging from AML/KYC matters to onboarding foreign investors
• Work closely with business lines and support partners to ensure continuous compliance with laws, regulations and policies

Senior Corporate Counsel – Securities Capital Markets

• Advise and assist staff with respect to reconsideration reviews, appeals, complaints, grievances, incidents, and inquiries/investigations/audits conducted by regulatory authorities
• Develop and review contracts and agreements with state agencies, counties, providers, vendors, stakeholders or other entities and individuals
• Supervise the appeals unit, which facilitates all in-house reviews of appeals of agency decisions, including actions on authorization requests, actions with providers, and claims denial appeals
• Prepare employees for depositions and court appearances, respond to subpoenas directed to the organization and/or employees, and coordinate with judicial and legal authorities
• Oversee requests for documents under the NC Public Records law and assist as needed with responses to external requests for information from governmental or non-governmental organizations
• Oversee the management and monitoring of Trillium’s subcontracting of Tailored Plan core services to ensure adherence to Trillium’s Tailored Plan contract and related NC DHHS guidelines, laws, rules and regulations

General Counsel – Chief Compliance Officer

• 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

• Draft and negotiate bespoke, complex sales and commercial agreements with major hyperscalers
• Advise on AI- and IP-related issues
• Provide counsel across direct and indirect sales through channel partners
• Partner with Finance to structure deal terms consistent with revenue recognition policies
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior Sales leadership and Finance
• Analyze and resolve complex business and legal issues
• Ensure all transactions adhere to internal compliance, governance, data privacy, and regulatory requirements
• Act as a proactive teammate and mentor

Corporate Counsel – Americas Sales Legal

• 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

• Support Head Legal Americas & RLT on global RLT transactions
• Act as a contact person for any stakeholders within the US Technical Operations area
• Support the development and roll out of standardized template agreements and training materials
• Coordinate with other Operations lawyers to ensure smooth project implementation
• Advise on legal aspects of compliance policies, procedures, training and risk assessments
• Interaction with supervising authorities such as the Federal Drug Agency

• Lead a team responsible for delivering, evolving, and supporting legal technology solutions
• Oversee the design, configuration, and continuous improvement of these solutions
• Provide leadership oversight for run-the-business operations and project execution
• Set direction, coach team members, and drive execution and accountability for initiatives that improve efficiency, scalability, and impact

Director, Legal Operations – Technology Solutions

• Provide comprehensive legal advice and support to the fiduciary aspects of ABB's operations in the United States.
• Responsible for making required corporate legal filings, mitigating legal risks, facilitating corporate governance.
• Support the Country Holding Officer and their respective reports.
• Drive business growth and operational speed and agility while maintaining compliance with local laws and regulations.
• Lead end-to-end accountability for Legal & Integrity fiduciary duties, corporate governance, and compliance for all U.S. legal entities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the U.S. Country Holding Officer and senior management on governance, compliance, risk mitigation, and strategic legal matters.
• Oversee integrity investigations, government contracting compliance, data privacy and protection, cybersecurity, and regulatory certifications.
• Provide expert counsel on contracts, commercial agreements, and shared legal entity matters; harmonize legal processes while supporting BA-specific needs; supervise paralegal staff and collaborate with global Legal & Integrity centers of excellence on specialized topics (IP, antitrust, litigation).

Corporate 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

• Lead complex initiatives with broad impact and act as a key participant in large scale planning
• Handle matters that have a significant impact on the Company's operations, strategies, or profitability
• Engage and influence stakeholders, internal partners, and peers associated with the function or affected by its outcomes
• Provide legal advice on matters for management of the Corporation and its subsidiaries
• Serve as a legal advisor and lead product counsel to the businesses within Wells Fargo
• Review and analyze complex large scale or long-term challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors
• Identify emerging industry and market risks to proactively advise business, risk, control and other stakeholders
• Manage highly complex claims and complaints
• Identify and analyze complex legal issues, develop conclusions, and make recommendations for issue resolution
• Provide substantive legal advice on matters for more experienced management of the Corporation
• Develop and lead implementation of strategic business initiatives, and lead work to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
• Collaborate strategically with peers, colleagues, and mid-level to more experienced managers to resolve issues and achieve goals

Assistant General Counsel, Executive Director – Wealth Banking, Cash Management, Digital Assets

• Draft and negotiate a wide variety of agreements in collaboration with partners, clients, and colleagues.
• Advise clients on risk management, conflict resolution, and contract interpretation, compliance, remediation, and enforcement.
• Provide business-focused, risk-based advice to clients.
• Support various third-party matters including technology, data services, and risk management.
• Advise on the impact of policy, legal, and regulatory changes.
• Identify and analyze complex legal issues and develop recommendations for issue resolution.
• Manage outside counsel and collaborate with partners to resolve issues.
• Lead projects, teams, or mentor less experienced staff.

Senior Counsel, Senior AVP – Third Party Technology

• 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

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