Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel

Requirements

• JD from an accredited law school of recognized standing and license to practice law in MN.
• 5+ years of corporate law experience in-house and/or private practice preferred.
• Prior intellectual property, cybersecurity, and data privacy negotiation experience preferred.
• Prior government contracting experience preferred.
• Ability to negotiate a wide variety of third-party contracts to balance risk obligations.
• Foreign language skills and/or international experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Directly negotiate commercial terms and conditions of contracts with third parties.
• Assist in the development, negotiation, and execution of RFPs, third party nondisclosure agreements, R&D agreements, leasing agreements, supplier agreements, services agreements, sales agreements, and other product agreements.
• Develop, review, and negotiate construction and other long-term project-based contracts.
• Review enterprise contracts, focusing on software, IT-applications, cyber, and data-related agreements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with organizational goals and compliance with legal requirements and company policies.
• Support the enterprise legal team as requested including with respect to M&A/strategic transactions.
• Provide direct legal support to functional teams, including finance, treasury, growth, risk management, information technology, real estate, supply, human resources and environmental, health and safety.
• Manage outside counsel and responsive internal actions for litigation claims.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of corporate law experience in-house and/or private practice preferred.
• Prior intellectual property, cybersecurity, and data privacy negotiation experience preferred.
• Prior government contracting experience preferred.
• Foreign language skills and/or international experience a plus.