General Counsel - Detroit
Company: Trustpoint
Location: Detroit
Posted on: March 20, 2023
Job Description:
Trustpoint is recruiting a General Counsel for an international
automotive supplier. This direct hire role, in the Detroit
area.
Key Job Responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for the Company's legal and corporate
secretarial functions, managing the legal department, and acting as
the principal legal officer and adviser to the company's executive
leadership team.
- Day-to-day responsibilities will include handling business and
financial transactions, labor and employment matters, complex
litigation, intellectual property, corporate governance and
compliance, in addition to serving as counselor to the rest of the
leadership team.
- This requires a business-oriented executive with a proven track
record of balancing business goals with legal risk in providing
nuanced advice and guidance to the executives of a highly
entrepreneurial and rapidly expanding business.
- Superior analytical skills and judgment, and a collegial
approach to problem-solving, are critical to their success.
Requirements
- Excellent academic credentials, including a JD from a respected
US law school.
- Must be admitted, and in good standing, to at least one US
State Bar, preferably Michigan.
- Broad-based corporate and transactional generalist with 15+
years' experience gained through a variety of roles of increasing
visibility and responsibility, including having served most
recently in a general counsel or deputy general counsel
role.
- Experience presenting to the executive leadership and/or the
Board of Directors.
- Familiarity with Compliance, Confidentiality, Risk and HR
related standards, procedures & regulations.
- Demonstrated organization, facilitation, negotiation and
communication and presentation skills.
- Administrative and managerial skills (i.e. successful
management, direction and leadership of others).
- Outstanding project management skills and ability to perform
effectively under strict time constraints.
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and
demonstration of high degree of sophisticated judgment.
- Strong business instincts and acumen, as well as interpersonal,
organizational, written and oral communications skills.
- Must be willing and available to work such weekends and
holidays as necessary and desirable to meet business
needs.
- Must be willing and available to travel to such locations and
with such frequency as is necessary and desirable to meet business
needs.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United
States.
- The position will be on-site daily until GC has a good foothold
on the position, and then be hybrid.
For immediate consideration pleasesubmit resume and salary
requirements to jj.yapp@trustpoint.oneTrustpoint.One provides equal
employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for
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disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual
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Keywords: Trustpoint, Detroit , General Counsel - Detroit, Legal , Detroit, Michigan
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