- Draft, review, negotiate and manage all legal contracts including Vendor Agreements, Sales Contracts, Employment Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, etc.
- Work with sales to improve and streamline customer contracts to reduce overhead and complexity.
- Support sales in reviewing RFPs and negotiating contract terms to assess risk and determine where to give and when to walk away.
- Work with operations to insure compliance on all contracts including government contracts.
- Selection, retention, management and evaluation of outside counsel.
- Structure and manage the company’s internal legal function and staff, including Contracts Manager, Contracts Administrator and Legal Administrator.
- Participate in the definition and development of corporate policies, procedures and programs and provide continuing counsel and guidance on legal matters.
- Be directly involved in complex business transactions and in negotiating critical sales channel/partner and vendor contracts.
- Judge the merits of claims filed against or on behalf of the company, work with the appropriate executives to define a strategic approach and approve settlements of disputes where warranted.
- Work with outside counsel to either settle or litigate any legal matters brought against the company or brought by the company against others.
- Identify areas of legal risk within the company and work with the management team to create process and procedures to manage risk.
- Manage patent, trademark, and other intellectual property needs for the company.
- Serve as Corporate Secretary for corporate entities, insure timely filling of corporate reports and maintain the corporate minute books, records, stock ledgers, etc.
- Typical time allocation:
- 40% Support sales with sales contracts, terms & conditions, etc.
- 10% General management (budgets, reviews, etc.)
- 10% Anticipate and mitigate potential risk claims, etc.
- 10% Employment related
- 10% Contract compliance
10% Corporate Secretary related