Role Title: Regional Counsel Americas

Role Function and Group: Law

Location: Linden, NJ

Position Summary:

• Support the Regional Head Counsel Americas, and Infineum’s global commercial legal function within the Americas region.
• Support the business strategy and operations, while acting as a trusted professional and value-adding business partner.
• Provide professional, pro-active advice and support to Infineum USA and Infineum affiliates across the Americas (currently Brazil) on a wide range of commercial and strategic legal, compliance and corporate governance issues.
• Provide cross-functional legal support in compliance with laws and regulations, company policies and industry standards in areas including but not limited to antitrust, anti-bribery, employment, environmental, international trade, data privacy and risk management.
• Prepare, review and negotiate all types of contracts and other legally relevant documents, including relevant standards, templates and policies.
• Manage external claims and litigations, with a strategic approach to the underlying dispute.
• Instruct and work with outside counsel and other legal consultants.
• Monitor legislation within the Americas region that could affect Infineum’s operations and business and propose/implement relevant actions and policies to ensure compliance.
• As an integral member of the Law Department, active involvement in a range of in-house departmental and corporate initiatives.

A successful candidate will have:

• JD degree and a license to practice law in at least one US state is required.
• Must be admitted to at least one state bar and be in good standing.
• Minimum of 5-10 years of proven experience as a legal counsel in a business environment. Combination of in-house and private practice experience preferred.
• Ability and willingness to work collaboratively with legal and commercial colleagues and to thrive in the cultural diversity of a global business.
• Strong communication, presentation, drafting, and negotiation skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate with all levels within the business.
• Strong analytical abilities, judgment, attention to detail, and ability to deal with ambiguity.
• Ability to manage a heavy workload with conflicting priorities.
• Well-versed in how businesses operate, with financial acumen, strong commercial mindset, and a “can do”, “yes if” rather than “no because” approach.
• In-depth understanding of how legal issues affect organizations, with ability to analyze business requirements from a legal perspective and transform into practical, timely and value-added solutions, actions and guidelines
• Self-driven, motivated, assertive, persistent and pragmatic.
• High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and gravitas.
• Ability to apply high ethical standards and protect the higher interests of the organization and uphold Infineum values.