Corporate Counsel

Position : Corporate Counsel

Location : Ohio, OH

Job Purpose :

The Corporate Counsel will report to the CBTS General Counsel and partner with business clients to provide holistic support well beyond legal issues, and act as a trusted, pragmatic business advisor and extended member of their team. The primary responsibilities for this role include ensuring compliance, drafting/reviewing contracts, and advising business groups and functions.

Essential Functions :

• Advise and counsel management and other internal clients across the business on commercial issues, legal compliance matters, contract interpretation, dispute resolution, and key risks;

• Draft, review, revise and negotiate agreements for various commercial arrangements, including sales/customer agreements, services agreements, product sale agreements, distribution and sales representative agreements, vendor agreements, non-disclosure agreements and licensing and development agreements. Broadly serve as a legal resource for the Company's business, sales and/or procurement teams;

• Analyze risks, and counsel various business stakeholders of potential business decisions in contract obligations, as well as identify data privacy and security risks;

• Respond promptly to requests from internal clients, and summarize and communicate legal risks in a way that business people can understand that pragmatically balances risk with the Company's business objectives;

• Provide continuous improvement of standard form agreements, playbooks, contract templates, and legal and operational processes;

• Provide leadership on cross-functional teams, identify legal issues, and provide legal options / analysis of possible legal solutions, all while interacting with external counsel (where appropriate), advisors, external vendors, and business;

• Keep informed of new laws, regulations, and industry trends affecting the Company, and assist with the development of policies and training as needed;

• Support corporate and strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, real estate and other related transactions;

• Establish processes that incorporate best practices and the Company's strategic planning;

• Lead strategic change and improve/ facilitate cross-functional communication via interaction with and advice to a wide array of Company business groups and functions;

• Handle day-to-day legal issues arising in a growing and complex business - any other legal support as requested by the General Counsel.

Experience :

3 to 5 years of relevant legal experience at a law firm and/or in-house

Education :

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school and excellent academic credentials

• Licensed and in good standing to practice law in one or more states where Company does business

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

• Practical business judgment and understanding of the difference between legal requirements and business risk

• Highly collaborative and motivated when working with colleagues to tackle collective challenges

• Efficient management of outside counsel on an as-needed basis

• Tremendous insight on a wide range of legal topics

• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment with quick response time

• Professional demeanor and team player with a high degree of confidentiality

• Significant experience working as a commercial attorney and providing legal advice on a broad set of commercial and/or IP matters, with increasing levels of responsibility

• Excellent organizational and planning skills and the capacity to simultaneously handle a variety of complex matters under deadline pressure

• Strong demonstrated experience drafting and negotiating contracts

• Excellent written, verbal and analytical skills and an ability to communicate complex issues in a simple way and to orchestrate plans to resolve issues and mitigate risks

• Ability to form strong working relationships with other employees and business partners while maintaining firm adherence to proper legal standards

• Sound business judgment and strategic thinking. Flexibility and an interest in working on a broad variety of legal matters in order to understand and advise the Company on legal implications of its business strategy

• Attention to detail and the ability to work individually, within a multi-disciplinary team, as well as with external partners and vendors

Supervisory Responsibility :

• No supervisory responsibility

• May supervise paralegal or outside counsel on project-specific work

CBTS serves enterprise and midmarket clients in all industries across the United States and Canada. CBTS combines deep technical expertise with a full suite of flexible technology solutions--including Application Modernization, Managed Hybrid Cloud, Cybersecurity, Unified Communications, and Infrastructure solutions. From developing and deploying modern applications and the secure, scalable platforms on which they run, to managing, monitoring, and optimizing their operations, CBTS delivers comprehensive technology solutions for its clients' transformative business initiatives. For more information, please visit ~~~ .

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, protected veteran, military status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Due to U.S. Government requirements applicable to foreign-owned telecommunications providers, non-US citizens will be required to submit to an extensive government agency background check which will necessitate disclosure of sensitive Personally Identifiable Information.

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