Sr. Legal Counsel Americas

Job title: Sr. Legal Counsel Americas

Company: Ardagh Group

Job description: Trivium Packaging is a global leader in metal packaging with more than 60 locations worldwide and employs close to 8,000 people and has annual revenue of approximately $2.7 billion. Trivium serves a diverse range of customers in a variety of end markets such as food, seafood, pet food, nutrition, beauty and personal care, household care and premium beverages.

Legal Counsel Americas

Location: Chicago

Territory: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, US

As member of the global Legal & Compliance team, the Legal Counsel Americas shall be a pragmatic generalist, advising on commercial and other contractual arrangements, employment law, compliance, litigation, corporate law and company secretarial work for the legalntities in the Americas.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide general legal advice on the drafting, review, and negotiation of the major contracts in the Americas (sales, distribution and supply, finance, services, consultancy, etc.);
• Provide general legal advice on employment law (including D&I);
• Provide general legal advice on corporate and commercial law as well as litigation;
• Provide general support to compliance counsel with implementation of group Policies in the Americas;
• To be the company secretary to the group’s subsidiaries in Argentina, Brazil, Canada and the US, and to ensure their overall compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements.

Most important result areas:

• Overall objective: continuous improvement of the quality of the legal advice rendered by Legal and Compliance and continuous control of the costs for legal function/external counsels;
• Contribute to and execute the legal strategy and the standards on various legal and compliance matters in cooperation with the European based legal team;
• Implementation and continuous improvement of the group’s core legal principles in all agreements in Americas, including the preparation and review of global framework agreements;
• General legal advice to specific projects including acquisitions and reorganizations;
• General compliance support in adjusting and rolling out group Policies, and conducting training to local teams (Code of Conduct, antitrust law, …);
• Support the HR teams in the Americas with employment law related queries;
• Handle investigations of ethical violations (hotline) relating to the Americas;
• Company Secretary for the group’s subsidiaries in Americas, including corporate housekeeping (holding of board and shareholder meetings and preparation of their minutes
• Implementation of General Terms and Conditions (GTCs) in the Americas on the basis of the GTCs implemented in Europe, and ongoing update, where required;
• Handle customer and supplier claims, and any litigation involving any of the Americas entities;
• Manage relationships with and control the spend on external legal counsels.

Knowledge / Skills / Experience

• American qualified lawyer
• International / business law degree
• Relevant work experience at a major law firm or a multi-national corporation
• Top-level analytical, counseling, communication and negotiating skills
• Ability to work as a team member across the world with a multidisciplinary team and to coordinate negotiations with various international contacts
• Strong intercultural competences to interact with contacts including lawyers of different jurisdictions
• Ability to identify legal and compliance risks, to define mitigating actions, to plan and to execute actions
• Reliable, trustworthy, transparent, persistent, rigorous, can do attitude, mobility
• Spanish or Portuguese speaker would be beneficial

At Trivium, people are the driving force in all our successes by bringing expertise and talent to help us stand out, achieving excellence through their commitment and drive and maintaining a focus on continuous improvement in everything they do. Together, our goal is to be the number one choice for customers seeking sustainable metal packaging solutions.

Trivium Packaging is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Expected salary:

Location: Chicago, IL

Job date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 06:14:47 GMT

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