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SUMMARY
Provide analysis
and counsel on legal, policy, and environmental issues. Anticipate
and guard against legal risks facing the company. Develop and recommend
company policy and position on legal issues.
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PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide
analysis and counsel on legal, policy, and environmental issues
to include; proposed new products, protecting intellectual property,
mergers & acquisitions, financial offerings, financial structuring,
securities offerings, compliance issues for a pre-IPO company,
ESOP transactions, nondisclosure agreements, outsourcing agreements
and business strategic planning.
- Lead the
company through the IPO process, and attend to SEC and public
shareholder issues.
- Provide
legal counsel on issues arising from actual or anticipated lawsuits.
- Anticipate
and guard against legal risks facing the company.
- Develop
and recommend company policy and position on legal issues.
- Conduct
and coordinate research into a variety of legal issues.
- Represent
the Company or its officials in various legal proceedings.
- Prepare
legal pleadings, motions, discovery, stipulations, etc.
- Write, review,
and edit reports, opinions, correspondence, articles, and other
documents.
- Write and
administer complex vendor, client, and employment contracts.
- Develop
and recommend of operating policy and procedural improvements.
- Other duties
as assigned.
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ADDITIONAL
RESPONSIBILITIES
- None specified.
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KNOWLEDGE
AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS
- Knowledge
of federal, state and local laws. Strong interpersonal and communication
skills. Ability to analyze case law and provide recommendations.
This is normally acquired through a combination of the completion
of a Bachelor's Degree and Juris Doctor from an accredited law
school and three to five years of corporate law experience.
- Requires
membership in the State Bar as an attorney qualified to practice
law in this state.
- Visibility
requires maintaining a professional appearance and providing a
positive company image to the public.
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WORKING CONDITIONS
Working conditions
are normal for an office environment. Work may require evening and
weekend work.
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