Associate Legal Counsel

Posted 17hrs ago

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Associate Legal Counsel supporting MISUMI Americas, a digital manufacturing solutions provider. Handling contracts, regulatory compliance, corporate policies, and legal risk.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide legal support in general corporate and commercial matters
  • Negotiate and manage contracts
  • Mitigate legal risk while considering business and operational needs
  • Advise on legal issues relating to company business practices
  • Review, draft, and assist in negotiating contracts, agreements, corporate policies, and standard operating procedures
  • Assist with regulatory compliance issues
  • Review and update confidentiality agreements
  • Assist in developing legal training materials
  • Maintain executed agreements and other corporate documents
  • Perform additional duties as required

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree required (Engineering or other technical degrees are a plus)
  • Juris Doctorate is required
  • Must be a licensed attorney and in good standing to practice law in the United States
  • Previous legal experience is a plus, but not required
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, multi-cultural environment
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills required
  • Strong analytic, critical thinking, and sound judgment abilities
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • Spanish/Japanese bilingual abilities and/or experience living in Japan or working with Japanese companies are a plus
  • Ability to travel up to 5% annually

Benefits:

  • Position can be 100% remote
  • Ability to work at least one day a week from one of the company’s facilities is a plus
  • Travel up to 5% annually (globally) for meetings and conferences
  • Diverse, empathetic, collaborative, respectful, honest, and growth-oriented workplace culture
  • Learning-focused environment
  • Encouragement and inclusion of underrepresented groups