Legal counsel position is to provide legal support to te’s mexican operations. It requires an individual who is a professional and disciplined who possesses independent judgement and initiative, while upholding te’s core values of integrity, teamwork, accountability and innovation.
*primary responsibilities include*:
- commercial matters: draft, translate english-spanish, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts, including: sales, purchase, vendor, licensing and service agreements.
- labor and employment: provide legal support and counsel to mitigate and resolve disputes, provide trainings and manage outside counsel handling of litigation cases.
- policies and procedures: research and draft local policies and procedures as needed.
- risk assessment: understand, assess, and provide meaningful risk evaluation and support to te operations.
- general advice: provide general legal advice to the businesses.
- administrative activities: support with some administrative activities such as reporting, contract, and case management.
- compliance: support compliance initiatives and investigations.
- legal audits: perform audits on commercial, trade and other legal areas.
*what your background should look like*:
- law degree from an accredited mexican law school and licensed to practice law in mexico.
- a minimum of 3 years of experience in a major law firm and/or multinational corporation.
- repse knowledge and experience.
- excellent contract drafting and negotiation skills.
- managing outside counsel in litigation and other areas.
- strong written and verbal communication skills english and spanish.
- experience interacting with senior corporate management.
- review and approval of business publications and marketing material.
- highest degree of personal and professional integrity and ethics.
- fluent in english and spanish.
- ability to timely meet deadlines.
- strong judgment in assessing risks and ability to effectively convey risk assessments to business leaders.
- ability to work as a team member and leader.
Li-hybrid
travel: less than 10%
*competencies*:
- values: integrity, accountability, teamwork, innovation