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Group Counsel
United States - MI - Novi

Job Description

Main Responsibilities

  • Advise internal clients and review and interpret legal issues in assigned areas of responsibility.
  • Prepares, interprets and reviews quotes, agreements, contracts, pleadings, documents and correspondence
  • Provides legalsupport and recommends optimal (and practical) course of action when disputes arise
  • Provides proactive support to avoid problems.  Focus on strategic initiatives to efficiently managerisk
  • Manages outside legal counsel and monitors, supervises, and evaluates their representation of Yanfeng, both in terms of their expertise and cost.
  • Proposes, develops and monitors preventive law and compliance programs to reduce company exposure to legal risks
  • Keepscurrent of trends and changes in the law and regulations relevant to the automotive industry
  • Commercial, Contracts, Corporate, M&A, Dispute Resolution and ideally also Real Estate experience
  • Emphasis on commercial work and support of Procurement Department and Customer Business Units
  • Train the functional teams to be proficient in key terms and contract law.
  • Develop templates, self-help tools, policies, procedures, and best practices.
  • Supportcorporate governance and entity management.
  • Help develop GenAI applicability for repetitive, low-risk support

 

Specific Requirements

Work Experience: 

  • Minimum of 3 years of broad based commercialand corporate law experience in a law firm and/or multinational company
  • Fluency in Englishlanguage
  • Strong communications skills
  • Ability to work independently

Education:  Superior academic achievement and must be admitted to practice law in at least one State

 

Essential Common Requirements

· International Operating System (IOS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related IOS requirements. 

· Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related EHS requirements. 

· Product Safety: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements. 

· Compliance: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements 

· Information Security: Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of YFAI information requirements. 

· Must comply with all company policies and procedures. 

· Employee must have the ability to work additional hours and / or overtime as needed or assigned to complete jobduties on time. 

· Ability to multitask, interact politely and professionally with customers, suppliers and vendors, and work cooperatively with employees at all levels. 

· Ability to maintain predictable and regular attendance, arrive to designated location on time, or be atassigned location ready to work for assignment (plant, corporate office, or remote).

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