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Role Overview
We are looking for:
- Someone to provide legal support and to counsel the key stakeholders of ECo in NA while managing risks and ensuring compliance
We count on you for:
- Be a trusted business partner that enables the busiensses to meet their costs and growth targets in a competitive envrionment while managing risks and ensuring compliance
You can count on us for:
- This role offers a unique opportunity for you to be part of a growing Solvay family and participate in the ambitious transformation journey Solvay is launching in order to further upscale our capabilities.
- It gives you the opportunity to be recognized as the orchestrator of our family and benefit from a large autonomy to define how we will reach our ambitions with respect to process standardization (think globally, steer regional and local deployments).
You will bring:
- Law degree (JD) at a well-respected, accredited US university.
- Deep knowledge and experience in US Law
- Fluent in English.
- 10 years or more post graduate experience overall as Legal Counsel in an international working environment in the US in the chemical industry.
- Have strong transactional experience in handling NA issues.
- Solid track record of corporate/commercial projects experience in the US.
- In-depth knowledge of US laws, including but not limited to company law, contract law, civil law, labor law, US civil litigation procedural law.
- Ability to balance legal requirements with business objective and to render practical and creative legal solutions to help business growth.
- High degree of independence, initiative, decisiveness and result orientation
- Strong research and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Team player
You will get:
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- The U.S. base salary range reasonably expected to be paid for this position is $129,744 to $162,180 per year. Since actual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted base salary range. Total compensation for this role also includes bonus and/or other incentives.
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