Senior Counsel, Legal

Prepares,

• Prepares, reviews and, negotiates and implements legal documents and policies, procedures, trainings and assessments and manages data privacy matters on the Company's behalf, and assists management in representing the organization in legal disputes and transactions.

  Specialized behalf related to data privacy.

• Specialized knowledge as to contract, corporate, joint venture privacy laws, in particular the California Consumer Privacy Act and partnership law

  Provides other relevant state laws.Knowledge of Canada and GDPR data privacy laws is a plus.

• Provides general legal advice and counsel to management (Corporate, Market Area and/or District level) for strategy and policy development.development related to data privacy. Reviews legal publications and pending legislation and advises management of changes that impact the Company, business and industry.

  Conducts

• Conducts risk assessment in connection with customer, vendor, operations, industry and/or business issues. Advises management on most appropriate response or action.

  May

• May be responsible for management of outside counsel activities as necessary including determining effective business and legal strategy to address litigation and/or other specific operations or Company needs.

  May

• May work at the Corporate level or as directed within an Area.

  Ability

• Ability to provide proactive legal and practical business advice to internal clients

  Ability to negotiate, draft and close purchase and sale, joint venture, investment and project financing and other transaction agreements with minimal outside counsel support

  Interfaces clients

• Interfaces with numerous departments and functions within the Company to work effectively and provide a high-level of service to our business partners.

III. Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory duties but may occasionally act as a team lead and manage work of less experienced attorneys.
IV. Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.
A. Education and Experience

Juris /> Juris Doctorate and five (5) or more years of previous experience.

The

The following areas of expertise are highly preferred:

Data Privacy

New required:

• Data Privacy
• New Privacy Laws such as GDPR and California Consumer Privacy Act
• Operationalizing the data privacy act

  Operationalizing the legal requirements

  Emerging requirements ( such as data subject requests)

• Emerging Privacy and Technology Issues

  Data Issues

• Workplace Privacy
• Contracts/Transactions

The following areas of expertise are preferred:

• Data Security Breach and Cyber Risk

  Workplace Privacy

  Commercial Transactions

  Intellectual Property
  Trademarks/Copyright

  IP Portfolio Management

  Licensing

  General IP Legal Counseling

  Data Privacy
  

  Risk
Intellectual Property (general knowledge on trademarks,patents, and licensing)

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements

State Bar Licensure.

C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

None required.

V. Work Environment
Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc.) most of the work day;

Required to exert physical effort in handling objects less than 30 pounds rarely;

Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts, burns, exposure to toxic chemicals, etc.) rarely;

Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes or similar elements rarely;

Normal setting for this job is: office setting.

Benefits
At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on 401K, and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.
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