Insurance Defense - General Attorney / Intellectual Property - Litigation General Attorney / Litigation - Labor & Employment Attorney in Chantilly, VA

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Chantilly, VA

Insurance Defense - General Attorney / Intellectual Property - Litigation General Attorney / Litigation - Labor & Employment Attorney in Chantilly, VA

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Senior Legal Counsel – North America

- Job Title: Senior Legal Counsel
- Location: North America (specifically US-VA-Chantilly)
- Job ID: 2024-7592
- Category: Legal
- Employment Type: Full-Time Regular
- Security Access Level: Access 3 (Eligible to work in the US)
- Work Schedule: Core Business Hours

Overview

**MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. is a global leader in identity and security, with a mission to create a safe and simple future where identity verification is indisputable and only you can assert your identity. With a team of 14,000 diverse individuals from over 20 different countries, we deliver world-class products in various sectors, including finance, telecom, identity, security, retail, sports entertainment, commercial, government, and IoT. We use the latest technologies to provide quality products and services to government agencies and technology companies. Join our team and help us protect identities in this ever-changing world.

Responsibilities

Position Overview:

We are seeking a highly motivated and entrepreneurial Senior Legal Counsel to join our team. This individual will be responsible for handling litigation matters, providing strategic legal advice, and supporting sales and purchasing transactions, as well as corporate activities, for the **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. Secure Transactions (IST) Division in North America. The ideal candidate will have expertise in litigation, employment law, commercial contracting, and intellectual property, with experience in industries involving manufactured products, software licensing, and cloud-based digital services. This role requires someone who is tech-savvy, business-oriented, and has exceptional project management skills, as well as the ability to thrive in a fast-paced global environment. Proficiency in French (written and spoken) is a plus.

Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer for the IST Division and the Head of Contracts and Corporate Affairs for North America, the Senior Legal Counsel will be a member of the global and agile IST Legal & Contracts team, which consists of around 30 Legal Counsels and Contract Managers from all over the world. This individual will contribute to achieving business goals while ensuring compliance and managing legal risks.

Key Responsibilities:

Litigation and Pre-Litigation Management

- Manage all aspects of litigation and pre-litigation, including investigations, strategy development, discovery, trial preparation, settlement negotiations, and responses to subpoenas, court orders, and warrants.
- Represent the company in legal proceedings, such as mediations, arbitrations, and court hearings, with a focus on intellectual property-related cases (., third-party infringement claims) or employment- or labor-related cases (., harassment, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblowing, workers’ compensation, union disputes).
- Collaborate with external counsel and insurers, monitor progress, and manage legal costs.

Transactional Support

- Review, draft, negotiate, and process a wide variety of commercial agreements and bid documents with domestic or international customers, partners, and suppliers, including contracts for sale, resale, purchase, non-disclosure agreements, licenses, and cloud-based services.
- Provide guidance during contract performance and analyze contract requirements and provisions, as well as legal issues that may impact the business, and implement remedial actions like claims and settlements.
- Secure proper leadership approval for critical legal, financial, and technical terms.

Corporate Activities

- Support the management of local insurance policies in liaison with local or global insurance brokers.
- Assist with the company’s corporate secretarial work, including preparation of powers of attorney and minutes of shareholder or board meetings.

Legal Advisory

- Advise senior leadership on litigation risks, strategies, and regulatory compliance, with a focus on antitrust, ethics, anti-corruption, and data privacy laws.
- Analyze and communicate potential regulatory impacts to the business and suggest corrective actions as needed.

Policy and Process Development

- Support the development and implementation of legal and contractual processes and guidelines.
- Conduct training sessions for internal teams on key legal, compliance, and contract-related topics.

Compliance Monitoring

- Stay informed about changes in laws and regulations, assess their impact, and assist in updating agreements, policies, and procedures to maintain compliance.
- Ensure consistent application of company governance and compliance frameworks.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Work closely with the IST Legal & Contracts team and other internal stakeholders across regions to support seamless legal operations and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

- 7-10 years of litigation and business transactional work experience in the ICT industry, gained in a corporate legal department of a multinational company, ideally combined with private practice experience at a top-tier . law firm.
- Proven experience managing diverse claims and litigation, including employment and IP-related cases.
- Strong track record in negotiating and drafting agreements, including complex business transactions.
- Solid skills in intellectual property, employment, antitrust, anti-bribery, and data privacy laws.
- Ability to analyze contracts, assess risks, and provide actionable insights.
- Business-oriented mindset with a solid understanding of basic financial reporting.

Education/Certification

- Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited . law school.
- Admitted to practice law and active and in good standing before at least one state’s bar association.

Behavioral Competencies

- Self-driven, collaborative team player with experience working for multinational corporate settings.
- Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Efficient organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to demonstrate and follow through on deliverables.
- Focus on how to get things done rather than how not to, bringing the attitude of an enabler rather than a block to business, with a creative and business-focused problem-solving attitude that balances legal risk and business impact.
- A change agent who helps improve legal support for corporate or business teams, cross-collaboration with other departments, legal analysis of complex regulations, etc.
- Ability to effectively and persuasively communicate (in writing and verbally) legal and business issues with senior staff both inside and outside