Women of the Vine & Spirits · 3 months ago
Counsel, Corporate & Transactions
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$153K/yr - $191K/yr
5+ years expPernod Ricard is a global premium spirits and wine company, and they are seeking a Counsel for Corporate & Transactions. The role involves negotiating and drafting key agreements and providing legal guidance to ensure compliance with beverage alcohol laws across various business units.
Food & Beverages
Responsibilities
In close consultation with business personnel, negotiates and drafts contracts and other transactional documents in multiple areas of the business, including Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, HR and Procurement teams for North American legal department. Contract subject matters vary but include distribution, export, procurement, real estate, employment, trademark licenses, sponsorship and agency agreements. In addition, create training to elevate PR NA legal team's drafting skills
Responsible for coordinating potential M&A transaction diligence reviews with Paris M&A Legal team, and PR NA legal team, including overseeing integration input for PR USA Founders Playbook, support to Canadian affiliates, following up on integration timeline and responsibilities for PR NA legal team. Develop training for other lawyers regarding transaction structure, diligence process, and contract drafting
Develop expertise and work with Tax, Drawback, Finance, and global workstreams on import/export matters, including rolling out inter-affiliate agreements, third party distribution agreements, and help develop PR USA's global responsibilities as brand owner of exported products
Manage litigation related to areas of responsibility
Typically works with senior management within the company
Communicates both internally and externally on behalf of the company
A practical understanding of the various internal clients' day-to-day business and objectives and an ability to think outside the box, conceive of creative solutions in navigating existing regulatory framework and give commercially pragmatic advice is essential
Ability to work cross-functionally with different departments within the company
Provide contract drafting training to other members of Legal Department as requested
Presents and trains on topics at both introductory and advanced levels in creative, digestible and entertaining formats
High affinity for processing contracts on daily basis and being able to spot and implement improvements to ways of working with various internal departments
Highly process-oriented and able to spot inefficiencies and implement corrections
Position has a high degree of confidentiality
Qualification
Required
Requires Juris Doctorate Degree
Admission to a state bar is required
Combined 5 years experience as either a practicing in-house attorney or law firm attorney required
M&A experience required (must have experience serving as lead associate on deal work)
Deal sheet must be provided
Preferred
Admission to the New York Bar preferred
Previous non-legal work experience not required, but is a significant plus
Past experience with alcohol beverage law a plus
Ability to explain complex legal concepts in laymen's terms a plus
Benefits
Flexible work policy
Hybrid option with flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week
Great benefits and perks
Company
Women of the Vine & Spirits
Women of the Vine & Spirits is the leading membership organization, worldwide, dedicated to boldly pushing the wine, beer and spirits industry toward a more diverse, equitable and inclusive era that empowers all to succeed.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Deborah Brenner
Founder & CEO
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