LG Chem America, Inc. · 1 day ago
Associate General Counsel - Corporate & Commercial (Americas)
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expLG Chem America, Inc. is currently seeking an Associate General Counsel - Corporate & Commercial to join their team in Atlanta, GA. This role involves providing legal support for operations in the Americas, offering business-focused legal advice across various matters such as commercial transactions, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance.
Responsibilities
Serve as trusted advisor to regional leadership; translate legal risk into actionable, business-oriented guidance
Proactively identify and mitigate legal, regulatory and contractual risks and build scalable guardrails, playbooks and templates
Actively engages with internal clients from various business units, including Sales, Finance, Compliance, Human Resources, among others, to provide counsel and advice on complex legal issues and risk mitigation
Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements – including supply agreements, NDAs, service provider agreements, logistics agreements, among others
Develops and oversees support of corporate governance structure for regional entities, including board / shareholder approvals, policy development and implementation, secretary functions and intercompany agreements
Responsible for leading legal support on major projects in furtherance of the company’s broader goals and initiatives, including real estate, construction, and other various components
Communicates and trains employees on contract templates, required / preferred language and provisions and contract development
Advise on and operationalize compliance programs related to anti‑corruption, antitrust/competition, trade controls (sanctions/export controls), data privacy, and others
Partner with Compliance to implement training, policies, investigations, and monitoring frameworks; coordinate regulatory inquiries or audits
Oversee all litigation and pre-litigation matters in the Americas
Manage outside counsel relationships, budgets, and strategy for litigation and arbitration; ensure alignment with business objectives and cost efficiency
Develop and maintain litigation protocols, eDiscovery processes, and document retention policies
Provide regular reporting on litigation risk, trends, and outcomes to senior leadership
Qualification
Required
Juris Doctor degree from a top-tier, ABA-accredited law school required and member in good standing of a state bar
Minimum of 8-12+ years of legal experience, including at a large law firm or comparable in-house corporate legal environment with a focus on commercial, corporate or transactional matters
Excellent organizational, legal, analytical and communication skills
Ability to analyze and explain complex legal risks and mitigation strategies
Ability to work independently and handle multiple priorities
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate and work in a team environment
Preferred
Fluency in Spanish, Portuguese or Korean language is a plus (but not required)
Excellent user knowledge of MS Office programs (Excel, PPT, Word)
Experience working in international and multi-cultural environment
Company
LG Chem America, Inc.
"We connect science to life for a better future." LG Chem will become a world-class corporation that creates new value for our customers based on "science," beyond "chemistry." ABOUT THE LG CHEM FAMILY OF COMPANIES With 50,000 patents, 20,000 employees and 58 locations worldwide, LG Chem is one of the largest sciences and chemical companies in the world.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase