Assistant General Counsel - Shipping & Logistics Job Jacksonville area,Florida USA,Business

Who We Are

As a privately held, U.S.

-owned and operated company, Crowley provides services to 36 nations and island territories. Our purpose is to bravely advance what's possible to elevate people and planet, with our core values of Integrity, Sustainability and Drive guiding everything we do.

Overview

By expanding and innovating our services, we have expanded our footprint in services within the Logistics, Land Transportation, Shipping, Wind and Fuel industries. Crowley and its affiliated companies have generated more than $3.5 billion in annual revenue through our people's focus on excellence and a culture that values everyone's voices and collaboration.

To continue laying the groundwork and challenge what's possible for our business, we seek to partner with individuals ready to elevate their careers with us.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Why Join Crowley?

Join a dynamic global organization where your legal expertise will directly influence strategic business decisions across complex shipping, logistics, and supply chain operations. As a trusted advisor to senior leaders, you will play a critical role in enabling growth, mitigating risk, navigating international regulatory environments, and supporting operations throughout the Caribbean and Central America. This is a unique opportunity to combine legal excellence with business partnership, driving meaningful impact across a diverse, fast-paced, and globally connected enterprise.

What

You'll Do

The Assistant General Counsel, Shipping & Logistics provides practical, business-oriented legal counsel to the company’s Shipping & Logistics operating division, with a primary focus on the logistics, freight, and supply chain operations of an ocean carrier and its affiliated transportation and logistics businesses. Reporting to the Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, this role focuses on the commercial, contracting, regulatory, and operational legal needs of end-to-end logistics services — including transportation and logistics services agreements, intermodal and inland carriage, warehousing and distribution, customs and trade compliance, and carrier, vendor, and customer relationships.

The Assistant General Counsel partners with division and enterprise leaders to identify legal risks, enable sound business decisions, protect the company’s interests, and ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and governance standards. The role also provides legal support for the division’s operations in the Caribbean and Central America, including the selection, management, and oversight of outside counsel in those jurisdictions.

The role may lead assigned legal matters, manage outside counsel, support enterprise and division initiatives, and serve as a trusted advisor to business and functional stakeholders across the Shipping & Logistics organization.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to the Shipping & Logistics division on a broad range of logistics, transportation, and supply chain matters, including service contracts, freight and transportation agreements, intermodal and inland movements, warehousing and distribution, terminal and port services, and day-to-day operational business issues.
Draft, review, negotiate, and interpret transportation and logistics services agreements, ocean and intermodal carrier contracts, freight forwarding and NVOCC arrangements, third-party logistics (3PL) and warehousing agreements, customer and vendor contracts, tariffs and service contracts, bills of lading and related shipping documentation, confidentiality agreements, and other commercial legal instruments.
Partner with division operating leaders and enterprise functions — including Commercial, Operations, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, HR, and Risk Management — to assess legal implications, develop practical solutions, and support…