Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel at Toyota Boshoku America

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• General
  
  Summary:
  
  Will provide legal counsel, support and/or participate in substantive legal matters as directed by the General Counsel. Provide assistance and guidance to business groups to resolve legal issues and concerns. Draft documents, such as agreements and contracts, or review such documents at the request of a business unit or General Counsel. Provide counsel to management, coordinate with outside legal counsel and take on a project leadership role within the legal department.
• Essential Job Functions:
  
  Review complex contracts and perform on-going analysis of contracts that impact Company; handle contract-related legal issues and supervise contract review.
• Draft, review, negotiate and provide advice regarding commercial agreements with suppliers, customers and business partners.
• Provide training in OEM customer and supplier terms and conditions, intellectual property, and various types of agreements.
• Assist in related compliance and corporate governance issues and TBJ Legal required reports.
• Assist General Counsel in developing the organization's policies on automotive industry legal issues, corporate governance or regulatory affairs.
• Assist in anticipating and mitigating potential legal problems within the organization and developing strategies to avoid costly litigation and reduce potential areas of risk.
• Research and analyze law for the preparation of legal memoranda.
• Monitor legislative, regulatory, and industry developments, focusing on NHTSA and related agencies.
• Work closely with the business and other internal and external legal counsels on supporting various initiatives.
• Communicate to Management orally and in writing the results of review and assessment projects along with routine dashboard/status updates.
• Make recommendations for enhancements to functional processes to better detect and prevent fraudulent, ineffective and inefficient business activities and practices.
• Advise on contract enforcement, contract disputes, supplier quality matters, contract terminations and transitions, and distressed supplier issues.
• Identify and advise legal and business risk associated with business opportunities including compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Support in-house compliance and training.
• Provide training to purchasing and sales teams on a variety of legal topics.
• Support corporate governance activities.
• Provide legal advice on quality issues that may have regulatory implications.
• Follow safety, quality, confidentiality, and information security policies and procedures.

• General
  
  Summary:
  
  Will provide legal counsel, support and/or participate in substantive legal matters as directed by the General Counsel. Provide assistance and guidance to business groups to resolve legal issues and concerns. Draft documents, such as agreements and contracts, or review such documents at the request of a business unit or General Counsel. Provide counsel to management, coordinate with outside legal counsel and take on a project leadership role within the legal department.
• Essential Job Functions:
  
  Review complex contracts and perform on-going analysis of contracts that impact Company; handle contract-related legal issues and supervise contract review.
• Draft, review, negotiate and provide advice regarding commercial agreements with suppliers, customers and business partners.
• Provide training in OEM customer and supplier terms and conditions, intellectual property, and various types of agreements.
• Assist in related compliance and corporate governance issues and TBJ Legal required reports.
• Assist General Counsel in developing the organization's policies on automotive industry legal issues, corporate governance or regulatory affairs.
• Assist in anticipating and mitigating potential legal problems within the organization and developing strategies to avoid costly litigation and reduce potential areas of risk.
• Research and analyze law for the preparation of legal memoranda.
• Monitor legislative, regulatory, and industry developments, focusing on NHTSA and…