Senior Counsel

For more than 100 years, Modine has solved the toughest thermal management challenges for mission-critical applications. Our purpose of Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World™ means we are always evolving our portfolio of technologies to provide the latest heating, cooling, and ventilation solutions. Through the hard work of more than 11,000 employees worldwide, our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments advance our purpose with systems that improve air quality, reduce energy and water consumption, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles, and use environmentally friendly refrigerants.

Modine is a global company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin (U.S.), with operations in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. For more information about Modine, visit  .

The Senior Counsel CHVAC serves as a member of the Corporate legal group, providing a broad range of legal support and business advice to the CHVAC business segment. Reporting to the Associate General Counsel, the Senior Counsel will work closely with internal stakeholders to address a wide range of legal matters, business needs, and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and ancillary agreements, including commercial playbooks, form purchasing and sales contracts, commercial contracts, supplier and vendor agreements, bid documents, sales representative agreements, licensing agreements, and various other documents.
• Collaborate with a team of global Legal professionals, supporting global business strategy.
• Draft, analyze and prepare legal memoranda, training materials, and other legal documents as needed.
• Assist business clients with commercial disputes that may arise, working to
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  * * matters to senior-level attorneys as needed.
• Conduct and oversee specific legal projects for specific Corporate Legal group or Segment by applying expertise in subject area, promoting adherence to all procedures and policies.
• Analyze legal research to interpret and review legal documents (i.e. contracts, memoranda, and policies), addressing complex research issues, including but not limited to, federal and state laws, rules, and regulations. Escalating highly complex research issues to other senior-level attorneys as needed.
• Drive legal projects forward and build relationships within legal team and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Work with other internal and external legal partners to make effective business decisions.
• Recognize and capitalize improvement opportunities, evaluate recommendations, and influence completion of project tasks by others.
• Support other legal matters as assigned.

• At least 5 years of transactional corporate experience with law firm and/or corporate legal department.
• Substantial experience in the drafting, reviewing, and negotiation of commercial contracts.
• For U.S. based positions, current law license in good standing from any U.S. State, or the eligibility to become licensed or practice through in-house authorization in Wisconsin. For European based positions, qualification and registration as a Rechtsanwalt, Syndikusrechtsanwalt, Avvocatos or an equivalent EU categorization.
• Experience implementing new legal contract management technology systems is preferred.
• Strong organization, negotiation, presentation, and communication skills.
• Fluency in English is required. Additional language skills, especially Spanish and Italian, will be considered.
• Previous experience representing a global manufacturing company, in-house experience is a plus.
• Ability to independently work on complex legal matters, while displaying excellent judgment on when to involve more senior legal…