Junior Legal Affairs Associate

COSCO Shipping (North America) is seeking a Junior Legal Affairs Associate to join our in house Legal Counsel, onsite at our Secaucus, NJ office. In this role, you will be responsible for providing legal support to the company and its subsidiaries. Specific responsibilities and duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide general support to Department Manager on legal affairs matters related to the Company and its subsidiaries, including but not limited to meeting management, contract management, basic legal issue research, legal billing management.
• Coordinate with Company’s various outside legal counsels on company’s various investment projects, litigations and other legal issues.
• Perform contract review for the company and its subsidiaries.
• Draft company memo and official response letters.
• Draft company legal affairs procedures, and other company regulations.
• Conduct general research on most current legal affairs, risk management and compliance techniques.
• With guidance from the direct manager, perform litigation management, contract management, policy review, L1 petition preparation and coordinator, and other department related tasks.

• Legal education preferred
• Law degree preferred
• Bar license and one year of work experience in legal practice or inhouse work preferred
• Excellent writing and communication skills

• Comprehensive health coverage – medical, dental, and vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) – for healthcare and dependent care expenses
• Commuter benefits – support for mass transit and parking
• 401(k) retirement plan – with a 100% company match up to 6%
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Annual Discretionary Bonus – based on individual and company performance
• Company-paid life insurance – with optional additional coverage
• Fully covered short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – confidential personal and work-life support