Deputy General Counsel, New York, NY (1007-SLS)
Solutuslegal · New York, New York, United States · hybrid
Responsibilities include:
- Serve as a senior advisor and key partner to the Chief Legal Officer, helping lead the legal department and establish its strategic and operational priorities.
- Oversee the organization’s corporate legal matters, including commercial agreements, procurement, finance, intellectual property, tax, corporate governance, and other enterprise-level transactions.
- Manage, mentor, and develop a team of attorneys and legal professionals, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and collaboration.
- Advise on complex corporate structures, governance matters, and relationships among affiliated entities, foundations, and boards.
- Provide legal guidance on significant financing, real estate, facilities, philanthropic, and strategic initiatives, including geographic expansion.
- Partner with senior executives and business leaders to provide practical, commercially oriented legal advice that supports organizational objectives.
- Lead the modernization of legal operations through contract management systems, legal intake processes, workflow automation, and AI-enabled tools.
- Develop scalable processes, reporting systems, and knowledge-management tools to improve efficiency, track legal matters, and support data-driven decision-making.
- Help establish clear responsibilities and effective coordination across legal functions.
- Manage outside counsel and represent the legal function in senior leadership discussions, contributing to broader organizational strategy and decision-making.
Qualifications:
- J.D. from a highly regarded law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
- At least 8 years of significant legal experience, including in house experience and training at a leading law firm.
- Strong background as a corporate generalist, with meaningful experience across commercial transactions, corporate governance, finance, and other business-related legal matters.
- Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and developing attorneys and other legal professionals.
- Experience helping lead or manage a legal department, including responsibility for improving processes, workflows, and organizational effectiveness.
- Hands-on experience implementing legal technology, automation, or AI-enabled workflows to improve legal department efficiency and service delivery.
- Strong commercial judgment and the ability to advise senior executives on complex legal and business issues.
- Experience with sophisticated corporate structures, financing transactions, real estate, intellectual property, or related enterprise legal matters is highly desirable.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Strong executive presence, communication skills, and the ability to develop credibility with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, operate independently, and deliver results in a demanding, fast-paced environment.