Staff Corporate Counsel

Summary

Job Title: Staff Corporate Counsel

FLSA Status: Exempt

Leading Tier: Leading Others

SUMMARY

The In-house Counsel serves as the primary legal partner for the company and its stakeholders, providing expert support to various departments and the senior leadership team on all strategic initiatives. This role is essential for navigating the legal complexities of a multi-business line enterprise, ensuring that all legal strategies are aligned with the organization's overarching business goals and ethical standards

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Strategic Advisory: Provide expert and strategic legal advice to management, anticipating unique legal issues and estimating risks strategically.
• Labor & Employment Law: Act as the lead internal expert on labor and employment law matters, ensuring company-wide compliance and managing personnel-related legal risks.
• Contract Negotiation: Negotiate, write, and execute agreements and contracts on behalf of the company, while advising on legal risks and liabilities associated with different deals.
• Governance & Compliance: Set internal governance policies, review advertising and marketing materials for legal compliance, and keep abreast of legislative changes.
• Litigation Management: Manage litigation actions and identify proactive solutions to eliminate or mitigate potential risks.
• Stakeholder Relations: Build associations of trust with key stakeholders and deal effectively with external parties, including regulators, and external counsel.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work alongside other departments to handle complex, significant matters that cut across legal and related business areas.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Core Competencies: Demonstrated excellence in decision-making, ethical conduct, strategic thinking, and thoroughness.
• Communication & Influence: Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels of the organization.
• Business & Financial Acumen: Well-versed in how businesses operate with strong financial acumen and negotiating skills for both legal and commercial issues.
• Analytical Thinking: Excellent judgment and analytical skills, with the ability to work independently with little or no supervision.
• Professional Integrity: A high degree of professional ethics, integrity, and gravitas.
• A minimum of two professional references will be required.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Educational Background: Must hold a Juris Doctorate (JD) degree or a Bachelor of Science in Law. An MA or Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration is considered a significant advantage.
• Professional Experience: At least 8-10 years of experience gained in a large law firm and/or a major in-house legal department.
• Ideal Expertise: Proven counseling experience in a business environment, specifically with multi-business line enterprises, and a strong background in labor and employment law.
• Preferred Skills: Prior experience in the gaming industry or experience with federal contracting is highly preferred and will be considered a distinct advantage.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

This position has supervisory responsibility over the internal legal department. The role is responsible for recommending, recruiting, and hiring legal talent, as well as the ongoing professional development of the legal team members.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment. The role requires the ability to talk, hear, stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms to successfully perform essential functions.

TRAVEL

Travel is required during the business day, with out-of-area travel to be expected as job duties demand.

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice

AAP/EEO Statement

Ho-Chunk, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are considered without regard to age, sex, race, national origin, religion, marital status or physical disability. However, preference may be extended to persons of Indian descent in accordance with applicable laws.