Surefox North America

General Counsel

• Provide strategic and practical legal counsel to the organization, with primary responsibility for commercial contracting and broader corporate legal needs.
• Advise executive leadership, management, the Board of Directors, business leaders, and other stakeholders on contracts, legal risk, compliance, corporate transactions, labor and employment, litigation, and other legal issues.
• Draft, review, revise, negotiate, and manage commercial and corporate agreements.
• Review client, vendor, employment, partnership, licensing, and other business agreements.
• Ensure contracts and business activities comply with applicable laws, regulations, licensing requirements, contractual obligations, and internal policies.
• Identify contractual and emerging legal risks and develop mitigation strategies.
• Create and amend client and vendor contracts.
• Support strategic and complex corporate transactions, including partnerships, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions.
• Coordinate with outside counsel and other advisors.
• Manage legal expenses and outside counsel activities within established budgets.
• Monitor changes in laws, regulations, case law, and licensing requirements and communicate relevant developments.
• Represent or support the company in legal proceedings, negotiations, and interactions with regulatory or governmental agencies.
• Manage or assist with litigation and potential litigation.
• Manage and support legal compliance and risk-management activities, including audits.
• Support ethics and compliance activities, including investigations, interviews, and witness statements.
• Advise Human Resources and business leaders on labor and employment matters, policies, practices, agreements, disputes, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Human Resources, Finance, Operations, and other departments.
• Establish priorities and manage legal workloads aligned with organizational objectives.
• Resolve conflicts and provide practical solutions to complex legal and organizational issues.
• Balance legal risk with business objectives, profitability, employee considerations, client relationships, vendor relationships, and company values.

General Counsel – Contracts Focus