General Counsel

• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including customer agreements, vendor and procurement contracts, NDAs, partnership agreements, and licensing arrangements
• Advise sales, product, engineering, marketing, and HR stakeholders on day-to-day legal questions
• Escalate novel or high-risk legal issues to the General Counsel
• Support data privacy and security compliance efforts, including GDPR and CCPA/CPRA
• Develop and maintain internal legal playbooks, templates, policies, and processes
• Assist with legal aspects of fundraising, M&A due diligence, and other strategic transactions
• Manage outside counsel on specialized or high-volume matters
• Support development of a next-generation FDA GxP compliance program with the Quality Team
• Assist with intellectual property matters, including trademark and copyright protection, open-source software usage review, and IP assignment agreements
• Support corporate governance, including board materials, subsidiary management, and corporate recordkeeping
• Support employment-related matters and policies with People/HR as needed
• Partner with engineering, product, sales, and business teams to help the company build and scale responsibly

Legal Counsel

• Assist the Director, Senior Counsel in providing legal advice concerning commercial contracts
• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and transactional documents
• Identify and resolve project and business risks
• Advise business units on legal risk and compliance
• Provide legal advice on contractor and consultant master service agreements, software licensing, vendor agreements, and other commercial contracts
• Oversee the Company’s contract management platform
• Handle corporate document drafting/review and land acquisition work as needed
• Monitor legal developments affecting the Company’s business
• Assist with implementing the Company’s legislative and regulatory agenda
• Complete assignments under short notice and extreme time constraints
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Defend lawsuits filed in Texas courts
• Handle other first-party insurance defense matters
• Research laws and prepare legal briefs, opinions, and memoranda
• Render opinions on liability, damages, and value as requested by the Claims Department
• Prepare and handle pleadings, motions, and discovery
• Conduct and handle depositions, examinations before trial, and examinations under oath
• Defend assigned matters through trial or dispositive hearing, as applicable

• Provide strategic legal counsel to business leaders and cross-functional teams on complex corporate, commercial, and operational matters
• Draft, review, and negotiate technology, vendor, partnership, licensing, services, and other business agreements
• Advise on contractual, intellectual property, data privacy, information security, liability, indemnification, warranties, and other legal and commercial risks
• Provide legal guidance on new business initiatives, products, partnerships, and strategic projects
• Partner internally to address legal considerations and support business objectives
• Independently manage complex legal matters from initial assessment through resolution
• Provide guidance on contract interpretation, disputes, business obligations, and risk mitigation
• Develop contract templates, playbooks, policies, and legal processes
• Identify emerging legal and regulatory risks and provide practical recommendations
• Support corporate transactions, organizational initiatives, and strategic projects
• Manage outside counsel and other external legal resources
• Stay current on relevant laws, regulations, and industry developments and assess their business impact

Associate General Counsel

• Report directly to the Vice President, General Counsel
• Provide legal counsel and risk management services for the company
• Advise and represent the company in legal matters and transactions
• Identify and creatively address potential legal issues and support the company’s strategic plan
• Prepare and negotiate design and construction agreements, confidentiality agreements, leases, joint venture/teaming agreements, supply/procurement contracts, and IP/license agreements
• Counsel on complex risk management, dispute resolution, and project management issues
• Resolve issues arising during project development
• Oversee outside counsel and manage disputes and litigation, including negotiated resolutions
• Prepare and conduct legal and risk management training sessions
• Advise and oversee corporate transactional matters, including stock programs and acquisitions
• Assist with business decision-making, including evaluating opportunities, budgeting, and hiring practices
• Evaluate licensure and labor requirements and ensure company compliance
• Help define and develop corporate policies, procedures, and programs
• Provide continuing counsel and guidance on legal matters and their business implications

Senior Corporate Counsel

• Independently handle a caseload of predominantly moderate- to higher-complexity insurance defense litigation matters
• Handle Major Case litigation matters depending on line of business
• Try cases to verdict or negotiate resolutions
• Conduct legal research and prepare persuasive legal writing and presentations
• Draft pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery, and other legal documents
• Attend court events, depositions, and other appointments independently
• Provide substantive case analysis and recommendations to insured clients and Claim partners
• Collaborate with expert witnesses and consultants on case strategies, technical matters, and testimony
• Build and manage internal and external client and business partner relationships
• Provide training, seminars, and legal updates
• Mentor attorneys and legal support staff
• Contribute to special projects and office business needs
• Use technology, case management systems, and automation
• Travel as required to meet business needs
• Perform other assigned duties

Associate Senior Counsel

• Lead the identification, assessment, and communication of complex legal risks
• Advise leadership and cross-functional teams on legal, contractual, and risk mitigation matters
• Oversee resolution of risk-related matters in alignment with risk tolerance and professional standards
• Anticipate emerging risks and implement proactive measures to reduce legal exposure
• Monitor evaluation and management of significant risks
• Recommend actionable risk mitigation plans
• Lead identification and resolution of standard and complex risk issues
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and escalate key issues
• Implement risk management policies, guidance, procedures, and training programs
• Manage and develop other Risk Counsel and/or Subcontract Managers
• Embed risk management practices into business processes
• Review contracts and advise on contractual rights, obligations, and potential risks
• Support DPR and related entities on risk management, corporate insurance and surety programs, contractual risk transfer, and construction contracting
• Provide legal support on insurance, surety, and risk allocation issues
• Serve as backup resource to the contracting counsel team on contract review and negotiation across construction agreements

Risk Counsel

• Defend lawsuits filed in Texas courts and handle other first-party insurance defense matters
• Research laws and prepare legal briefs, opinions, and memoranda
• Render opinions on liability, damages, and value as requested by the Claims Department
• Prepare and handle pleadings, motions, and discovery
• Handle depositions/examinations before trial and examinations under oath
• Defend assigned matters by trial or dispositive hearing, as applicable

Counsel

• Defend lawsuits filed in Texas courts
• Handle other first-party insurance defense matters
• Research laws and prepare legal briefs, opinions, and memoranda
• Render opinions on liability, damages, and value as requested by the Claims Department
• Prepare and handle pleadings, motions, and discovery
• Handle depositions/examinations before trial and examinations under oath
• Defend assigned matters by trial or dispositive hearing, as applicable

Associate Counsel

• Advise Capital One’s Financial Services Division on major challenges and significant business initiatives
• Counsel the auto finance business, sales teams, leaders, analysts, product managers, and designers
• Identify complex risks, solve problems, and shape business strategies affecting customers and internal partners
• Advise on consumer-finance laws and regulations, strategy, data, and risk
• Understand the auto finance business, technology, and evolving legal and regulatory landscapes
• Foster innovation by applying applicable laws and charting courses for rolling out, marketing, and selling innovative products
• Translate legal, business, technology, regulatory, and risk concepts for analysts and senior executives
• Work hand-in-hand with the business to solve problems and take ownership of business outcomes
• Collaborate with Legal Department colleagues to vet and scale risk
• Push responsible innovation in challenging gray areas

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