Assistant General Counsel, Corporate
Location
Stamford, CT | United States
Job description
The Assistant General Counsel, Corporate will report to ITT’s VP & Deputy General Counsel and will be part of a four-person legal team responsible for servicing a broad range of ITT’s corporate matters and interacting with senior leadership. The successful candidate will be a talented, energetic, and self-motivated attorney with 6 to 11 years of general corporate legal experience. They will be responsible for a broad range of corporate matters, with primary responsibility for ITT’s securities and governance matters. The successful candidate will also support treasury and tax transactions, mergers & acquisitions, human resources, ethics & compliance, general commercial contracting and other matters.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensuring Company compliance with securities laws and reporting/disclosure procedures, Exchange Act filings (including current, quarterly and annual reports and proxy statements) and compliance with NYSE listing standards.
- Supporting the Office of the Corporate Secretary, the Board of Directors and executive management regarding corporate governance matters including monitoring best practices, preparing resolutions, preparing Board and committee materials, conducting the annual meeting and general corporate governance matters.
- Supporting the Treasury/Finance organization in capital markets transactions and related activities; and
- Drafting and negotiating various commercial agreements, which may include master services agreements, development, marketing, supply, distribution and consulting agreements.
- Other responsibilities may include:
- Human resources related matters, including labor and employment and executive compensation matters.
- Assisting with mergers and acquisitions, both domestic and international, including drafting of NDAs, letters of intent, termsheets and other preliminary deal documents, as well as negotiating purchase and sale agreements and all other transaction-related documents.
- Litigation matters or internal investigations; supporting ITT’s worldwide ethics & compliance program.
- Environmental, Safety & Health and Environmental Affairs.
- Global Trade Compliance.
- Providing support across a range of other areas, including for developing, reviewing and revising Company policies, conducting training where necessary; and
- Handling various other legal matters as the needs of the business dictate.
Qualifications & Experience
- D. degree with excellent academic credentials.
- 6 to 11 years of general corporate experience in a leading law firm and/or in-house is required.
- Member of the bar of at least one US
Key Attributes & Competencies
- Versatility, and maturity with the ability to build relationships and act as trusted partner; confident, but not arrogant.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to anticipate, assess and quantify risk objectively, and to develop appropriate strategies to mitigate.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrates highest levels of ownership and accountability; works independently and initiates and coordinates projects, as needed.
- A willingness to learn and dive into the details is required.
- Maturity and ability to function independently.
- Passion for renewal and continuous improvement to drive performance and
- Embraces transparency as an important operating
- Strong work
We aim to pay our ‘ITT’ers’ fairly and competitively in the locations that they live and work. Pay-for-performance is a principle that we believe in, and employees are rewarded based not only on ‘what’ they accomplish, but also on ‘how’ they reflect ITT’s values. ITT offers a competitive salary and robust total rewards package, such as health insurance, 401(k), short and long-term disability, paid time off, growth and developmental opportunities, and other incentive compensation programs. Specific benefits are dependent upon whether or not the position is part of a collective-bargaining agreement. The salary offered to a candidate is based several factors such as candidate experience and qualifications, location, as well as market and business considerations.
172,000.00 - 300,000.00
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