Senior Corporate Counsel

Role

Under limited direction, provides legal support for a broad range of corporate and transactional matters.

Essential Responsibilities

• Reviews and negotiates customer-facing service agreements with jurisdictions and other commercial agreements specific to the resource recovery industry.

• Represents the company in contract negotiations with governmental and industry counterparties.

• Advises internal clients on matters of statutory and contract interpretation, including compliance with industry-specific California regulations.

• Reviews and advises on requests for proposals issued by governmental entities and the company's responses thereto.

• Advises and assists internal clients in pre-litigation dispute resolution and advocacy with governmental partners.

• Manages outside counsel.

• Travel on a limited basis when needed.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience at an AmLaw 200 firm as a corporate/business lawyer.

• 5 years' experience as in-house transactional attorney at a reputable company.

• Experience in contracting with governmental entities a plus.

• Experience in resource recovery or related industry a plus.

• Strong financial and business acumen.

• High level of professionalism and commitment to ethical behavior.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with a variety of internal clients.

• Able to effectively prioritize and execute multiple projects with aggressive timing constraints.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Excellent math skills, able to understand and document complex rate formulas.

• Proficiency with Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, Zoom, Adobe.

• Juris doctor from US News top 50 law school preferred.

• Member in good standing of the State Bar of California.

Recology Offers

• An ecologically innovative company that finds and mentors people committed to protecting the environment and sustaining our communities.

• The largest employee-owned resource recovery company in the industry with terrific benefits to help you prosper.

• A creative and caring culture that values community, diversity, altruism, accountability, collaboration, and learning by doing.

• An inspired company mission driven to use and return resources to their best and highest use through the practice of the 4R's: Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, and Recologize.

• Distinct professional challenges to connect with, care for, and grow community that sees a world without waste.

Recology Benefits May Include

• Paid time off and paid holidays.

• Health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, and vision.

• Retirement plans (Employee Stock Ownership Plan, 401(k) with match).

• Annual wellness incentives.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

• Educational assistance.

• Commuting benefits.

• Employee referral program.

Supplemental Information

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job; and pursuant to applicable law, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal records. It is important that you provide accurate information on the job application, inaccurate information may cause delays in the processing of your application and/or may disqualify you as a candidate.

Recology is an equal opportunity employer committed to supporting an inclusive work environment where employees are valued, heard, and provided development opportunities. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis that is prohibited by law.

This description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, effort, work conditions, and benefits associated with the job.