Job of the Week

Here is today’s Job of the Week, brought to you by Lateral Link. Over the last week, Lateral Link members received offers from Skadden Arps (Houston), Mayer Brown (New York), Gibson Dunn (San Francisco), Cooley Godward (LA), Clifford Chance (Warsaw), and Morgan Lewis (New York).
Position: Associate General Counsel
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: One of the top office products retailers in North America is seeking an Associate General Counsel to work in its Naperville, IL headquarters. The Corporate Counsel position will provide transactional legal counsel and other services to clients within the company. The successful candidate will be part of a team of attorneys whose primary responsibility is to review and negotiate all business transactions on behalf of the company, and to manage other legal issues common to a large, international organization. The position will report to a Vice President, Associate General Counsel. The candidate will have authority to select and hire outside counsel, consultants, and other professionals as necessary for handling legal transactions.
More information, about the company and the position (including the job code), after the jump.


Skills requirements:
– 3-6 years of legal experience with an emphasis on the review and negotiation of contracts and other business transactions.
– The ability to follow through with the execution of a legal strategy and the tenacity to see the strategy through to a full and satisfactory result.
– Knowledge of a broad range of legal areas which are commonly encountered in Company business or an in-depth knowledge of a specific legal area which is of importance to the Company.
– It is essential that the attorney travel throughout the United States and Canada on a regular basis.
– Ability to handle projects from start to finish with minimal supervision.
– Experience in the retail industry is beneficial, but not required.
Company Description: This Company, founded in 1988, is the #3 office products retailer in North America, with some 1,000 superstores in the US, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. The Company has 1600 employees working in the headquarters location, and 36,000 employees company wide. The stores offer about 10,000 name-brand and Company-branded products, including paper, pens, forms, and organizers, as well as office furniture and a wide range of technology products. The Company also provides in-store printing and document services. In addition to its retail outlets, the company’s contract division sells directly to business and government customers through field agents, telesales, and catalogs.
Job Code: 8233
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