Senior Legal Counsel

Job Summary: Provide legal and compliance guidance to operations and business functions to enable achievement of business objectives and to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Transactional Support: 40%
• Partner with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to execute commercial transactions and manage associated risk.
• Draft, review, and negotiate contract documents for sales, asset acquisitions, general procurement, leasing, consignment and other commercial transactions for aviation products and services.
• Manage deal closings and CP documentation for aircraft, airframe and engine purchase and leasing transactions.
• Draft, maintain and periodically update contract templates and forms.
• Compliance: 30%
• Partner with business functions to implement and promote adherence to company policies and processes relating to trade compliance and business ethics.
• Support the trade compliance function to ensure adherence to company policies and procedures relating to KYS/KYC, export control and customs compliance.
• Research and support ad hoc requests relating to specific compliance topics (e.g., antitrust, privacy) in coordination with internal subject-matter experts.
• Conduct compliance training and education sessions for company personnel.
• Corporate Governance: 20%
• Organize and prepare board materials and meeting minutes for board and shareholder meetings and actions.
• Coordinate documentation and record-keeping for internal review and approval of commercial transactions.
• Draft and implement company policies and processes relating to corporate governance and other legal and compliance topics.
• Review and provide strategic advice on pre-litigation commercial disputes and claims and risk management.
• Coordinate with the litigation and investigations team to manage and respond to formal disputes and proceedings.
• Efficiently manage and interface with external disputes counsel.

Other duties as assigned:

• Support other functions as needed for projects and emergent matters relating to legal and compliance-adjacent topics (EH&S, security, insurance, quality, logistics, registrations, and filings, etc.).
• Maintain state business registrations and service of process appointments.
• Support internal IP counsel to manage global trademark portfolio.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualified Experience and Training:

Education:

Required

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredit law school.

Preferred

• N/A

Experience:

Required

• Relevant experience managing complex legal projects and transactions.

Preferred

• 7+ years’ experience in a corporate legal department or law firm.

Licensure/Certifications:

Required

• Admission to a US state bar and in good standing

Preferred

• N/A

Travel Required:

• 10% Domestic and International.
• Able to work in the US without current or future need for visa sponsorship.

Clearance: N/A

Qualified Skills:

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities:

Required

• Strong business acumen with a demonstrated ability to persuade stakeholders and influence outcomes.
• Ability to assess and translate complex legal and regulatory analysis into practical and compliant business solutions.
• Ability to draft, review and negotiate complex contracts and other legal documents.
• Knowledge of corporate compliance, contract law and legal best practices.

Preferred

• Experience drafting and negotiating sales, leasing and procurement contracts for aviation products and services.
• Experience managing closings for aircraft purchase transactions.
• Experience managing aircraft or engine leasing transactions.
• Experience designing and managing internal corporate governance and compliance policies and processes.

Communication Skills:

Required:

• Proficient written and spoken English.

Preferred:

• N/A

Technical Systems Proficiency:

Required:

• Google software (Gmail, Gmeet, Google Drive); Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel).

Preferred:

• Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tools.

Complexity of the Role:

Level of Decision Making:

• Involves strategic decision-making in contract negotiations.
• Involves strategic decision-making in risk mitigation activities and projects.

Organizational information:

Direct Reports:

• None.

Job Dimensions:

• Responsible for maintaining effective relationships with internal customers and stakeholders, and with counterparts at affiliate companies.

Nature of Contacts:

• Frequent contact with internal customers and stakeholders and with counterparts at affiliate companies.
• Frequent contact with legal counterparts at customers, suppliers, and other contract counterparties.
• Frequent contact with external advisors and services providers (outside counsel, insurance brokers).