Senior Counsel - Corporate & Compliance

Description

• Provide support on treasury and finance transactions, including debt offerings and credit agreements.
• Support HR on equity plans, severance plans and other benefit offerings.
• Supervise paralegals.
• Advance a positive spirit of partnership and collaboration with internal clients and legal colleagues.
• Oversee Section 16 filings, administration of 10b5-1 plans and trading windows.
• Lead the company’s compliance efforts.
• Develop and prepare policies and procedures covering a wide range of topics with support from specialists in each area.
• Assist with coverage of general corporate and legal matters, as needed.
• Advise and provide support on corporate governance matters, including matters relating to the board of directors and senior management, the annual meeting of stockholders, corporate policies and investor outreach.
• Assist in the preparation of SEC filings: 10-K annual reports, 10-Q quarterly reports, 8-K current reports and proxy statements.
• Review and advise on press releases, the corporate website, investor presentations, and other external communications.
• Appropriately manage a heavy workflow, set appropriate priorities with clients and deliver results efficiently.

Requirements

• Must live within a commutable distance to Nashville or willing to relocate to the greater Nashville area
• Ability to manage and serve a wide range of clients within the company by prioritizing projects and responding efficiently and pragmatically to urgent situations and demanding clients.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and oral), research skills and attention to detail.
• Good business judgment, high level of professional integrity and the discretion, tact and ability to maintain confidentiality on sensitive business matters.
• Admitted to practice in at least one U.S. state bar, and eligible to be admitted to practice law in the State of Tennessee.
• 5+ years of corporate and securities experience with ability to handle responsibility with minimum supervision. Prefer previous in-house experience with responsibilities for compliance matters.
• Experience drafting and negotiating a variety of contracts and transactional documents.
• Juris Doctorate from a nationally recognized law school.

Benefits

• This position will work at home and in our Nashville office on a hybrid schedule

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance