Senior Counsel

Overview

In-house lawyer handling contracts and legal issues for battery manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities

• contract drafting
• agreement negotiation
• risk analysis
• project management
• team supervision
• process implementation

Tasks

-Serve as a primary lawyer to review, draft, and negotiate customer and supply side commercial agreements, such as supply agreements, master services agreements, EPC and vendor agreements and other contracts. -Identify and solve legal and contractual risks with a focus on organizational profitability. -Work with and supervise the work of junior legal professionals. -Manage large-scale as well as routine legal projects on key substantive legal issues facing the organization. -Analyze, revise, and negotiate contractual provisions to facilitate the needs of the business as well as compliance with appropriate laws, regulations, as well as company policies and procedures. -Advise internal sales, purchasing, trade, financial, and operations personnel on daily questions and long-term projects. -Implement scalable contracting processes.

Requirements

• j.d.
• bar admission
• 5+ years
• legal tech
• east asian
• problem solving

What You Bring

-Exceptional organizational, analytical, and drafting skills with great attention to detail. -Strong communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills. -Ability to read, write, speak, hear; stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach and lift with hands and arms frequently throughout the day. -Ability to work and think independently, possessing sound, creative problem-solving skills. -Experience leading the implementation of legal technology -Ability to sit for extended periods of time. -At least 5 years' experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, or equivalent setting. -Foreign language fluency, especially in East Asian languages -Strong work ethic and sense of ownership and proactivity. -Member in good standing of a state bar such that legal work may be performed independently. -Highly automated, clean, safe, and temperature-controlled production environment -Understanding of how to practice law in a commercial setting as well as the rigors of the manufacturing environment. -Specialized legal ability to lead in a subject matter without sacrificing flexibility to be a generalist -J.D. from an ABA accredited law school. -Able to flexibly react to multiple and shifting priorities. -Tennessee bar admission is highly valued; Bar admission(s) in South Carolina and/or Kentucky are also useful -Willing to accept additional responsibility, challenging tasks, and/or projects. -Ability to work positively in an international work environment.

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Benefits

-401K with company match -HSA and Flexible Spending Accounts -Tuition reimbursement -An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development. -Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance -Short term and long-term disability coverage (Company Paid) -Paid Vacation and 14 Paid Holidays -Life Insurance (Company paid and additional voluntary life available)

About Aesc Us

-Pioneered mass-production of lithium-ion EV batteries, expanding globally with U.S. operations in Tennessee, Kentucky, and South Carolina. -Supplies top automakers like Nissan, BMW, and Mercedes with advanced battery cells featuring higher energy density. -Integrates local manufacturing with a global supply chain, including cathode materials processed from Umicore to support U.S. operations. -While U.S. plant expansion faced temporary pauses due to policy uncertainty, the company is now focusing on energy-storage solutions and remains committed to completing its projects.

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