Legal Counsel

Description:

Job Description:
Your main responsibilities include: Work on-site as a member of the TSMC AZ Legal Department providing general corporate and commercial legal services to assist in achieving business goals while minimizing undue risk. Provide creative and cost-effective support and advice to in-house clients in operations, facilities, EHS, supply chain, finance, and human resources team. Work involves a wide variety of areas including corporate policies and standard operating procedures; commercial contract drafting and negotiation; intellectual property and trade secret protection; export, privacy, and other regulatory compliance; dispute resolution; investigations and corporate compliance matters.
Requirements:
Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States and have:

• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, along with the ability to listen and communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to provide legal services to a variety of different departments
• Ability to establish trust and maintain strong working relationships
• Ability to share workload with other members of the Legal Department
• Must have a law degree from a recognized university
• Must be admitted to a recognized bar
• Must be permitted to work in the United States
• 4 to 7 years of relevant experience gained in a law firm and/or in-house position with demonstrated ability to perform the following responsibilities:
• Working in a large, highly matrixed and dispersed decision-making environment
• Advising all levels of management on the legal risks and liabilities relevant to various business activities
• Researching and anticipating unique legal issues that could impact the company
• Negotiating, writing and facilitating internal stakeholder approvals on a wide variety of agreements
• Developing policies
• Providing training

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