Senior Legal Counsel – Enviromental Organization

Our client is an international non-profit organization that mission is make a global impact on climate change, water scarcity and deforestation. They work will companies, governments, and capital markets all over the world to reduce their carbon footprint and make the environment a sustainable one for the generations to come. They are seeking to hire a mid-level attorney seeking career growth and desires to work for a company with a mission to save the environment. Role reports to the General Counsel.

This Senior Legal Counsel, will have regional accountability for the regulatory and legal compliance, providing extensive legal advice and guidance to local teams to enable informed decision making. In addition, this person will be the central point of contact for all legal matters for the region. They will need to work seamlessly with their colleagues and centers of global expertise and shared services.

Hybrid: NYC Office; very flexible

Experience: 5+ years

Responsibilities (some):

• Lead on the regional implementation of the organization’s strategy.
• Collaborate with the Head of Commercial, Legal to manage the drafting and review of complex contracts and agreements within region where subject to local laws or which require local regional knowledge.
• Ensure that the appropriate members of leadership are briefed on any existing or emerging issues or risks.
• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of precedents, template agreements, playbooks and know how.
• Guide the Grant and Development teams, provide legal advice on Grant arrangements, Service Agreements and other philanthropic engagements to support these teams to obtain external funding.
• Draft, negotiate and support the Grant and Development team in engagement with sponsorship arrangements with governments, regulatory bodies and other sponsors to deliver partnerships for projects that deliver its mission.
• Work across the Regional Counsel Team and to prepare and deliver handbooks and training on grant arrangements including standard inter-group arrangements for sub-grants, working with the finance team to ensure that all arrangements are tax effective and appropriately documented.
• Keep the Chief Legal Officer informed, manage litigation and dispute resolution processes within region in order to assess and recommended appropriate courses of action.

Who you are:

• Admitted to the NYS Bar Association or eligible for in house counsel waiver.
• 501(c)(3) experience.
• Possess knowledge of contractual/commercial law, litigation, IP, data privacy and broad legal and regulatory compliance experience.
• Can advise on and ensure fulfilment of all legal obligations applicable to a charity/not for profit and for directly supporting Trustees/Boards.
• Ability to work with and present to Trustees, Boards, Committees and senior leadership.
• Keen understanding of company secretarial/governance work or and ability to oversee this responsibility.
• Strong ability to provide legal advice to stakeholders and influence decision-making.

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