Corporate Counsel

Job description

Tasks

Job Overview:

This position provides legal advice and representation to MBV in order to prevent operational losses resulting from litigation or governmental fines.

Responsibilities:

• Perform a variety of legal activities in accordance with the established standards of the legal profession to protect the organization’s reputation and business interests and help ensure it complies with all relevant laws and regulations.

• Provide legal advice within area of expertise to functional or operational area managers to ensure their activities, policies, business practices, and transactions comply with all relevant laws and regulations.

• Provide legal research, analysis, advice and recommendations on procedural and substantive matters.

• Analyze and interpret case law, court reports, and proposed and existing laws and regulations to prepare technical reports on how they impact the organization’s operations.

• Prepare legal contracts, letters of agreement, and other documents related to a variety of trade, commercial, financial, and operational matters (e.g. loans, leases, purchase agreements, acquisitions, divestitures, employment contracts) to protect the organization’s legal and business interests.

• Review and approve public statements from a legal standpoint to identify, anticipate and mitigate legal risks.

• Represent the organization in legal proceedings before courts, government agencies, or other authorities so the organization’s interests are protected.

• Negotiate, execute and approve the content and implementation of all contracts, letters, forms and other documents in accordance with policy.

• Notarizes documents for Team Members as needed.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate Degree from a United States Law School

• Two (2) or more years of experience as a lawyer in a private practice setting or in-house counsel

• Admitted to practice law and in good standing in at least one (1) state of the United States and capable of being admitted to practice law in the State of South Carolina

From passenger cars to commercial vans, the Mercedes-Benz brand stands as one of Daimler AG’s many success stories. Behind Mercedes-Benz and our several other automotive brands are more than 280,000 employees worldwide who put into practice Daimler’s core values of Passion, Respect, Integrity and Discipline each day to accomplish our vision. As the inventor of the automobile, we believe it is our mission and our duty to shape the future of mobility in a safe and sustainable manner - with trendsetting technologies, outstanding products and made-to-measure services.

Here in Charleston, SC, Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC is writing an exciting chapter in Daimler’s history as we add the first U.S. van assembly plant for the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, in addition to our existing reassembly operation for Sprinter and METRIS vans. Our slogan at Mercedes-Benz is “Vans. Born to Run.” We invite engaged, innovative job candidates to run the ramp up of our new facility with us!

EXCELLENT COMPENSATION & BENEFITS PLAN WITH 401k MATCHING.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Location information

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC (“MBV”) is part of the division Mercedes-Benz Vans of Daimler AG, Germany. It is a plant in South Carolina that assembles Sprinter vans for the U.S. market under the brands Mercedes-Benz and Freightliner, with headquarters in Charleston, SC. The midsize Metris van was added to the assembly line in 2015.

Mercedes-Benz Vans announced in March 2015 that it will invest $500 million in construction of a new Sprinter production plant, in addition to an expansion of existing assembly operations. The new facility will be also located in Charleston, and will provide up to 1,300 jobs.

More than 130,000 Sprinter have been assembled in Charleston and delivered to destinations in the U.S. since 2006. The U.S. is now the third largest market for Sprinter vans, after Germany and the U.K.

Desired profile

Qualifications

· 
Juris Doctorate Degree from a United States Law School

· 
Two (2) or more years of experience as a lawyer in a private practice setting or in-house counsel

· 
Admitted to practice law and in good standing in at least one (1) state of the United States and capable of being admitted to practice law in the State of South Carolina