Corporate Counsel

Kyocera Mita America; East Gwillimbury; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Corporate Counsel to provide comprehensive legal services and support. This role is pivotal in safeguarding the company's legal interests while fostering a collaborative environment. You'll engage with various departments, translating complex legal concepts into clear guidance, and ensuring compliance across all operations. If you're a self-starter with a passion for legal excellence and a desire to make a meaningful impact, this is an exceptional opportunity to join a forward-thinking organization committed to doing what's right. Embrace your chance to influence change in an innovative industry and grow your career in a supportive atmosphere.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401k Match

Paid Time Off

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Flexible Spending

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate required; minimum 6 years of corporate counsel experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal services and support to senior management and internal departments.
• Draft and review contracts, ensuring legal compliance across the company.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Contract Negotiation

Legal Judgment

Education

Juris Doctorate

Tools

iManage

Job description

Overview

When you join Kyocera Document Solutions America, Inc. you are joining an organization that is deeply rooted in the Philosophy of “doing what is right as a human being”. Through this Philosophy, our employees are passionate about providing best in class customer service through efficiency, accountability and a sense of urgency all while putting knowledge to work to drive change.

In addition, we’re a Great Place to Work… and we really mean it! Kyocera Document Solutions America, Inc., was officially certified as a Great Place to Work since 2021. An organization earns this distinction when its employees have expressed their trust in the people they work for, have pride in what they do and enjoy the people they work with.

As Corporate Counsel, you will perform general legal services for the Company. You will assist in protecting the Company’s legal interest and maintaining its operations within the scope established by law. Responsible for identifying and analyzing legal issues, drafting and reviewing documents, presenting clear recommendations, and assuring legal compliance, this is an amazing opportunity for you to showcase your prioritization skills and attention to detail. Familiar with a broad variety of legal concepts, practices and procedures, you’ll rely on your deep experience, preparation and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

Reporting directly into the Vice President & General Counsel, and working within a small team, you will feel comfortable immersing yourself into a position that is essential to the smooth running of the business. Operating as a subject matter expert, you will work across all departments within the company and will feel at home translating legalese into digestible information across all levels and working with people from all backgrounds.

The chance to do something meaningful, to challenge yourself, to be a part of change in an industry, to influence change doesn’t come around every day.

Responsibilities

1. Perform all aspects of legal services in assigned areas of legal specialization and primarily responsible for developing and representing the Company’s legal positions in such areas.
2. Assist in providing senior management, internal departments, and subsidiaries with legal support, advice and information.
3. Assist in preparation and review of contracts regarding customers, dealers, distributors, banks, consultants, vendors, equipment leasing companies, real estate leases, and governmental agencies.
4. Assist in Company’s acquisitions, including due diligence review, drafting and reviewing contracts, preparing closing documents and facilitating post-merger integration.
5. Build relationships across and act as a strategic partner to the company to strengthen trust, and approachable nature of, the Legal department.
6. Assist with development, implementation, oversight and enforcement of Company’s policies and procedures (including anti-trust and anti-corruption) to ensure legal compliance.
7. Assist with the review of insurance policies.
8. Identify risks and propose alternative structures to mitigate risks involved in potential business transactions.
9. Participate in major customer, dealer and management functions to understand Company’s business and goals, and to assure legal compliance.
10. Provide seminars to Company’s employees on legal and compliance matters.

Qualifications

Required:

1. Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school and be a member in good standing of the New Jersey Bar or otherwise be eligible to practice law as in-house counsel in New Jersey.
2. Minimum 6 years of experience in corporate counsel capacity or with law firm counselling businesses and corporations.
3. Prior experience successfully managing and negotiating a wide variety of contracts.
4. Experience working with iManage or other document management system.
5. Self-starter with strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to make sound legal judgments.
6. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex legal issues in clear, concise language.
7. High degree of professional ethics and integrity.
8. Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

Preferred:

1. Experience in counseling businesses in various legal matters, such as: acquisitions, agreements, litigation, anti-trust and anti-corruption, intellectual property, real estate, corporate governance, and government and environmental regulations.
2. Experience in Real Estate Contracts a plus.

If you’re looking for an opportunity to work for a multinational company, whose modus operandi is to do the right thing as a human, where you can be widely recognized for your efforts, then this is the place for you. Apply now to be considered and one of our Talent Acquisition team could be in touch soon!

Note: This is a general description of the duties and responsibilities most frequently required of this position. The company may from time-to-time request that the incumbent perform other related tasks and assume reasonable responsibilities that have not been specifically included in this description.

Kyocera Document Solutions America, Inc is a group company of Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., a global leading provider of total document solutions based in Osaka, Japan. The company’s portfolio includes reliable and eco-friendly MFPs and printers, as well as business applications and consultative services which enable customers to optimize and manage their document workflow, reaching new heights of efficiency. With professional expertise and a culture of empathetic partnership, the objective of the company is to help organizations put knowledge to work to drive change. Kyocera is looking for enthusiastic and innovative people to help our customers run their businesses more efficiently and more profitably.

We offer a generous benefits package including medical, dental and vision plans, a 401k match, flexible spending, disability and life insurance, plus paid time off and holidays.

KYOCERA Document Solutions America, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, a VEVRRA Federal Contractor, and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding nondiscrimination. Kyocera provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status. Qualified minorities, women, protected veterans and/or individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.