LATAM Sr Counsel

Align Technology; Ciudad Juárez; On-site; MXN 9,991,420 - 16,411,176; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Ciudad Juárez seeks an experienced lawyer to support its LATAM Legal Team. Responsibilities include negotiating contracts, counseling on corporate matters, and supervising junior staff. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience, be fluent in advertising and privacy laws, and possess strong analytical skills. Candidates should be admitted to practice law in Mexico and able to manage a varied workload in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience with top academic credentials.
• Admitted to practice law in Mexico.
• Experience providing legal advice at a law firm, in-house, or both.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary point of contact for legal matters.
• Negotiate, draft, and review contracts.
• Supervise and mentor junior staff in the legal department.
• Collaborate with LATAM Teams on legal/compliance issues.

Skills

Experience with advertising law

Ability to think critically

Experience with privacy laws

Experience drafting commercial agreements

Ability to manage diverse teams

Experience providing strategic legal advice

Superior verbal and written communication skills

Education

8+ years of post-degree experience

Top academic credentials from a leading law school in Mexico

Admitted to practice law in Mexico

Job description

Description

The ideal candidate will be an experienced lawyer who possesses expertise in a variety of areas of Law, as well as intellectual flexibility and versatility, solid business acumen and judgment, and thoughtful, sensitive and persuasive interpersonal skills. This job will entail a wide variety of work supporting LATAM Legal Team.

Department

Finance

Location

MEX-Juarez-Plant #2

Compensation

$51,685 - $84,894 / month

Key Responsibilities

• Be an active and commercially minded business partner to the LATAM Teams to continually identify strategic opportunities in intelligent risk‑taking. Impeccable business and risk management judgment and ethics.
• Serve as primary point of contact for all legal matters within assigned business unit or area.
• Negotiate, draft, and review an extensive range of contracts for assigned business unit or area.
• Review marketing collateral, pricing and promotional materials for compliance with all applicable laws and policies.
• Counsel, advise and train on general corporate legal matters within assigned business unit or area.
• Ensure compliance with contract management process and other company policies and procedures.
• Supervise, develop and mentor junior staff in legal department.
• Collaborate with global legal team to ensure consistency, efficiency and sharing of best practices.
• Conduct legal research and assist in other legal matters as and when needed.
• Confident team player and ability to develop relationships and networks at all levels. Enjoys working in a challenging, fast paced and dynamic workplace. Positive attitude.
• Provide Compliance and privacy training.
• Collaborate with members of LATAM Legal Team to analyze and advise business on complex legal/compliance issues that arise out of its LATAM operations.
• Protect brands at regional and local levels.
• Structure and negotiate complex transactions, oversee outside counsel, and coordinate management of litigation.
• Support compliance and internal audit investigations and projects.
• Partner with local leaders, HR Leaders, HRBP´s to provide advice, counseling and guidance to his / her region on company employee/labor relations issues, policies and procedures, and best practices.
• Coordinate and actively participate in negotiations with Unions.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Experience with advertising law, consumer protection laws, licensing and intellectual property laws, contracts, and business law.
• Ability to think critically and quickly resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways.
• Experience with state, national and international privacy laws and regulations, specifically how they relate to marketing and advertising efforts.
• Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, including intellectual property licenses, vendor agreements, and complex marketing technology contracts.
• Ability to manage a significant workload and diverse teams, prioritize projects appropriately, and work independently.
• Experience prioritizing conflicting demands from multiple business clients in an extremely fast‑paced environment.
• Experience providing strategic and pragmatic legal advice in a highly regulated environment.
• Superior verbal and written communication and analytical skills.
• 8+ years minimum post‑degree experience, with top academic credentials from a leading law school in Mexico.
• Admitted to practice law in Mexico.
• Experience of providing legal advice at a law firm, in‑house, or combination of both.
• Experience working in a global, multinational company as a plus.
• 10% travel required.

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Equal Opportunity Statement

Align Technology is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all our practices, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected category. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the country for which they are applying, and employment eligibility will be verified as a condition of hire.