SVP Associate General Counsel - Business Line / Legal Specialty
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Role summary
Sets overall direction and short and long-term strategic goals for the given business function, line of business, or legal specialty, providing executive leadership to managing attorneys, professionals, paraprofessionals and other staff who support the legal needs of a client group (e.g., a business line, legal specialty like litigation or a function like HR) within the company. Develops long term functional strategy and sets vision concerning short term direction and priority focus. Supports the General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel and other executives in the development and formulation of the long-term functional strategy for the corporation and/or an area of focus. Provides advice and counsel on a broad range of legal issues to the operating executives and management of the assigned area. May, in addition, provide practice leadership for a legal specialty and disseminate information on trends and innovations within the specialty to other attorneys throughout the company, on a matrix basis. May select, engage, and direct outside counsel to undertake specific and complex work requiring the application of highly specialized legal knowledge. This role specifically requires a J.D. Degree as a qualification, overriding the educational criteria outlined in the level guide.
Job summary sourced from the Empsight benchmark job library.
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