Corporate Counsel I at EPRI

Position Title: Corporate Counsel I

Requisition ID: REQ-3907

Position Type: Full time

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Job Title:Corporate Counsel ILocation:Dublin, Ireland, International LocationJob Summary and Description:

Job Description:
Provides wide ranging proactive and strategic legal advice and support to EPRI (including EPRI Europe, EPRI International and EPRI Gulf) under the supervision of a senior attorney by responding to a wide variety of legal issues and needs for an entire business area, and is able to prioritize and juggle competing demands with moderate level of support from the other attorneys.

Key Responsibilities:

• Handles transactional and general international legal matters for an assigned geographic area, currently including Europe, Canada, and the Gulf Region.
• Handles matters pertaining to AI, data laws and privacy.
• Assists in providing legal services under the direction of senior attorneys and the Sr. Director International Legal, including legal advice, representation and support to management and staff in order to facilitate achievement of goals, while anticipating and managing risk in a risk-intelligent, agile and nimble fashion
• Analyzes and negotiates proposed contractual and licensing transactions, evaluates compliance with applicable law and policy
• Drafts, negotiates and finalizes bids and resulting agreements with EPRI’s customers (including members, governments and other stakeholders), contractors and other third parties
• Provides specific assistance on global compliance matters
• Makes recommendations to senior attorneys or management on variance from standard policies and legal terms, including for non-disclosure agreements, memorandums of understanding, bids and services contracts.
• Drafts transactional and other documents, including procedures and processes in support of policies
• Researches and analyzes legal issues on a broad spectrum of subjects that could include among others: intellectual property; and other legal and regulatory compliance issues (such as export control, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, privacy, AI, and antitrust); corporate governance issues; corporate infrastructure issues, tax exempt, company law.
• Other duties as needed.

Education and Experience:

• Law Degree from a nationally accredited reputable university or law school
• Qualified solicitor in good standing in Ireland and/or England & Wales. Additional bar membership in the United States or qualifications in other pertinent jurisdictions a plus
• 2 - 5 years of applicable post-qualification experience (PQE) (having both law firm and in-house counsel experience a plus)
• Strong ability to express complex ideas orally and in writing in a concise “plain English” manner
• Basic knowledge of intellectual property law (licensing) and experience drafting licenses or other contracts
• Working knowledge of AI and privacy law
• Experience with international transactions
• Familiarity with international compliance issues, such as export control or the general data protection regulation
• Work experience abroad and inter-cultural experience a plus

Skills and Attributes:

• Dedication and skills to adopt AI in daily work and process enhancements, in a responsible and ethical manner
• Risk-intelligence, pragmatism and the ability to operate in an agile and nimble environment
• Humility and a willingness to get to grips with new and novel areas of the law and business.
• Flexibility to work across time zones as needed and strong work ethic.
• Willingness to take true ownership of their work and be a strong business partner.
• Integrity, and ability to manage varying priorities and deadlines
• Enthusiasm for solving problems and working in a team/collaborative environment
• Maintains a collegial working relationship within the legal department as well as with external customer groups
• Ability to independently work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors
• Exercises sound judgment, particularly in determining when to elevate issues and ask questions
• Working knowledge of at least one other language pertinent to EPRI’s business (in addition to English) a plus (e.g., French, German, Spanish or Arabic)

EPRI is committed to complying with the regulatory framework governing export control, consisting of international treaties, U.S. laws, regulations and trade sanctions, and where applicable, foreign laws governing export control. These include the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Part 810 nuclear export regulations, and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). It is a critical requirement of this role that the successful candidate will have to work with export-controlled technology / information. As a result, prior to applying for this role, please ensure you satisfy yourself as to your ability to access such export-controlled technology / information without further authorization from government.