ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL, COMMERCIAL - (60892)
Posted on: 28 Feb 2021
Los Angeles, CA
Job Description
Job Description
The Assistant General Counsel will be a trusted legal advisor and a member of the leadership team for ABMs Business and Industry West (BNI) - West, Procurement and Real Estate corporate functional groups/business lines, which have a large presence nationwide. The AGC Commercial will provide commercial contracts advice and counsel (draft, review and negotiate) and oversee commercial litigation and disputes, including collections, customer bankruptcies and law suits for functional groups mentioned. Additionally, the position will support M&A and compliance for the business group, and help coordinate employment and labor legal matters within the ABM legal department.
Primary Focus Areas
* Responsible for all legal advice and counsel to Westcoast senior management of BNI-W and nationwide senior management for Procurement.
* Drafting, reviewing and negotiating of all commercial contracts for BNI-W, Procurement and Real Estate, including sales contracts and RFPs, subcontracts, vendor agreements, joint ventures, and NDAs.
* Overseeing and managing commercial litigation and disputes for BNI-W .
* Supporting strategic business transactions, including M&A, partnership agreements, JVs and teaming arrangements and franchising.
* Coordinating legal issues with Employment and Labor attorneys supporting this division.
* Supervising and/or assisting on compliance matters related to regulated businesses.
* Directing and coordinating outside legal counsel as necessary, including rigorous outside legal cost management.
*Job duties may be revised at any time.
Minimum Requirements
* Juris Doctorate
* Licensed to practice law; admitted and in good standing with state bar of California (or willing to get licensed with the state bar of California)
* Minimum six (6) to ten (10) years of commercial law experience and/or law firm experience required. Supplemental in-house experience highly desirable
* Significant experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts
* Proven ability to communicate effectively with senior management on complex legal issues
* Ability to prioritize effectively and efficiently including managing competing priorities and meeting deadlines, along with serving clients in a commercially minded manner
* Demonstrated self-starter who is comfortable working with key business contacts on a daily basis
ABM Industries Inc.
New York, New York
ABM (NYSE: ABM) is a leading provider of facility solutions. ABM’s comprehensive capabilities include janitorial, electrical & lighting, energy solutions, facilities engineering, HVAC & mechanical, landscape & turf, mission critical solutions and parking, provided through stand-alone or integrated solutions. ABM provides custom facility solutions in urban, suburban and rural areas to properties of all sizes – from schools and commercial buildings to hospitals, data centers, manufacturing plants and airports. ABM Industries Incorporated, which operates through its subsidiaries, was founded in 1909
Our team of more than 140,000 skilled and hardworking people takes care of clients across Aviation, Banking, Life Sciences, Commercial Office Buildings and Real Estate, Education, Food and Beverage, Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Nuclear Power, Parking, Retail, Sports, Technology, Warehousing, and more.
We provide a wide variety of services in each industry we serve, from airport shuttle service and wheelchair assistance to food and nutrition to mission-critical solutions in hospitals. In every case, ABM makes every day run smoothly by going the extra mile to deliver the best quality with the highest levels of integrity.
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IndustryFacilities/Maintenance
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No. of Employees140,000
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