General Counsel
Location: Ames, IA
Landus Cooperative is currently seeking a General Counsel! Would you consider yourself, strategic, reliable and detail-oriented?...
Location: Ames, IA
Landus Cooperative is currently seeking a General Counsel! Would you consider yourself, strategic, reliable and detail-oriented? Then come join our team!
We are seeking a motivated individual who can be responsible for providing legal counsel to the Chief Executive Officer, executive management, and board of directors. At Landus Cooperative, you’ll find a fun team atmosphere and a stable career that offers excellent benefits for full-time employees!
Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Includes but not limited to the following:
• Assume ultimate responsibility for ensuring business conduct follows applicable laws and regulations
• Manage relationships with outside counsel and monitors legal services provided by outside counsel to ensure effectiveness
• Advise management and work alongside business units, strategy/marketing/ communications, sales, human resources, safety, and risk teams
• Participate in the definition and development of the Cooperative’s legal policies and provides continuing counsel and guidance on legal matters and on legal implications of all matters
• Serve as legal adviser on all major business transactions, including strategic partnership deals, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, unification's, merger agreements, land deeds, title transfers and operating agreements
• Advise executives on contract status, legal risks and business terms of various deals
• Judge the merits of major court cases filed against and on behalf of the Cooperative, works with the appropriate executive(s) to define a strategic defense and approve settlements of disputes where warranted
• Keep abreast of legislative changes that may affect the Cooperative and research unique legal issues impacting the organization by identifying applicable statutes, judicial decisions, and codes
• Advise on legal aspects of the organization’s financing, including but not limited to assessing and advising on current and future business structures and legal entities
• Prepare final legal papers and correspondence of legal nature such as summonses, complaints, motions, and subpoenas from draft or dictated text
• Negotiate, write, and execute agreements and contracts
• Ensure proper indexing and filing of original legal documents
• Must be able to travel in and out of state periodically as needed
Required Qualifications:
• Must have a valid state motor vehicle license.
• J.D. degree. License to practice in the state of Iowa. Agricultural business experience preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Familiar with the following areas of law: contract law, employment law, securities, antitrust, computer law and privacy, and intellectual property
• Experience dealing with the SEC, OSHA, EPA and other regulatory agencies
• Experience working on matters of corporate governance and with a board of directors
Our Values:
• Teamwork: Works hard to emphasize team success ahead of individual success.
• Safety: Protects the well-being of our employees, customers, and consumers.
• Consistent Quality: Accepts responsibility to provide quality work in a timely manner.
• Empowered: Enjoys working hard and has initiative to do what’s right.
• Integrity: Displays honesty by doing what they say they will do.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled
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