General Counsel

VP & General Counsel for Henkels & McCoy Group, Inc. (HMG) leads strategic and tactical legal initiatives, is a member of and serves as the legal advisor to the senior leadership group. The VP & General Counsel is expected to provide a proactive approach to solving legal issues and shall provide senior management with effective legal advice on company strategies and  business issues. The VP & General Counsel also serves as the leader for legal and claims management functions performed by H&M Shared Services, Inc. (H&MSS).  The position ensures HMG and its subsidiaries are in compliance with applicable laws and requirements of regulatory agencies, that associated company policies and procedures are being followed and that behavior in the organization meets the company’s Values and Code of Conduct.  The VP & General Counsel also holds the position of “Corporate Secretary”.

Position Primary Outcomes:

Ensure effective contractual risk management across HMG companies.
Support the integration of risk management practices into HMG’s operational units to improve business performance. 
Provide support, guidance and expertise on enterprise structure and labor strategy in support of HMG’s major market strategies. 
Ensure regulatory compliance and good governance practices are in place and actively managed . 
Through H&MSS effectively manage claims for HMG and subsidiaries (legal, property & casualty, workers comp, uninsured litigation).
Position Responsibilities: 
Manage Contractual Risk:
 
Ensure continuous improvement of processes which minimize, mitigate, or eliminate contract risk through:
Communicated best practices and lessons learned;
Training for subsidiary personnel in various roles, as appropriate;
Standard, effective and timely contract review processes.
Assist the operating units in identifying the probability of risk identified in a contract and how to deal with the risk.
Provide a suite of options or alternatives to assist in contract negotiations, including direct customer interfacing in specific or significant contract issues.
 Integrate Legal Risk Management Practices:
 
Collaborate with the operating units on contract reviews with specific focus on risk mitigation.
Manage HMG risk in balance with the need to win work and grow the business.
Actively participate in large project contract reviews and enterprise risk reviews when appropriate.
Assist subsidiaries with customer specific legal challenges.
Provide support on subcontract matters ensuring there are no gaps in the execution of our risk strategies.   
Lead the legal aspects of joint venture opportunities when requested by the subsidiary.
 Labor Strategy:  
Provide legal advice, opinion and support regarding labor issues.
Establish and manage outside legal resources when required for labor issues.
Claims Management:   
Ensure claims of any variety are managed as efficiently as possible (legal, property & casualty, workers comp, uninsured litigation):
Manage claim defense strategy
Manage the cost of claims
Manage the settlement of claims
Manage litigation of claims
Establish trusted outside counsel relationships to ensure claims management and specialty legal support are available when needed and managed to maximize value to HMG.
 Compliance and Governance:
Working with various H&MSS functions, ensure policies and procedures are compliant with local, state and federal laws.
Ensure compliance audits (when appropriate, in conjunction with the Audit function) are conducted to maintain compliance integrity.
Conduct internal compliance training and implement with the operational groups.
Participate as a member of the Business Integrity review committee including, when designated, conduct or manage investigations of potential non- compliance or governance issues.
 Position of Corporate Secretary:
 

 Responsible for the functions associated with the Corporate Secretary position.

Insure all procedural requirements as defined in the bylaws for the company are met.

Executive Leadership Team Member:
Actively participate with executive leadership in strategy execution, operational excellence initiatives and general leadership of the company.
Provide relevant legal oversight at the executive level regarding the direction and operation of the company.
Actively participate at subsidiary locations with management in training, review of legal and/or claims support needs, process improvement and/or compliance with related policies and procedures.  Participate in safety coaching observations with subsidiary leadership.
Education / General Experience: 

J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school
Active license in good standing to practice law
15+ years of legal experience in a corporate environment, with experience in a privately held construction or engineering company a strong plus.
At least 5 years’ experience working with  trade unions or labor law is strongly preferred
Experience with large deal making or M&A a plus
H&M Shared Services Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individual with Disabilities.