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⚖️ North American Counsel | Leadership Track Opportunity | Greater Nashville Area 📍 Nashville, TN Area (4 Days In Office / 1 Day Remote) 💰 $160,000-$170,000 Base + 20% Bonus 📦 Relocation Assistance Available 👥 Direct Path to Legal Leadership
Robert Half has partnered with a global organization to identify a North American Counsel ready to take the next significant step in their legal career.
This is a unique opportunity for an attorney who wants more than a traditional in-house role. You'll serve as the lead legal advisor for North America, partner directly with executive leadership, and gain exposure to a wide variety of legal matters spanning commercial contracts, corporate governance, compliance, employment, litigation management, and strategic transactions. Designed as a developmental position, this role offers significant visibility, mentorship, and long-term growth potential for an ambitious legal professional seeking broader business and leadership responsibilities.
🌎 The Opportunity As North American Counsel, you will support operations across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico while acting as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders. You'll work closely with a highly respected General Counsel who is committed to mentoring future legal leaders and providing meaningful opportunities for professional growth. This role combines hands-on legal work with strategic business partnership and offers the chance to build leadership experience through management of legal staff and ownership of key legal initiatives.
🚀 Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary legal advisor for North American operations
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements
- Manage litigation matters and oversee outside counsel
- Support corporate governance, entity management, and board-related matters
- Advise on employment law matters across multiple jurisdictions
- Coordinate regional compliance initiatives in partnership with global compliance leadership
- Assist with mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic business initiatives
- Improve contract management processes, legal templates, and governance frameworks
- Mentor and develop legal support staff while helping build the future legal team
⭐ Why This Role Stands Out
- Broad legal exposure across multiple practice areas rather than a narrow specialization
- Direct interaction with executive leadership and key business stakeholders
- Opportunity to own and shape regional legal and compliance initiatives
- Significant international exposure through collaboration with global legal teams
- Strong mentorship from an experienced and business-oriented General Counsel
- Clear long-term growth potential into more senior legal leadership roles
- Opportunity to support products and services that make a meaningful impact on people's daily lives
🎯 Ideal Candidate
- Active U.S. Bar admission
- 5+ years of legal experience
- Strong experience in commercial contracting and business counseling
- In-house experience preferred but not required
- Exposure to corporate governance, compliance, employment law, litigation management, or M&A is a plus
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a willingness to learn new areas of law
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Naturally curious, proactive, and solutions-oriented
- Interest in leadership, mentorship, and long-term career development
📩 Interested? This opportunity is ideal for a Senior Counsel, Corporate Counsel, Commercial Counsel, or law firm attorney looking to broaden their legal expertise, partner closely with business leadership, and build a long-term career within a growing international organization.
For confidential consideration or additional information, please apply directly. Only candidates whose backgrounds closely align with the client's requirements will be contacted.
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