Senior Legal Counsel

Schneider Electric is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel with a minimum of five years' experience in complex commercial contracting and providing advice to business clients in all areas of contracting, including disputes.

In this role, you will support multiple Schneider Electric business units and leverage your expertise in drafting, analyzing, and negotiating a wide range of agreements-including those related to equipment and hardware, software, SaaS, reseller partnerships, and services-across varying levels of scope and complexity.

What do you get to do in this position?

To be part of Schneider Electric's North American Legal team providing legal expertise for various business units with responsibilities including but not limited to:



* Working directly with internal stakeholders and customers as the lead lawyer for select businesses to negotiate complex agreements in relation to equipment / hardware, software, SaaS, and services to support Schneider Electric's business, product offerings and customer projects;


* Be a business counsel, partner and provide strategic legal support and advice to internal business clients to, among other, proactively mitigate risk, identify areas of concern affecting policy change within the business and driving risk management;


* Provide pre-dispute advice and devising strategy to effectively support the business to resolve disputes with customers;


* Providing thought leadership on best-in-class contracting templates, development of contracting best practices, clause libraries and playbooks, and leading associated legal training for internal clients;


* Provide legal advice and counsel within area of expertise to functional or operational team members and managers to ensure that their current or proposed activities, policies, business practices, and transactions comply with all relevant laws and regulations as well as company policies; and


* Effectively engaging with management, members of the legal team, and business stakeholders in all areas concerning legal risk to the business.

We know skills and competencies show up in many different ways and can be based on your life experience.

If you do not necessarily meet all the requirements that are listed, we still encourage you to apply for the position.

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?


* A Juris Doctor from an accredited law school in the U.S.;


* Bar admission in at least one state;


* At least five years of experience directly handling, drafting, and negotiating complex commercial equipment / hardware, software, SaaS, reseller, and service agreements as well as providing pre-dispute advice and support to business stakeholders;


* Experience engaging with executives of the business to provide strategic legal advice and direction


* Law firm experience will be considered; prior in-house counsel experience within a corporate legal department is a plus;


* Strong negotiation skills, ...