Associate General Counsel (Onsite)

Monroe

Wisconsin

Job Description

Colony Brands is one of North America's largest and most successful direct marketing catalog and e-Commerce companies. Our enterprise has grown from a premier mail-order cheese company to include a diverse portfolio of subsidiaries, brands, and products, while maintaining our roots as a private, customer-centric business based in Monroe, WI. We work together with several affiliate businesses ranging from IT and financial services to corporate aviation to contribute to the continued success of our enterprise. Our continued success is dependent on living our values and supporting a motivated, high-performing workforce.

We are seeking an Associate General Counsel who will build on that success by not only providing legal counsel to our teams, but by also building strong relationships across businesses and serving as a trusted partner to the leadership teams of Colony Brands and its affiliates. Our ideal candidate is a collaborative partner with general legal expertise in multiple areas of law or industries. If you're looking for a role that offers variety in your day and work and the ability to grow your expertise, while having a better work life balance, then this role may be a good fit for you!

What You'll Do:
As Associate General Counsel, you'll serve as a legal advisor to business leaders across the organization, giving you the opportunity to positively impact a stable, family-owned, people-oriented company in business since 1926. Your primary responsibility will be maintaining the integrity of the company.

You'll report to the Vice President and General Counsel of Colony Brands and provide indirect leadership to one Legal Assistant in addition to working with outside counsel when needed.
You will be accountable for partnering with the organization's varied companies, lines of business, and key stakeholders to provide accurate and timely counsel in a variety of legal topics and areas (employment, retail, credit, contracts, corporate organizations and finance, intellectual property, privacy, etc.) as a trusted subject matter expert to simultaneously mitigate risk and support business objectives.
You'll also be responsible for:
* Understanding the complexities of the enterprise
* Maintaining current knowledge of legislation of key areas of law pertinent to the company(ies)
* Identifying and addressing potential legal issues and regulatory risks for current activities, operations, and strategic initiatives; identifying outside counsel experts as needed
* Overseeing the legal matters of the business, acting as the businesses' legal representative
* Communicating, managing, and negotiating with external parties (regulators, outside firms/lawyers, public authorities, etc.)
* Cultivating and modeling our Core Values as a member of the executive team
* Negotiating, drafting, and solidifying agreements, contracts, filings, and other legal documents to ensure each company's full legal rights
* Evaluating and filing trademarks and copyrights and analyzing work for potential infringements of intellectual property
* Specifying internal governance policies and regularly monitoring compliance
* Keeping appropriate business records

Qualifications

What It Takes:
Legal acumen and a strong work ethic are a minimum requirement. To be successful, you must thrive in a dynamic, cross-functional, collaborative team environment.

In addition, we are looking for the following qualifications:
* Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
* Admitted, active, and in good standing with the State Bar of Wisconsin
(or with another state bar and registered, or eligible to register, as in-house counsel with the State Bar of Wisconsin, but should become a member of the Wisconsin Bar as soon as practicable)
* 3+ years' experience as a practicing lawyer in a law firm or in-house legal department required
* 2+ years' corporate, commercial, or regulatory experience
* Proven attention to detail and the ability to advise in a practical, solutions-oriented environment
* Demonstrated analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills
* Unwavering integrity and commitment to ethical business practices
* Exceptional communication skills
* Working knowledge of data privacy and security laws
* Knowledge of the retail and/or credit marketplace preferred

We value collaboration and believe that it often happens best in person. All team members, including the Associate General Counsel, are required to work onsite at our Monroe, WI headquarters Monday - Friday each week. There is flexibility to work remotely for up to 15 days per year.

About Us

Colony Brands, Inc. is one of North America's largest, multi-channel, direct-marketing companies. The company maintains an extensive portfolio of affiliates, brands, and products ranging from cheese and petit fours to apparel and kitchen appliances, while maintaining its roots as a private, customer-centric business based in Monroe, WI. We're financially sound, yet our success is not just defined by our profits; it's about living our Core Values, giving our employees the opportunity for growth and providing a better place to live and work! To that end, Colony Brands generously supports the communities we work in and offer many benefits and programs that support the well-being of our employees.

Benefits Details

Colony Brands is not just about growing our profits - We are about giving our employees the opportunity for growth and providing a better place to live and work. We also offer our employees many great rewards in addition to monetary compensation:

Job Category

Legal

Employment Type

Regular/Full-Time