Corporate Attorney

Join our dynamic legal team in Auburn Hills, MI, where you'll play a pivotal role in providing comprehensive global legal support across a spectrum of areas, from Corporate Governance to Real Estate, and Procurement.

About the Role

Provide global legal support in various aspects of the business, including Corporate Governance, Real Estate, Customer Transactions and Procurement.

Support the purchasing and real estate organization with supplier contracts, property leases and associated negotiations from time to time.

Review and provide counsel regarding terms and conditions for Request for Quotations from current and prospective customers as well as other informal bidding opportunities for customers.

Provide legal guidance to the company's operations and account management functions to assist in the resolution of contract issues and disputes.

Become thoroughly familiar with the company's customer contracts, services, pricing models and systems.

Create, draft and support contracts addenda and templates as needed. Partner with and educate internal customers, including Finance, Business Development, HR and other representatives of the company's business, on issues of legal impact and risk assessment.

Supporting corporate governance issues within North and South America, including:

• Responsibility for the integrity and maintenance of entity management database including annual audits and database updates, ensuring meticulous corporate recordkeeping.
• Maintaining complete, up-to-date, and accurate documentation relating to the Company's corporate legal entities;
• Corporate Secretariat responsibilities, including [acting as Company Secretary for select boards], being the key contact and advisor to the Board, assisting with scheduling board meetings and advising directors vis-à-vis the bylaws and/or the company code of the relevant jurisdiction, preparing, updating, and tracking shareholder and board materials (e.g., resolutions, written consents, and meeting minutes) and submitting requisite company filings;
• Coordination with counsel to ensure compliance requirements are met for international compliance.
• Establish strong working relationships with the legal managers (or equivalent) in the regional business units to ensure ongoing collaboration in line with Group standards

Providing support with litigation and pre-litigation matters, including general commercial and contract-related disputes as well as employment/benefits issues.

Developing and implementing new (improved) corporate policies, legal process improvements, and legal technology enhancements.

QUALIFICATIONS

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school [or equivalent, if internal hire].
• Member in good standing of at least one state bar.

EXPERIENCE

• 3-5 years of experience with a corporation working on corporate transactions, corporate governance or within a Corporate Secretariat function.
• Experience working with entity management systems, preferably GEMS software.
• 3-5 years practice experience, including in customer/vendor contracting, sourcing and or procurement contracting, US Real Estate leases and general US corporate secretarial matters.
• Experience structuring, drafting, analyzing and negotiating a wide range of sales & vendor contracts, including service agreements, master agreements & NDA's.

Compensation
DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World
Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world's trade flow better, changing what's possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 103,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that's fit for the future.

We're rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades. The DP World family comprises of syncreon, Imperial and P&O.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we're at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer's door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW
TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE

DP World is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We believe that employees are happiest when they're empowered to be their true, authentic selves. So, please come as you are. We can't wait to meet you.

By submitting your resume and application information, you authorize DP World to transmit and store your information in the world-wide recruitment database, and to circulate that information as necessary for the purpose of evaluating your qualifications for this or other job vacancies.