Senior Counsel

Follett Corporation
United States, Illinois, Westchester
3 Westbrook Corporate Center (Show on map)
April 30, 2024
Westchester Legal Full-time #LI-DG1 Position Overview Join the Follett Team, where employees are valued, respected, and offered career paths throughout its many campus locations. Follett serves over half of the students in the United States and works with 80,000 schools as a leading provider of education technology, services, and print and digital content. We're higher education's largest campus retailer and a hub for school spirit and community as we operate nearly 1,200 local campus stores and over 1,600 virtual stores across the continent. We take pride in the fact that for more than 140 years, we have been helping to improve people's lives by supporting a lifetime of learning and education. We are looking for a results-driven Senior Counsel to join the Follett team. The Sr Councel's primary role and responsibility will be the provision of day-to-day counsel to Follett Higher Education Group, LLC, on general commercial contracting, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution matters. In addition, the role will require support for digital initiatives firm-wide. Responsibilities Draft and negotiate various types of commercial agreements relating to the business (such as service agreements and license agreements); be a strategic partner with the business team as it works to develop new product and service offerings. Be expected to demonstrate meaningful, "hands-on" experience supporting the requirements of digital sales efforts. Liaise with operations, client support teams, and other in-house counsel. Provide the business team with advice on legal, regulatory, and governance issues. Special projects, supporting the business as it relates to legal issues, etc. Specialized Advanced degree (J.D.) required. Licensed in good standing to practice law in the State of Illinois. 5-7 years of experience, which must include at least 6 years of experience as an attorney in a law firm, or with an in-house contract attorney. Strong understanding of contract issues and able to demonstrate proficiency in interacting with business team leaders and providing risk analysis balanced against business needs. Strong legal and analytical skills with a creative mindset and a demonstrated ability to work on time-sensitive projects. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work independently or as a member of a team. Ability to successfully collaborate and partner with other in-house attorneys at Follett, engage in project-related matters from time to time and learn new areas to support the business, as needed. Ability to gather facts from various sources and take initiative to get information that is not provided. Subscribes to trusted advisor/strategic partner/collaborative operating model. Possesses qualities such as integrity, professionalism, leadership, judgment, initiative, follow-through, strong work ethic, reliability, strategic thinking, ability to execute flawlessly, ability to work independently, project management skills, relationship skills, team player, and respectful of others. Keen awareness of the regulatory environment and brings a proactive approach to the position. Confidence in decision-making and the ability to make good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, experience, and judgment. Comfortable with a high degree of responsibility.