Senior Corporate Counsel
Melbourne, Florida
Job ID 15246Overview
Our Business and Operations team has an unwavering focus on our commitment to excellence in everything we do. They’re the backbone of our ability to deliver mission solutions with speed, innovation and flawless execution.
- Full Time
- Level: Experienced
- Location: On Site
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My favorite part of working for L3Harris is knowing that the parts that I procure go into products that help save lives.
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L3Harris Work Perks
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Health
- Medical with a High Deductible and traditional PPO plan options, as well as, vision and a full array of supplemental health benefits
- A doctors' service to help with referrals and second opinions for you, your family, and parents
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Family
- 4 weeks of paid parental leave for moms and dads
- Fertility treatment
- Subsidized backup childcare and eldercare
- Adoption assistance - $5,000 per adoption/$15,000 per employee
- Pet insurance
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Well-Being
- No cap to your PTO time (for exempt employees)
- Dress for your day - wear what works for you at work
- Legal plan for you, your family, and parents
- Discount platform
Job Description
L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 50,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
Job Title: Senior Corporate Counsel
Job Code: 15246
Job Location: Melbourne, FL
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off
Job Description:
The Senior Corporate Counsel position reports to the Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Corporate and has responsibility for a broad range of corporate transactional activities.
Essential Functions:
- Provides legal support and leadership for (i) corporate transactions including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, (ii) strategic transactions including joint ventures and private equity investments and other commercial arrangements, and (iii) financial transactions including credit facilities, debt offerings, derivatives, reimbursement agreements, and other credit support arrangements.
- Assists with development, maintenance and administration of standard forms, policies and procedures relating to various corporate, strategic and finance transactional matters.
- Coordinates legal due diligence and disclosures relating to corporate, strategic, and finance transactions.
- Supports other corporate transactions including domestic and international subsidiary restructurings, capitalizations, cash repatriation and other financial transactions.
- Works collaboratively and creatively with cross-functional corporate team and business units and provides broad spectrum legal support in identifying and mitigating risk issues relating to corporate, strategic, and finance transactions.
- Reviews, analyzes and keeps current on domestic and international legal developments relevant to areas of responsibility.
- Identifies development/training opportunities and assists in educating internal customers in matters relevant to areas of responsibility.
- Ability to travel to CHQ office in Melbourne, FL (if working remotely) and to other locations to support transactions as required. Anticipated to be <20% of time.
Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor from ABA-accredited law school and Bachelor’s degree from accredited college or university.
- Membership in good standing of the Florida Bar, or ability to register as a Florida in-house counsel.
- 5-10 years of experience handling transactional matters as a lawyer practicing in a law firm and/or in the legal department of a public or private company.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Law Firm or in-house experience relating to M&A, Finance, and/or Venture Capital Investments gained at a top law firm, or Fortune 500 in-house legal department.
- Problem solver oriented towards finding practical solutions and providing practical guidance.
- Strong oral and written communication, presentation, training, organizational, and teamwork skills.
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, adaptable, innovative and able to provide high-quality and timely work product.
- The ability to manage a large number and variety of mission-critical projects, working independently and often in an ambiguous environment utilizing sound and practical business judgment as well as common sense.
- Embraces a strategic, proactive approach in supporting organizational priorities by identifying, actively pursuing, and closing issues affecting the business.
- Reliable partner to internal clients, solutions orientated and comfortable interfacing with executive management.
Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain a security clearance. Security clearances may only be granted to U.S. citizens. In addition, applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment may be subject to government security investigation(s) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
By submitting your résumé for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your résumé, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
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