Assistant General Counsel

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="background-color: rgb(191, 237, 210);"><strong>ABOUT GREENPEACE</strong></span><strong><br></strong><strong>Greenpeace</strong> is a global, independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful protest, creative communication and people power to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. In just the past year, we’ve secured a Global Oceans Treaty to protect wildlife and people who depend on healthy oceans. We persuaded the Biden Administration to phase out single-use plastics from federal operations. And we safeguarded healthy spaces, from national marine sanctuaries to bans on seabed mining to stopping liquefied national gas terminals poisoning Gulf Coast communities. Our work spans more than 50 years of fights and successes.</p> <p>As an independent campaigning organization, Greenpeace does not accept funds from any corporations or government entities. The global Greenpeace network is headquartered in the Netherlands, with offices around the world in over fifty countries. Greenpeace USA&nbsp;is headquartered in Washington, DC.</p></div><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>POSITION SUMMARY</strong></span></p> <p>Greenpeace lawyers help change the world for the better by ensuring that Greenpeace organizations are internally strong and well-defended, as well as through proactive litigation and other strategic legal initiatives.</p> <p>The <strong>Assistant General Counsel</strong> is charged with supporting the General Counsel and Legal Team in identifying and advising on organizational legal risks and opportunities. This includes working to protect the organization by, among other things, ensuring regulatory compliance, identifying and helping to mitigate risks and legally vetting publications, contracts and other documents.</p> <p>The <strong>Assistant General Counsel</strong> may also work with outside counsel to assist in managing litigation to defend activists. Additionally, this role provides legal guidance and training to staff on a wide range of issues with emphasis on non-profit corporate, tax, employment, labor, contract, campaign finance, intellectual property and environmental matters. The <strong>Assistant General Counsel </strong>may also collaborate with attorneys in the global Greenpeace network to optimize movement lawyering principles, mitigate and reduce cross-organizational liability issues, especially related to global campaign activities.</p> <p>This <strong>Assistant General Counsel </strong>is a full-time, hybrid, exempt, benefits-eligible position, preferably based in Washington, D.C. Candidates in other GPUS-authorized locations (DC, MD, VA, NY, NJ,