Assistant General Counsel - Litigation Legal

Assistant General Counsel – Litigation Legal 

Location:  US National (Hybrid or Remote)

We’re committed to your flexibility and wellbeing. As part of our global team, you’ll be working with colleagues across different time zones and so your working pattern will be a collaboration between you and your manager. For this position we’re ideally looking for someone based close to one of our Computershare offices in the Eastern or Central time zones. 

 

We give you a world of potential

Computershare is a global financial administration company, employing over 14,000 people around the world. We provide services in over 20 countries to more than 25,000 clients and 75 million customers and manage subsidiaries in more than 25 jurisdictions. Computershare is built on our share registry business and has expanded into employee equity plans, stakeholder communications, corporate governance, fund services, corporate trust services and deposit protection. 

The Global Legal team supports Computershare to meet its strategic objectives by expertly managing legal risk and providing smart, commercial, effective, and efficient legal solutions.  This role sits within the Global Legal Corporate function, which is accountable for the provision of specialist legal support to the Computershare group across a variety of areas of legal expertise, including Regulatory, Data Privacy, Employment Law, Litigation, Vendor Management and M&A. 

 

A role you will love

This role reports to the Global Head of Litigation.  The Global Litigation team is responsible for managing, overseeing and resolving a wide variety of lawsuits, arbitrations, regulatory enforcement matters and other disputes and claims involving Computershare globally, responding to investigation matters and inquiries involving regulators and other government entities. 

The Assistant General Counsel – Litigation (the Assistant GC) will be responsible for strategizing, managing, and providing responsive legal expertise for the successful defense and prosecution of litigation matters.  

 

Key Responsibilities

The Assistant GC will contribute to achieving both corporate and business unit strategic goals as a proactive member of the Corporate Legal team, working in close partnership with business executives and other personnel, legal stakeholders and other support functions.

Key accountabilities: 

• Provide counsel and guidance and the strategy for the successful defense and prosecution of litigation matters; provide informed cost benefit analysis when identifying risks, make recommendations on business course or actions and settlements to the business
• Work in close partnership with business partners and colleagues elsewhere in the Legal team to achieve business objectives and effectively manage litigation and regulatory enforcement risk 
• Manage litigation, including investigation and risk assessment
• Anticipate, identify, and communicate issues of legal concern 
• Supervise outside counsel and other litigation service providers 
• Advise on commercial issues that relate to existing or potential litigation
• Support Computershare’s responses to third-party requests for information
• Responding promptly and reliably to internal requests for expert advice. 
• Provide accurate, clear and effective litigation reporting, including concise summaries of complex litigation developments intended for a business audience
• Resolve eDiscovery issues and manage Litigation Hold Notice process, from drafting and issuance to maintenance and termination 

 

What will you bring to the role? 

The Assistant General Counsel, Litigation requires a comprehensive understanding of commercial litigation and holds excellent technical skills in litigation, has knowledge of disputes and litigation including investigations and risk assessments.

Additional requirements:

• At least three years' relevant experience working in a reputable firm, in-house or, ideally, both. The role holder will have experience with managing and assisting on a variety of litigation matters in the financial services space, including participating in the development of the overall case strategy.  Experience in dispute resolution and experience in drafting are required. Further, a track record of developing and maintaining client / stakeholder relationships. 
• Experience in financial services or financial administration industries or dealing with financial services or financial administration companies as clients.
• Law school graduate from an accredited law school and licensed to practice law in at least one state jurisdiction of the United States.
• Experience in legal analysis and deliver