Associate General Counsel, AMC - Commercial and Government Contracts

Position Overview 

Regal Rexnord is seeking a seasoned, business-minded attorney to serve as Associate General Counsel, Commercial and Government Contracts supporting the Automation & Motion Control (AMC) segment, the Company’s fastest-growing business. Reporting to the VP, Deputy General Counsel – AMC, this role serves as the primary legal partner and second-in-command for segment legal matters, providing day-to-day legal leadership across commercial, operational, and regulatory issues. 

This position is designed for a senior commercial lawyer with meaningful experience supporting industrial manufacturers, in particular aerospace and defense or government-facing businesses, who understands what it means to operate as a government supplier and can navigate the legal, regulatory, and trade risks that accompany that role. The Associate General Counsel will provide pragmatic, execution-focused legal guidance while enabling growth, protecting the business, and improving legal processes and efficiency across the segment. 

The role is primarily U.S.-focused, with regular interaction across global operations, suppliers, and customers. 

Key Responsibilities 

Commercial & Segment Legal Leadership 

• Serve as the primary day-to-day legal advisor to the AMC segment and as second-in-command to the VP, Deputy General Counsel – AMC. 

• Act as a trusted legal and business partner to segment leadership, sales, supply chain, quality, operations, and engineering teams. 

• Serve as a go-to legal resource for routine and complex legal questions across six AMC divisions. 

Commercial Contracting & Protection 

• Lead and support negotiation, drafting, and interpretation of customer, supplier, distributor, and strategic commercial agreements — including large, cross-division and cross-segment agreements. 

• Advise on contract structure, pricing, risk allocation, liability, warranty, quality, delivery, indemnification, and termination provisions. 

• Support contract execution and lifecycle management, including active enforcement of contract rights on pricing, IP, delivery, and quality obligations. 

• Lead and support commercial enforcement matters, including collections on overdue customer payments and enforcement of contractual rights through demand letters and escalation. 

• Advise on and support alignment of customer contract risk with downstream supply chain obligations — a growing and increasingly complex area as AMC scales cross-division commercial programs. 

• Provide guidance to and support the contract specialist team to drive consistency, efficiency, and adherence to standard processes and playbooks. 

Aerospace, Defense & Government Contracting Support 

• Support commercial and operational matters involving aerospace,