Head of Legal

Overview of the Position:

The Head of Legal manages the legal function, leads regulatory compliance, and obtains and oversees the work of outside counsel. He/she is directly involved in complex business transactions, including international business transactions and negotiation of critical contracts for the Company. The Head of Legal also has responsibility for all legal and regulatory aspects of M&A including due diligence and FAA compliance.

 

The successful candidate should be highly accomplished in their legal profession with general industrial business knowledge. He/She must have experience working collaboratively in a global environment and serving on business leadership teams.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• An active contributor to determine the direction of the company, working closely with the executive team.
• Serves as the day-to-day leader of all company legal functions for Wencor.
• Champion the importance of legal, regulatory, and ethical practices company-wide.
• Update and maintain legal registrations in all jurisdictions, including foreign.
• Ensure that all company policies and processes comply with local law.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on legislation to keep current with the aerospace industry.
• Advise executives, managers, and employees on legal issues.
• Develop and make presentations on legal compliance and ethics.
• Negotiate, draft, and review large contracts.
• Coordinate with HEICO's Associate GC on the management and negotiation of M&A activity.
• Other duties as necessary or assigned.

 

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Proven negotiation skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to execute on multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to act ethically and professionally regardless of the situation
• Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner
• Must have an understanding of the global environment and how to work cross-culturally.

 

Qualifications

Education / Experience Requirements:

Bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor with 7+ years of experience as an attorney, 4 of which managing parts of a corporate legal department in an industrial business-to-business setting preferred but not required; M&A, FAA and Aerospace experience is desired.

 

Other Qualifications:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents. Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints. Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style. Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

 

Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

 

Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete va