Legal Specialist – Corporate International

Overview

Legal Specialist – Corporate International Jobs in Atlanta Metropolitan Area at The Home Depot

Title: Legal Specialist – Corporate International

Company: The Home Depot

Location: Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Position Purpose:

This position provides professional legal support by reporting to the Sr. Manager assisting with a wide range of tasks involving transactional/contractual or regulatory support, internal corporate governance, liaison support to Canada and Mexico legal teams, global sourcing business needs such as contract reviews and occasional assistance to attorneys on the team. The tasks more specifically include international subsidiary management, coordinating board meetings, drafting minutes, corporate resolutions and written consents, as well as secretary’s and incumbency certificates, support of corporate structuring and tax/finance/banking transactions, dividend declarations, preparation of transaction binders, review of statutory filings required by various countries and provinces for compliance purposes, management of online international corporate entity database including D&O slates, ownership and related corporate information, including maintenance of the international legal entity organizational chart, and research on international corporate laws relating to establishment of legal entities and branch offices. Legal Specialists will draft legal and business communications, participate in the administration and negotiation of contracts, maintain general file and database management, gather documents and respond to KYC requests, corporate entity requests, assist with regulatory filings, and respond to customer and business legal inquiries by involving the proper legal department.

Key Responsibilities

• :18% Conduct legal research/research business problems and provide recommendations as to course of action; respond to clients legal inquiry under the supervision of counsel; review legal documents (e.g., deeds, contracts, subpoenas) to identify key issue
• s18% Under supervision, draft business/legal communications typically using template forms (e.g., contracts, discovery, regulatory filings, cease/desist letters
• )18% General file/database management – maintain complete and accurate electronic and paper files for all assigned matter
• s18% Gather relevant documents for contract negotiation/drafting, litigation responses, regulatory filing
• s18% Negotiate settlement of smaller matters (e.g., small-claims litigation, low regulatory fines) or negotiate smaller contracts/ amendments/statements of wor
• k10% Other tasks as assigned by superviso

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Direct Manager/Direct Report

• s:Position reports to Sr. Manager – Legal, International, Global Sourcing & Regulato
• ryNo direct repor

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Travel Requiremen

• ts:Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the ti

me.
Physical Requireme

• nts:Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light artic

les.
Working Condit

• ions:Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objection

able.
Minimum Qualifica

• tions:Must be eighteen years of age or
• older.Must be legally permitted to work in the United S

tates.
Preferred Qualific

• ations:Paralegal cert
• ificate3-5 yrs experience as a paralegal in a law firm or corporate legal dep
• artmentCurrent State of Georgia Notarial Certif
• icationLegally eligible to work in the United

States
Minimum Ed

• ucation:The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a associate's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to

the job.
Preferred E

• ducation:No additional

education
Minimum Years of Work E

• x

perience:2
Preferred Years of Work

• Experie

nce:4 years
Minimum Leadership

• Exp

erience:None
Preferred Leadershi

• p Ex

perience:None
C

• erti

fications:Non

• e
  Competencies:Excellent
• writing skillsAdvanced internal and external commu
• nication skillsExcellent Organi
• zational skillsTime ma
• nagement skillsAbility to work under pressure and pr
• ioritize tasks.Ability to effectively manage
• outside counselAn
• alytical skillsHigh level of basic computer skills (MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Access, Advanced web b

rowsing skills)