Corporate Counsel

Job Summary:

The person in this role will be primarily responsible for a broad range of corporate commercial legal issues for a public company, including significant emphasis on legal issues related to technology and software development and licensing as well as: general contractual matters (review, drafting, and negotiating), creditors rights, regulatory compliance, corporate finance, litigation, mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance, securities, intellectual property, real estate, intellectual property, and risk management issues. Provides legal guidance to all levels of management for publicly-traded U.S. company. Preferably, the position will be based in Greenville, South Carolina but may also be in another ScanSource office or, possibly, remote.

Job Duties/Essential Functions:

• Legal advisor to the go-to-market business sales, support, supplier services, marketing and support functions including finance, financial services, operations, IT & software development.
• Prepares and reviews contracts involving technology distribution, sales, leases, purchases, employment, insurance, etc.
• Drafting and negotiating legal documents relating to financing transactions and collections, for our in-house credit function.
• Assist in and/or lead due diligence for M&A activities and technology acquisition.
• Assist in managing the companys legal entities and ensuring entity requirements are met.
• Researches and analyzes various legal / business issues and formulates a recommendation for business clients.
• Prepares and executes legal documents by analyzing, drafting, negotiating, reviewing, and filing these documents.
• Coordinates and assists in representation of the organization in legal disputes.
• Corporate governance and compliance work related to a publicly-traded company.
• Effectively manages outside counsel to achieve business goals while controlling costs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervision Given/Received:

• Reporting is TBD based on the selected candidate.
• Interacts with all levels of management

Education Requirements:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school
• Membership in a US bar, with the ability to obtain a South Carolina license or Limited Certificate of Admission for In-House Counsel

Experience/Specialized Skills:

Demonstrate abilities in the following:

• 5 to 10 or more years relevant experience
• Significant previous experience with technology/software licensing, negotiations, general commercial transactions required and strong preference for experience with recurring revenue transactions and/or the master agency business model
• Preference given to candidates with prior in-house counsel experience
• Significant competency and experience in any of the following: contracts, creditors rights, technology, and recurring revenue models

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for long periods of time.
• Ability to be physically in attendance at workstation at designated company or home office location during normal business hours designated for the position.
• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time.
• Ability to lift 25 lbs.
• An essential function for this position, based on business necessity, is that the employee must be physically in attendance at his/her workstation at the designated company or home office location during the normal business hours designated for the position.

ScanSource, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

EOE/M/F

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