Job Description

Job Title:

Corporate Counsel I

Location:

South Carolina Home Office

Job Summary and Description:

Provides legal advice and support to EPRI under the supervision of a senior EPRI attorney by responding to legal issues and needs for an entire business sector (e.g. Nuclear, Generation, Power Delivery & Utilization, Transmission, and Energy & Environment) or business area (i.e., international, IT, Finance, etc.), and is able to prioritize and juggle competing demands with moderate level of support from the other EPRI attorneys.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists in providing legal services to EPRI under the direction of senior EPRI attorneys and the General Counsel, including legal advice, representation and support to EPRI management and staff in order to facilitate achievement of the Institute’s goals, while anticipating and managing risk to protect the Institute
• Analyzes and negotiates proposed contractual and licensing transactions, evaluates compliance with applicable law and policy
• Drafts, negotiates and finalizes licenses and other agreements with EPRI’s members, funders, contractors and other third parties; provides specific assistance on international and compliance matters
• Makes recommendations to senior EPRI attorneys or management on variance from standard policies and legal terms, including for barter transactions, Intellectual Property justification memorandums, memorandums of understanding, privacy, security and international transactions
• Drafts transactional and other documents, including procedures and processes in support of EPRI policies
• Researches and analyzes legal issues on a broad spectrum of subjects that could include among others: intellectual property; legal and regulatory compliance issues (such as export control, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, anti-boycott, privacy, and antitrust); corporate governance issues; tax exempt corporation law
• Other duties as needed.

Education and Experience:

• Law Degree from nationally accredited law school (or foreign equivalent)
• Bar membership in good standing in any of the states CA, TN, or NC
• Strong ability to express complex ideas orally and in writing
• 1 - 5 years of applicable experience, having both law firm and in-house counsel experience a plus
• Familiarity with enterprise resource planning and enterprise content management a plus
• Basic knowledge of intellectual property law (licensing) and experience drafting licenses or other contracts
• Working knowledge of tax exemption laws applicable to scientific research organizations, licensing (including software) and copyright
• Experience with international transactions a plus
• Additional requirements for International Corporate Counsel I: Solid international business experience, knowledge of at least one foreign language pertinent to EPRI’s business (preferably two), and familiarity with international compliance issues, such as export control or the general data protection regulation

Skills and Attributes:

• Integrity, strong work ethic, and ability to manage varying priorities and deadlines
• Enthusiasm for solving problems and working in a team/collaborative environment
• Maintains a collegial working relationship within the legal department as well as with external customer groups
• Ability to independently work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors
• Exercises sound judgment, particularly in determining when to elevate issues and ask questions