Legal Counsel

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Review, draft, and negotiate, intracompany agreements related to a wide variety of matters including, among other things, services, cost allocations, transactions, credit, and resource sharing.
• Provide advice on corporate law and organizational structure.
• Work with members of the Finance team to provide support on tax implications related to the various entities’ structures and activities.
• Partner closely with Finance and other internal cross-functional teams to support business objectives while ensuring appropriate legal and regulatory safeguards are maintained.
• Research and prepare legal memoranda on matters related to intracompany transactions, tax issues, corporate actions, corporate law, or any other topics as needed.
• Review, draft, and negotiate contracts, including vendor agreements, trading agreements, technology agreements (e.g., SAS), consulting agreements, NDAs, leases, and other business, corporate, and legal arrangements.

Your Skills & Experience:

• Candidate must have a Juris Doctorate and top academic credentials; must be a member in good standing of the Illinois bar.
• 5 years in-house experience with concentration in corporate law, entity structures, cost allocations/transfer pricing, and a general understanding of related tax issues, preferably in a financial services, trading, or technology company setting.
• Strong business judgment and decision-making skills, with the ability to provide advice that reflects an understanding of IMC’s business, commercial objectives, the regulatory environment, and risk-reward tradeoffs.
• The ideal candidate will be able to work independently under tight deadlines and possess excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent research, drafting, and communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders both verbally and in writing.
• Candidate must be willing to demonstrate leadership as necessary to bring stakeholders across various teams together to set clear expectations and ensure a project’s timely completion.
• Collaborative and effective in building relationships across diverse teams.