Corporate Counsel

Corporate Counsel can be in Indianapolis IN or Franklin TN. Full-Time In Office ( NOT a Hybrid position)

Corporate Counsel will provide key legal services to a host of internal clients. If exposure to all levels of a company while working with broad ranges of professional disciplines intrigues you, this may be the opportunity you seek. Your attention to detail in this technical work environment, and your ability to quickly resolve legal and contract issues for sales, purchasing, engineering, operations, and executive management, are central to Hydro-Gear's growth targets. This challenging position requires the ability to prioritize and multi-task a host of legal services while keeping your internal clients updated. If you seek responsibility and visibility within a dynamic organization, this role may be for you.

Hydro-Gear is a world leader in the design and production of precision drive solutions, serving multiple industries and delivering to customers worldwide. Our passion is innovation and a commitment to making our customers successful. Learn more about us at Hydro-Gear.com.

Job Type: In Office ( NOT a Hybrid position) Full-Time located in Indianapolis IN or Franklin TN

Salary :

• Commensurate with experience
• Compensation plan includes salary + bi-annual bonus

Benefits :

• Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, personal days for flexibility of time off
• Paid Holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Retirement Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
• Health & Wellness Program Benefits with incentives
• Tuition Reimbursement

Core Responsibilities of our Corporate Counsel:

• Review incoming contracts from customers and vendors, and coordinate with company stakeholders to produce redline responses.
• Draft sales, supply, services, consultant, lease and IT contracts in cooperation with company stakeholders.
• Lead and/or support negotiations of pending contracts with customers and vendors.
• Track contract compliance, and update/renew contracts as required by company.
• Review and refresh standard company contract forms and policies.
• Assist the IP Manager with routine confidentiality agreements, joint development agreements, and licensing agreements.
• Lead the IP department in managing the insurance portfolio and related claims and oversee corporate record retention.
• Assist company stakeholders with product quality or liability issues, and any potential product recalls.
• Coordinate with outside counsel and internal stakeholders, when required, to support pending discovery and/or litigation.
• Review and advise company stakeholders on general legal matters.
• Required Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from accredited law school - Technical discipline preferred in undergraduate degree (but not required)
• 2-15 years law firm or in-house experience, preferably with a manufacturing company
• Current bar registration

Additional Responsibilities – as qualifications permit

• Interview company inventors to review sufficiency of invention disclosures and ensure correct inventorship.
• Coordinate with IP Specialist to develop patent application figures corresponding to approved invention disclosures.
• Draft initial patent applications and coordinate with outside patent counsel to finalize filings.
• Coordinate with IP Manager to develop and execute patent strategies.
• Coordinate with outside counsel in the filing, prosecution, renewal and defense of company trademarks.

• Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from an accredited law school
• 2-15 years law firm or in-house experience, preferably with a manufacturing company
• Current bar registration
• Undergraduate degree in a technical discipline