Interim Senior In-House Counsel (Remote)

Latitude is assisting one of its clients, a leading company in the optical and lens products industry, in seeking a highly experienced in-house attorney to provide interim legal support during a medical leave.

This is a unique opportunity for a seasoned attorney to step into a broad, high-impact role and serve as a trusted legal partner to the business. Reporting directly to the General Counsel, the attorney will help ensure continuity across the legal function while taking ownership of a wide range of commercial, corporate, compliance, and day-to-day legal matters.

The role will provide significant exposure to business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders and is well suited for an attorney who enjoys operating with autonomy, exercising sound judgment, and helping move the business forward. The successful candidate will be comfortable quickly getting up to speed on existing matters, identifying priorities, and providing practical, solutions-oriented legal guidance in a dynamic business environment.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned in-house generalist with strong commercial instincts, excellent judgment, and the ability to manage a varied workload with minimal supervision. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced attorney who enjoys being close to the business, working directly with senior leadership, and making an immediate and meaningful contribution to an established legal team. Ability to support APAC hours as needed a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility for a significant portion of the legal matters previously handled by in-house counsel currently on medical leave and help ensure continuity across the legal function.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including customer, supplier, vendor, distribution, procurement, technology, services, licensing, and confidentiality agreements.
• Advise business leaders on day-to-day commercial, operational, and strategic legal matters.
• Provide legal support to sales, procurement, operations, finance, HR, IT, and other internal business teams.
• Advise on regulatory and compliance matters relevant to the company's products, operations, and commercial activities.
• Support matters involving product, marketing, advertising, intellectual property, privacy, and data protection, as needed.
• Assist with corporate governance, policies, internal approvals, and other corporate legal matters.
• Identify and escalate significant legal and business risks while providing practical solutions that allow the business to move forward.
• Manage matters independently while collaborating closely with the General Counsel, other members of the legal team, and outside counsel where appropriate.
• Help prioritize and manage a potentially high volume of matters arising during this interim period.

Qualifications

• At least 10+ years of legal experience, including meaningful in-house experience.
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited U.S. law school.
• Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• Broad corporate and commercial legal experience, with a strong background negotiating complex commercial agreements.
• Prior experience serving as a senior legal counsel, assistant/deputy general counsel, or in another role requiring significant autonomy and judgment.
• Experience supporting a product-based, manufacturing, medical device, optical, consumer products, life sciences, technology, or similarly regulated business is highly desirable.
• Ability to quickly step into an established legal function and independently manage a wide variety of matters.
• Strong business judgment and a practical, solutions-oriented approach.
• Comfortable advising senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving environment and manage competing priorities with minimal supervision.
• Active license and good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

Position Details

• Type of Role: Engagement role, with the potential for conversion to a permanent hire for the right candidate based on business needs
• Schedule: Part-time to full-time, depending on business needs, with the engagement structured on a month-to-month basis.
• Location: Remote; Texas-based candidates highly desired

Compensation:

Pay: The annualized pay for this position ranges from $180,000 - $250,000+ when calculated on a full-time basis. Pay for contract engagements is based on multiple factors including but not limited to work experience, qualifications, credentials, location, market supply/demand, and the candidate's preference (each candidate's pay rate affects the client bill rate which can affect the candidate's competitiveness for the position).

Benefits: In addition to pay, all Latitude Attorneys and other legal professionals working on contract engagements receive complimentary professional liability insurance coverage. All Latitude employees (including those on contract engagements) are also eligible for full benefits when working 20+ hours per week, including group medical, dental, and vision insurance, and complimentary group life, LTD and AD&D insurance. A qualified 401k plan is also available. Benefits-eligible Latitude Attorneys also receive a CLE and Professional Expense stipend.

Confidentiality

Latitude will not disclose your identity or propose you to prospective clients without your prior consent. Candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted. Only qualified applicants should apply.

About Latitude

Latitude is a full-service national legal services company that specializes in providing high-end, flexible contract engagements and permanent positions to outstanding attorneys, paralegals, compliance officers and legal operations professionals. We work closely with our candidates to understand their career goals and match them with the substantive engagements they want with our clients, who range from Fortune 500 corporations to small companies and Global 50 law firms to boutiques. With offices coast-to-coast, we employ legal professionals across the country. Latitude's client service leaders and recruiters are all former practicing attorneys and understand the demands faced by those we serve.

Latitude Engagements

Great attorneys and other legal professionals who are seeking contract engagements or consulting roles choose to work with Latitude because of our competitive compensation and benefits, sophisticated and engaging work, a chance to work with great clients and peers, and a refreshing blend of freedom with self-designed boundaries. Our own experience as practicing attorneys and our client relationships enables us to effectively tailor our candidate proposals to the specific practice strengths and interpersonal attributes that matter most to our clients and to match our candidates with the opportunities that will be most fulfilling to them.

Latitude engaged professionals have the level of skill, experience, and judgment as would be expected of a permanent member of our client's corporate legal department or law firm and the versatility to step into challenging environments and hit the ground running. If you have the right skills, personality and experience, Latitude helps you do what you are good at in a more rewarding way. Latitude engaged professionals serve on a full- or part-time engagement basis and work remotely or on-site at the client's office.

While we are able to work only with a select few of the most outstanding candidates, our customized approach results in a high success rate for those candidates we recommend.

For more information about Latitude, please visit us at https://latitudelegal.com.

Latitude is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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