**Essential Duties & Responsibilities**:
- Provides advice to the relevant business unit(s) on a broad spectrum of legal issues using independent analysis, including:
- serving as key legal business partner to LATAM for all assigned functional areas, such as human resources, sales, procurement and vendor management, manufacturing, quality, marketing, finance, product management, etc.
- Works cooperatively with Emerson Law Department colleagues and outside counsel to ensure compliance with Emerson policies and applicable legal and regulatory requirements;
- May mentor, manage, and train other members of the Emerson Law Department;
- May directly manage and otherwise lead a regional team of legal professionals, supporting their individual development, project management and program execution;
- Keeps business unit(s) management and Law Department management fully advised of all significant developments concerning all material matters in a timely fashion;
- Exercises good professional judgment, acts with integrity, and drives results at all times to protect and enhance the image and reputation of Emerson and the Law Department
- Supports the Legal team in:
- Acting as liaison between business management and other practice groups within the Emerson Legal Function as well as outside counsel
- Reviewing, advising on and negotiating various commercial agreements
- Performing or overseeing audits, self-assessments, and investigations
- Implementing corporate policies throughout all applicable divisions
- Strategic projects in different areas (e.g.
implementation of various legislation, applicable new directives and regulations)
- Manages the post-acquisition legal integration process of newly acquired companies with regard to all applicable legal areas;
- Cooperates in, contributes, and sometimes leads various strategic initiatives of the Legal team, and with other tasks as assigned.
**Relationships**
**Internal**
- Members of the Global Legal Function
- Senior Operations Managers in Emerson Companies within the world area
- Sales Directors and other sales personnel
**External**
- Customers
- Agents and Distributors
Outside Law firms etc.
**Pre-requisite Knowledge and Skills**
- 4-7 years of relevant work experience in a commercial and international field (in-house or private practice)
- Licensed to practice law in Costa Rica
- Law Degree from an accredited law school
- Comfortable working with senior management
- Intermediate MS Office skills
- Excellent oral and written English Portuguese desired if possible
- Openness to travel
- Solution-finding, practical, with a strong business acumen, able to weigh and take reasonable risks
- Self-motivated and keen on getting involved in and exposed to all kinds of legal matters and business areas