Spire is seeking a talented attorney to serve as Counsel, Transactions in Mobile or Birmingham, AL, or St. Louis, MO. This position will be responsible for providing legal counsel and advice to Spire and its subsidiaries in transactional matters, specifically, Spire's shared services functions in procurement related matters. These functions include: information technology, corporate communications, facilities, fleet, accounting, human resources, environment, health and safety (EH&S), security, and customer experience. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with technology contracting.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Act as lead internal counsel to Spire's Information Technology, Accounting, Corporate Communications, Corporate Security and Customer Experience.
- Provide procurement contracting support to Human Resources, EH&S, other shared service functions, and potentially certain business units.
- Counsel corporate decision-makers regarding business and legal issues - identifying and working to mitigate risks and exercising sound judgment to assist the business in its stated objectives.
- Negotiate, review and prepare a wide variety of agreements, including services agreements, supply agreements, consulting agreements, confidentiality agreements, and various other commercial agreements.
Essential Characteristics and Competencies
- Ability to demonstrate the core and job category competencies: customer-focused, results-driven, teamwork, communications, adaptability, initiative, problem solving and quality.
- Ability to lead by example in support of the Company's essential characteristics and values: strong ethics and integrity, dedication to a safe work environment, commitment to a diverse workforce that recognizes and respects every individual's unique skills and perspectives.
- Ability to spot issues, recognize and allocate risks and effectively negotiate and prepare contracts and other agreements.
- Ability to write and speak clearly and coherently in a manner that can be understood by business partners with varying levels of legal sophistication.
- Ability to quickly assimilate facts and circumstances and determine how to best respond.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- None at this time; however, the applicant must possess the leadership and management skills necessary to assume supervisory responsibilities in the future.
Required Education (certifications, licenses)
- Juris Doctorate
- License (or ability to readily obtain license) to practice law in Alabama or Missouri, full admission or limited admission as an in-house counsel.
Required knowledge, skill and abilities
- 3 to 7 years of experience practicing law at a medium-to-large firm large private law firm or in-house, or a combination of both.
- Substantial experience in commercial contracting, experience in real estate preferred.
- Knowledge of standard and nonstandard contract terms and conditions.
- Experience in regulated energy businesses ideal, but not required.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment and across departments in a collaborative and cooperative manner
Spire Inc.
Canada
www.spireenergy.com/
