Associate General Counsel (Onsite)
Colony Brands is one of North America’s largest and most successful direct marketing catalog and e-Commerce companies. Our enterprise has grown from a premier mail-order cheese company to include a diverse portfolio of subsidiaries, brands, and products, while maintaining our roots as a private, customer-centric business based in Monroe, WI. We work together with several affiliate businesses ranging from IT and financial services to corporate aviation to contribute to the continued success of our enterprise. Our continued success is dependent on living our values and supporting a motivated, high-performing workforce. We are seeking an Associate General Counsel who will build on that success by not only providing legal counsel to our teams, but by also building strong relationships across businesses and serving as a trusted partner to the leadership teams of Colony Brands and its affiliates. Our ideal candidate is a collaborative partner with general legal expertise in multiple areas of law or industries. If you’re looking for a role that offers variety in your day and work and the ability to grow your expertise, while having a better work life balance, then this role may be a good fit for you! What You’ll Do: As Associate General Counsel, you’ll serve as a legal advisor to business leaders across the organization, giving you the opportunity to positively impact a stable, family-owned, people-oriented company in business since 1926. Your primary responsibility will be maintaining the integrity of the company. You’ll report to the Vice President and General Counsel of Colony Brands and provide indirect leadership to one Legal Assistant in addition to working with outside counsel when needed. You will be accountable for partnering with the organization’s varied companies, lines of business, and key stakeholders to provide accurate and timely counsel in a variety of legal topics and areas (employment, retail, credit, contracts, corporate organizations and finance, intellectual property, privacy, etc.) as a trusted subject matter expert to simultaneously mitigate risk and support business objectives. You’ll also be responsible for: • Understanding the complexities of the enterprise • Maintaining current knowledge of legislation of key areas of law pertinent to the company(ies) • Identifying and addressing potential legal issues and regulatory risks for current activities, operations, and strategic initiatives; identifying outside counsel experts as needed • Overseeing the legal matters of the business, acting as the businesses’ legal representative • Communicating, managing, and negotiating with external parties (regulators, outside firms/lawyers, public authorities, etc.) • Cultivating and modeling our Core Values as a member of the executive team • Negotiating, drafting, and solidifying agreements, contracts, filings, and other legal documents to ensure each company’s full legal rights • Evaluating and filing trademarks and copyrights and analyzing work for potential infringements of intellectual property • Specifying internal governance policies and regularly monitoring compliance • Keeping appropriate business records
