Location: Hybrid – Canton, MA or Louisville, KY

We give you a world of potential

Computershare is looking to hire a Senior Corporate Counsel to help us to continue to grow the business.

Our Global Legal team delivers smart and commercial legal solutions to customers. The purpose of the team is to support Computershare to meet its strategic objectives by expertly managing legal risk and providing effective and efficient legal solutions.

A role you will love

The Corporate Counsel will support Computershare's shareholder registry and transfer agent business that provides services for public companies and other securities issuers and their shareholders throughout the United States and abroad. The Corporate Counsel will support client contract drafting and negotiation. Contract negotiation includes client service agreements, data privacy agreements, and cash management agreements, among others. The Corporate Counsel will answer Relationship Management and Operations Staff questions relating to contracts, policies and procedures and doing business (“Legal Questions”), will otherwise provide legal support to the business and will complete other projects as assigned.

Specifically, you will be involved with:

• Contract Negotiation. Review and negotiate Computershare client transfer agency, corporate action contracts (e.g., mergers and corporate actions), data privacy agreements, rights agreements, and any other client agreements as requested and provide advice to internal clients responsible for such agreements including Contract Operations, Relationship Managers, Corporate Actions, and the Onboarding Team for initial public securities offerings or IPOs.
• Client Contract Templates. Make adjustments as necessary to current templates to reflect any changes in internal process, corporate policies or procedures, laws or regulations, or other matters that would require modification of Computershare's template agreement terms.
• Legal Support for Business Unit. Respond to Legal Questions, otherwise provide legal support to the business and complete other projects as assigned.
• Collaboration. Collaborate with peers and leaders in legal department and client business units, among others, to ensure project and deal outcomes align with priorities, support company goals, comply with legal requirements, manage disputes, and claims and mitigate enterprise risk.

What will you bring to the role?

The ideal candidate should possess:

• JD Degree.
• Licensed (and in good standing) to practice law in one or more United States jurisdictions.
• Excellent knowledge of the law including contract law and basic knowledge of federal securities laws at a minimum, with an ability and willingness to engage and learn in these areas.
• At least 3 - 5 years of law experience at a major law firm, and/or in-house.
• Experience in contract negotiation.
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to understand, condense and effectively communicate effectively complex concepts to all levels of the company.
• Strong organizational skills, with high level of attention to detail and accuracy, a mature attitude and ability to work independently under pressure.
• Willingness to be flexible to attend occasional global calls during after-office hours given the global nature of CPU’s business.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to translate complicated legal advice into context that can be easily understood by non-legal background business partners.
• Ability to work well with others, good relationship management skills, demonstrated performance on team projects and work with cross functional teams and teams in other geographic locations.

Preferred

• Experience in financial agency, financial services, data privacy and/or information technology.

A company to be proud of

Computershare (ASX:CPU) is a world leader in financial administration with over 14,000 employees across 21 different countries delivering expertise to over 40,000 clients. At Computershare, it’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of the world of opportunities we have available. With infinite possibilities, we could take you anywhere.

Rewards designed for you

Employee Share Plan. Set aside salary to purchase shares in our company and you’ll increase your investment when you receive a generous company contribution towards additional shares.

Health and Wellbeing. Our health and wellbeing rewards can be tailored to support you and your family.

Save for Your Future. We will support you along your retirement savings journey.

Paid time away from work. Our employees enjoy a competitive paid time off package, including a day each year to volunteer time for a good cause that is important to you.

Employee Discounts. We’ve partnered with other organisations to offer you extra savings. Enjoy discounts with banks, car manufacturers, on flights, accommodation and days out as well as with many big brand shops.

Extra Rewards. From tuition reimbursement to cash bonus recruitment referral programs, our comprehensive benefits package offers a multitude of options.

A diverse and inclusive place to work

Computershare celebrates the diversity of our people, and we welcome applications from everyone.

We believe that having a culture of inclusion is essential in delivering good results. Attracting, retaining, and developing a diverse workforce where employees feel valued, respected, and empowered allows people to reach their full potential. As a business this diversity helps us to better reflect and understand our customers’ needs to allow us to drive better outcomes.

We are happy to accommodate individual needs during your application journey. If you require disability accommodations or adjustments, please email us at TalentAcquisition@computershare.com detailing your requirements and contact information.

Computershare is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Covid-secure

We’ve kept our business running during the pandemic by moving most of our employees to remote working, and by creating and maintaining a safe environment for those people who need to be in the office. We carefully limit the amount of people at our locations and ensure that those who cannot work remotely are kept safe with proper distancing and protective equipment.

In most circumstances we are currently performing all interviews, assessments, and background checks online to ensure the safety of everyone involved. Should you be successful in securing a role and it can be performed from home, we will arrange for equipment to be sent to you and your onboarding and training will be provided remotely.