Senior Legal Counsel at Boston Consulting Group

WHAT YOU'LL DO
BCG is partnering with our clients to tackle some of the world's biggest and most pressing challenges. Grounded by our values and guided by our purpose, we are unlocking the potential of those who advance the world. Our Global Legal Team is a key enabler of our firm's success, helping to drive impact and progress across a number of important dimensions.

As a Legal team member, you will work across BCG teams and functions to support our business growth strategy, provide counsel and expertise, drive legal innovation, and leverage the power of new ways of working in our journey to become an industry best team.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
Senior Legal Counsel - Governance is expected to be a seasoned and skilled lawyer, able to independently address the full range of global legal issues facing BCG and with a particular expertise in all aspects of corporate governance. Among other things, you will:
• Have broad experience in corporate legal matters, especially formal and informal governance, governance agreements, internal decision-making and corporate secretarial activities;
• Be experienced in public company filing and reporting requirements, disclosures, organizational data management;
• Manage BCG's corporate entity structure, policy compliance, Board membership, Insider trading, & conflicts;
• Navigate governance and decision-making across BCG's multinational and heavily matrixed decision systems, including structuring/re-structuring initiatives;
• Drive BCG's election processes, Board preparation, voting, committee membership, and other critical governance activity;
• Be attuned to reputational issues that might impact BCG as well as navigating sanctions, conflicts and other similar issues;
• Thought partner on updates to global governance and oversight processes and structures;
• Provide general corporate, transactional and commercial legal support;
• Take ownership of discreet legal initiatives as they arise based upon changing business priorities;
• Be experienced in quickly and independently spotting issues, managing complex governance issues, transactions and other legal issues;
• Contribute to developing and maintaining Legal Team intellectual property, including template forms and other materials; and
• Performing other duties as assigned or required.
YOU'RE GOOD AT
• Excellent communicator, able to quickly and clearly define issues and solutions to non-legal clients;
• Ability to lead a project team or task force initiative, using independent judgement and providing direction, inspirational mentoring, and coaching to team members;
• Superior analytical skills and creative problem-solving ability, with an appreciation for striking a practical balance between business and legal objectives;
• • diverse international set of clients and advisors;
• The ability to quickly comprehend complex sets of international laws and regulations and interpret those laws within the context of BCG's global policies;
• A positive, dynamic, client-focused approach to legal practice;
• Perform successfully and produce results in a fast-paced, intellectually intense, client-oriented environment;
• Be a pragmatic, high-energy professional, with personal and professional self-confidence;
• Being proactive, hardworking and a team player who leads by being persuasive and credible and has the interpersonal skills necessary to build relationships throughout a loosely structured organization; and
• Have the interpersonal skills necessary to build relationships throughout a loosely structured organization.
YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)
• Graduate degree (J.D.) in Law from an accredited US law school and admitted to practice;
• 7+ years of corporate experience with direct governance responsibility, public company filings and reporting, and international exposure;
• 3-5 years with a reputable law firm; prior relevant in-house experience preferred;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• English fluency
YOU'LL WORK WITH
A variety of cohorts and functions across the company, including senior leadership, other members of the BCG Global Legal Team, and the partnership. You will report into the Corporate group within the Legal Team.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Candidates should be aware that BCG currently maintains a policy requiring all US & Canada based employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Newly hired employees must be fully vaccinated prior to their employment start date. BCG is an equal opportunity employer and will provide a reasonable accommodation to those unable to be vaccinated for medical or religious reasons where it is not an undue hardship to the company to do so as provided under applicable federal, state, provincial and local law.