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About the Role

The New York Botanical Garden is seeking an Associate General Counsel to join their legal team. This role is ideal for a corporate generalist with a strong foundation in areas such as corporate transactions, intellectual property, exempt organizations, or labor and employment. The position involves ensuring compliance with internal policies and procedures and offers the opportunity to learn all aspects of legal services within the organization.

Responsibilities

Advises on all aspects of day-to-day legal issues.
Leads legal department technology vetting and adoption.
Serves as legal advisor ensuring compliance with internal policies and procedures.
Drafts memoranda, correspondence, policies and procedures, reports for various board of trustees and staff committees, and other documents.
Provides legal support to departments throughout the Garden, including assisting in structuring initiatives and projects, identifying, and mitigating legal risks.
Drafts, reviews, and negotiates a wide variety of contracts, including exhibition, licensing, commercial transactions, design and construction, and sponsorship agreements.
Acts as administrative lead for internal enterprise risk management group.
Advises and participates in grievances, arbitrations, investigations, discovery, subpoenas, and other litigation-related issues.
Monitors and provides continuous counsel on local, state, and federal laws.
Performs legal research.
Liaises with and supervises outside counsel.
Performs any other duties reasonably related to the functions described above.

Requirements

At least five years of experience and a record of outstanding achievement as a corporate/non-profit or technology transaction attorney in an AmLaw 100 firm or equivalent in-house experience.
Demonstrated expertise in at least one of: commercial or corporate transactions; employment and traditional labor law; technology transactions; or exempt organizations, museum and/or art law.
Enthusiastic willingness to master new areas of the law and a demonstrated track record of doing so.
Top tier academic credentials with demonstrated achievement at each institution.
JD from an accredited law school.
Admitted to practice in New York State.
Legal training received at law firms within corporate or not-for-profit practice groups.
Excellent writing and public speaking skills.
Legal research, negotiation, analysis, communication, and organizational skills.
Ability to work collaboratively as part of a small legal team.
Mastery of standard productivity software, including LLMs.
Ability to work collaboratively with other department staff.
Ability to work under pressure.
Ability to prioritize and manage simultaneous tasks.
Ability to meet deadlines within a fast-paced environment.
Facility with adjusting to new technology.
Initiative to work independently.
Ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters.
Ability to perform desk and computer work and sustain intense concentration for long periods.

Skills

Corporate and commercial transactions
Intellectual property transactions
Exempt organizations
Labor and employment
In-house legal operations
Advanced software tools
Large language models
Legal research
Negotiation
Analysis
Communication
Organizational skills
Writing
Public speaking
Standard productivity software

Location

Bronx, NY

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

5+ years

Education Level

JD from an accredited law school
Admitted to practice in New York State

Salary/Compensations

$175,000 to $190,000

Benefits

20 Vacation Days
13 Paid Holidays
12 Sick Days
Health and Dental Insurance Coverage
401K
Pension Plan

About the Company

The New York Botanical Garden is a renowned institution dedicated to advancing botanical research, conservation, and education.