Responsible for providing legal analysis and consultation to business partners on impacts in an environment that is continuously evolving. The Associate Attorney will partner closely with the business to determine its ultimate goals, assess risk, and provide creative solutions. * Proactively identifies and analyzes legal issues and risks presents clear opinions, advice and recommendations, and helps ensure legal compliance across the full spectrum of the enterprise. * Drafts a variety of legal documents and memos, opinions, and pleadings where appropriate, with direction from the attorney or senior attorney on more complex matters. * Serves as internal counsel for substantive areas of law as required, with ability to quickly learn unfamiliar areas of law. * Develops and maintains productive working relationship with business partners * Assist business partners with identifying and evaluating business objectives, legal risks, and liabilities and provide support and counsel beyond strictly legal advice. QUALIFICATIONS * Juris Doctor degree in Law required. * Must be a member in good standing with the State Bar of Michigan or possess the ability to become a member upon being hired. * Up to 6 years of previous experience. * Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and in a team environment. * Highly developed sense of ethics, integrity, discretion and judgment. * Ability to develop rapport and engender confidence with business partners. * Strong written communication skills, including the ability to provide clear legal analysis and opinions on matters. * Strong verbal communication skills, as is necessary for negotiation and to effectively present information and respond to questions from regulators, business partners, management and third parties. * Ability to effectively work in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities, deadlines, and workloads that can be variable for long periods of time. * Working knowledge of analyzing, interpreting and writing contracts, interpreting statutes, governmental regulations, general business and legal periodicals, professional journals and technical procedures. Employee and Labor Relations Benefits Supports human resources as it relates to retirement and welfare benefits. The responsibilities include, but are not limited to, qualified and non-qualified retirement plans and welfare benefit plans, plan design and management, 409A mergers and acquisitions, DOL, and IRS voluntary correction programs, ERISA fiduciary duties, and IRS audits, drafting and interpreting Executive Compensation agreements, reviewing, and interpreting federal and state laws, regulations, and other guidance. * Experience with qualified and non-qualified retirement plans and welfare benefit plans required. * Experience with plan design and management, plan amendments, 409A, mergers and acquisitions, DOL and IRS voluntary correction programs, ERISA fiduciary duties, and IRS audits preferred. * Experience with drafting and interpreting Executive Compensation agreements preferred. * Experience with reviewing and interpreting federal and state laws, regulations, and other guidance required.
