Corporate Counsel

Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States; onsite in a normal office environment. Occasional overnight travel is required.

Company

hirify.global is an employee-owned company with eight divisions and more than 75 locations across ten states, serving electrical, automation, pipe, valve, fitting, steam, lighting, industrial controls, and instrumentation industries.

What you will do

• Partner with business leaders and cross-functional teams to provide practical legal and compliance guidance.
• Review, draft, negotiate, and interpret customer, vendor, confidentiality, service, and other commercial agreements.
• Identify legal risks and recommend business-focused solutions for transactions, operations, and strategic initiatives.
• Support compliance policies, procedures, training, corporate governance, legal records, and continuous improvement of legal operations.
• Conduct legal research, monitor regulatory developments, and communicate relevant guidance to leadership.
• Support claims, dispute resolution, negotiations, mediation, litigation, and coordination with outside counsel.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of law firm or in-house experience relevant to commercial transactions, corporate law, procurement, compliance, and/or real estate.
• Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Licensed and in good standing to practice law with at least one state bar.
• Strong knowledge of contract law, corporate legal principles, regulatory compliance, legal research, risk assessment, and Microsoft Word.
• Excellent written, oral, negotiation, interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly.
• Ability to sit for 8 hours per day, work in an office environment, maintain confidentiality, manage multiple priorities, and travel occasionally overnight.

Nice to have

• Five years of relevant law firm or in-house experience.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% employee-owned company with an employee ownership model central to the workplace.
• Opportunities for learning, growth, coaching, and mentoring.
• Collaborative environment with long employee tenure and cross-functional work across business departments.
• Equal opportunity employment workplace.