Senior Counsel Labor

**Job Description Summary**:
**Role summary/purpose**

We are looking for a Senior Counsel to join the GE Vernova Labor & Employment team. This position will cover labor and employment issues across Brazil and the Latin America Region (excluding Mexico). The location is flexible, and the role can be based in or near any principal GE Vernova office either in Brazil or within the Latin America region. The role reports direct to the GE Vernova Executive L&E Leader - Americas, with close connection with Senior L&E Counsel, Mexico and Latin America.

The Senior Counsel will be expected to work as part of a global Center of Excellence (COE), providing support as required to all of the GE Vernova businesses in Brazil and Latin America and contributing to projects across the Americas or globally, as assigned.

**Position Description (Essential Functions)**:
The Senior Counsel will have the following responsibilities:

- Provide legal advice and support on Labor and Employment law issues to GE Vernova businesses in Brazil and Latin America (excluding Mexico). The Senior Counsel will provide legal and compliance advice across a wide range of issues, including, for example, employee and union relations; restructuring, redundancies and outsourcing; equal opportunities and diversity; employment litigation; mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and outsourcings; collective bargaining obligations; employee discipline, grievances and termination; drafting of employment separation agreements; working time obligations.
- Retain and work effectively with outside counsel where required, and manage external counsel to reduce costs, secure value-added services and improve ‘make vs buy’ decisions.
- Work as part of the L&E team to drive simplification initiatives and consistent enterprise standards for Labor and Employment support across Brazil and the Latin America region.
- Provide training for the HR and business teams on key employment and compliance risk areas.
- Keep abreast of relevant legal developments across Brazil and Latin America.

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS**:

- Qualified lawyer - licensed to practice in Brazil.
- Substantial labor and employment post-qualification experience within Brazil/Latin America, preferably including time spent both with a leading law firm and in-house with a large multinational corporation.
- Demonstrable fluency in English and Portuguese, including ability to draft and negotiate, and present legal and business documents, in English.

**DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS**
- Professional working Spanish language skills.
- Extensive “hands-on” labor & employment legal experience, including international experience;
- Substantial experience and success in working with senior management and international environments;
- Experience of labor and employment work on each of M&A activity, litigation, advisory work and training;
- Superior advocacy skills, including the ability to effectively and efficiently communicate in writing and orally, an aptitude for practical negotiation, the capability to think clearly and quickly under pressure, and the composure to satisfy multiple and often competing interests.
- A strong commitment to integrity and professionalism, and passion for excellence.
- A work history that affirmatively demonstrates leadership, and ability to persuade and push others to deliver on commitments.
- Superior negotiating skills and ability to work in complex international environment, substantial experience working in different cultures and an open and tolerant mind with respect to diversity.
- Demonstrable computer literacy with specific ability to use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other software such as redlining tools.
- Strong project management and prioritization skills
- Record of dedicated and successful teamwork, excellent interpersonal and diplomatic abilities.