Description
About the Company
BASF is the world's largest chemical company. As of December 31, 2021, BASF has 16,751 employees in North America. This amounts to around 15 percent of the global BASF workforce (around 111,000 employees worldwide). Founded in 1865 and headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany, BASF operates worldwide through six distinct business segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care, and Agricultural Solutions. BASF creates chemistry to help its customers in virtually all industries to be more successful. With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an important role in finding answers to global challenges such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition, and mobility.
BASF creates chemistry through the power of connected minds. By balancing economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility, the BASF team is building a more sustainable future through chemistry. As the world’s leading chemical company, BASF helps its customers in nearly every industry meet the current and future needs of society through science and innovation.
BASF provides a challenging and rewarding work environment and is always working to form the best team—especially from within, through an emphasis on lifelong learning and development.
BASF has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of America’s Best Large Employers in 2021. Click here to learn more and find out why: https://www.basf.com/us/en/careers/why-join-basf/what-you-will-get.html
Position Information
The Commercial Counsel, Agricultural Solutions, will be responsible for providing day-to-day and strategic commercial and competition law advice and guidance to BASF’s Agricultural Solutions seeds and traits businesses, including support for supply chain operations, product stewardship, product regulations, M&A, sales contracts, marketing programs and license agreements, together with other business and functional units and other members of the Legal Department.
Commercial Counsel, Agricultural Solutions, will bring legal expertise in competition law, M&A and due diligence work, contract drafting and interpretation, risk and damage mitigation, and external and internal communication matter reviews. This role will help to anticipate potential litigation and compliance risks within relevant businesses and functions, and provide training on key legal topics, especially competition and contract law, communications and confidentiality. This position reports to the Assistant General Counsel, Agricultural Products, Seeds and Traits, and is located in RTP, NC, operating on a full-time, hybrid work schedule.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day and strategic commercial legal advice and compliance guidance to BASF’s North American regional and Global agricultural seeds and traits products businesses and functions.
- Review and revise transactional documents for the license, purchase or sale of goods or services, marketing programs, collaboration agreements and confidentiality agreements; provide legal support to business partners (clients) in contract review, negotiations, and strategy.
- Serve as legal counsel on North American regional and Global M&A transactions and other strategic projects and functional teams.
- Support the development and implementation of sustainability initiatives for BASF’s North American Agricultural Solutions business from a commercial legal perspective.
- Develop a thorough understanding and familiarity with the Company's businesses, people, products, markets, facilities, channel partners, growers and competitors, to identify trends and formulate strategies accordingly.
- Advise, integrate, and support BASF’s corporate litigation group in responding to discovery requests directed to business units supported and risk mitigation trainings and processes.
- Review and comment on advertising, communications and incentives materials for agricultural solutions products to ensure compliance with federal and state advertising law requirements, BASF policies and industry standards.
- Provide training on relevant policies, procedures, and legal issues.
- Lead and support compliance related projects as and when required.
- Help to drive the implementation of legal department initiatives.
