Head - Legal - Consumer Durable

- Would Oversee and coordinate legal activities and functions to ensure the organization's legal posture is developed and maintained.

- Establishes legal services required by the organization and ensures that the organization is protected from any legal action.

- Provides officers and directors with advice and guidance in identifying the critical problems to which the application of legal principals yields the greatest opportunities for minimizing risks and maximizing profits.

- Focal point in preparation of all legal documentation, resolution of legal issues, Contractual communications and commitments.

- Update legal documentation pertaining to civil/criminal courts in which the co. may be involved and represent the organization in all legal proceedings.

- Works with all departments on developing and modifying policies and procedures.

- Reviews and controls department budget to support systematically planned programs of legal actions or defenses and to assure optimum deployment of resource within approved budget.

- Keeps fully informed on all legislation affecting the organization's operations and of all new developments in corporate legal matters, and keeps all levels of management informed of applicable new laws and of the progress and results of court cases.

- Develops a professionally competent staff of attorneys and legal and paralegal generalists and specialists.

- Serves as liaison with carefully selected outside legal firms and monitors and evaluates their activities.