As Corporate Counsel, supporting Bacardi’s North America Region (NAM), you will act as a strategic legal partner across the United States, Canada, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. You will collaborate closely with the NAM Legal team and senior leaders across functions, including Commercial, Marketing, Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, and Corporate Affairs, to provide business-focused legal counsel that enables commercial success and mitigates legal risk. You will also contribute to the development and alignment of legal practices across Bacardi’s global matrix, ensuring the legal function operates consistently, efficiently, and in full compliance with evolving regulatory requirements. You will be based in Miami, Florida.

ABOUT YOU

You are a broad thinking, business- savvy, flexible, and pragmatic lawyer.

You have a founder’s mentality and can help Bacardi achieve its goals by balancing legal risk with commercial goals.

You are ready to fearlessly take on new opportunities and challenges in your role.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide senior-level  legal counsel and guidance to commercial and corporate functions, ensuring alignment with local, regional, and internal policies, laws, and regulations.

• Maintain proactive and ongoing  communication with internal stakeholders, legal subject matter experts to ensure seamless legal support and knowledge-sharing across functions.

• Lead the drafting, negotiation, and  lifecycle management of a broad range of commercial agreements across regional markets. Key contract types include distribution agreements, on and off-trade customer agreements, advertising agreements, agency contracts, professional service agreements, consumer promotion terms and conditions, warehousing and logistics arrangements, and procurement agreements

• Deliver proactive legal advice and contract support to other corporate functions, including Procurement, Communications, Human Resources, Finance, IT, Internal Audit, etc.

• Lead the management of disputes and regulatory inquiries, including handling litigation and pre-litigation matters

• Manage negotiations, arbitration, mediation, and other forms of dispute resolution to mitigate legal risk and protect company interests

• Review marketing and media content to ensure compliance with advertising laws and promotional regulations

• Monitor legal and regulatory trends impacting the Region and provide actionable insights and guidance to adjust business practices accordingly

• Develop, implement, and update internal policies to ensure compliance with evolving legal and regulatory standards

• Champion a culture of ethics and integrity by advocating the Bacardi Code of Conduct and conducting relevant compliance and legal training

• Support strategic legal initiatives and cross-functional projects by providing timely, practical counsel on variety of ad-hoc business matters as needed

SKILLS

#LI-Hybrid

At Bacardi we care deeply about finding brilliant talent who can bring the following personal attributes to help elevate our 3Fs: Fearless, Family, Founder culture to the next level.

• Belonging: You have a strong capacity to create a culture of ‘Belonging’, where people feel appreciated for who they are, what they do, and who they can become
• Self-Awareness: You have high levels of self-awareness, are reflective and know yourself well, understanding both your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others
• People Agility: You bring a deep ability to understand and relate to people and navigate through tough situations to harness and multiply collective performance
• Results Agility: You demonstrate consistent delivery of results in first-time situations by inspiring teams, exhibiting a presence that builds confidence in yourself and others.
• Mental Agility: You can think critically to penetrate complex problems and expand the possibilities by making fresh connections. You think strategically whilst being execution focused and bring creativity to the challenges you’re presented with
• Change Agility: You have a deep natural curiosity, desire to experiment and ability to effectively deal with the heat of change. You have a growth and learning mindset: ready to test, stumble, learn and apply from experience

Disclaimer: Bacardi seeks talent from all backgrounds to bring diversity of thought, agility and capability to our organization across the globe. We promote a working environment where all employees are treated and rewarded fairly. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination that adversely affects individuals or groups on the basis of national origin, race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, and any other legally protected aspect of a person's identity. 

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