Senior Attorney, Litigation

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🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

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The Hershey Company

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1894

🏭 Manufacturing

🛍️ eCommerce

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💰 Post-IPO Debt on 2023-04

Manufacturing • eCommerce • Food & Beverage

The Hershey Company is an industry-leading snacks company headquartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania, recognized for bringing goodness to the world through its iconic brands and extraordinary commitment to helping children succeed. Hershey is well-known for its wide range of chocolate and confectionery products, driven by a culture that values inclusion, employee development, and sustainable practices to ensure a positive impact on the community and the planet.

📋 Description

• Establish and execute global litigation strategies aligned with company objectives, values, and risk tolerance • Manage litigation and pre-litigation matters from early case assessment through resolution • Handle investigations, discovery, motions, settlement negotiations, mediations, arbitrations, hearings, and trials • Retain and manage outside counsel, experts, consultants, and vendors • Oversee litigation budgets, fees, costs, and alternative fee arrangements • Conduct fact investigations, witness interviews, and assessments of financial exposure and reputational risk • Coordinate electronic discovery, document review, witness development, deposition preparation, and litigation holds • Draft and edit pleadings, briefs, memoranda, correspondence, and other legal materials • Advise business and legal partners on litigation risk, claims, regulations, packaging, and emerging legal developments • Manage responses to third-party subpoenas and government or regulatory inquiries and investigations • Partner with insurance carriers on coverage matters and insured claims • Identify emerging litigation trends and develop risk-mitigation strategies, tools, training, and best practices • Prepare materials and presentations for senior leadership and Board-level discussions • Supervise and mentor paralegals and provide in-house legal training

🎯 Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant legal experience • Preferably a combination of law firm and in-house experience with a multinational or publicly traded company • Experience defending class actions and complex commercial litigation • Successful trial experience preferred • Experience managing extensive electronic discovery, outside counsel, litigation budgets, and cross-functional projects • Experience representing food, consumer packaged goods, or similarly regulated companies preferred • Ability to provide practical, strategic legal advice in complex litigation and an evolving regulatory environment • Strong legal writing, contract drafting, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder management skills • Ability to develop creative solutions to complex legal and business challenges • Ability to travel as needed • Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school • Active bar membership in good standing

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage • Wellness programs supporting physical and mental health • Annual incentive opportunities • 401(k) with company match • Paid time off • Company holidays • Flexible ways of working where applicable • Career development programs • Learning opportunities • Internal mobility