Senior Attorney

Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive and diverse company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2023 revenue of approximately $9.2 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit  www.eastman.com .

Role Description

Eastman’s Legal Department is seeking a highly skilled Senior Attorney with expertise in business law. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work in a professional, dynamic, and engaging atmosphere with colleagues committed to your success. You will report through the Legal Department’s Commercial practice group, which provides legal guidance on a variety of business matters, including contracting strategies for commodity-based and specialty-based businesses. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze legal risks, develop creative solutions, and foster strong relationships.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate for this opportunity is:

• An optimistic problem solver, adept at providing optionality to business clients;
• A team player, providing support to clients across several businesses;
• A lifelong learner who relishes new challenges;
• A generous colleague who credits other team members for their contributions.
• Contract Strategy: Develop and negotiate seller-side commercial contracts which appropriately balance risk with the optimal level of benefit to the internal client.
• Client Training: Present ongoing and focused training to pricing teams, sales teams, business leaders, and support functions on legal issues that matter to them, including competition law, negotiation strategies, proper communication methods, and contracts.
• Process Implementation: Act as an ambassador to business clients by rolling out, and providing training on, Legal Department processes.
• Supplemental Support: Provide supplemental support on an ad hoc basis for projects involving real estate, bankruptcy, M&A, tax/finance/accounting, distribution, and capital projects.
  
  

What you will gain from the opportunity:

• A supportive team of colleagues committed to your professional growth and success.
• Direct involvement with some of the smartest business leaders in the chemical industry.
• Prestigious professional development opportunities.
• Autonomy to determine best how to deliver excellence to your clients.
• Exposure to truly innovative products with the potential to change the world for the better.
  
  

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school.
• Active member of at least one US state bar in good standing with ability to obtain membership in the in-house counsel Tennessee bar.
• 5 years of legal practice, ideally with a combination of firm and in-house experience in the chemical, oil & gas, and/or manufacturing industries.
• Exceptional experience in a variety of matters, including commercial contracts, competition law, and transactions. Experience in complex engineering, procurement and construction contracts a plus.
• Highly effective, trusted, and respected thought partner to business clients.
• Ability to balance speed and accuracy within a multinational business environment.
• Strong sense of business ethics, compliance, and legitimacy in business dealings.
• Highly strategic and consequential thinker.
• Capable of leading without authority, in a spirit of collaboration.
• Excellent interpersonal, solution-oriented, and analytical skills are essential.
• Flexible, enthusiastic, ambitious, and possesses an inherent intellectual curiosity about business, law, markets, customers, operations, people, and processes.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Broad experience with specific expertise in some of the areas mentioned above. After a period of onboarding, the ideal candidate will be well-prepared to immediately engage in contract work and client advisement.
  
  

Eastman Chemical Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected classes as designated by law.

Eastman is committed to creating a powerfully diverse workforce and a broadly inclusive workplace, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential each day.