Sr Corporate Counsel

Senior Counsel

The Lowe's Legal Department serves as an innovative, proactive and strategic business partner focused on accelerating profitable growth while protecting the Lowe's brand. The Senior Counsel provides legal consultation on complex matters, enterprise-wide initiatives and/or matters significant to the company. This role is seen as a subject matter expert in at least one area of law or have mid-level understanding of 3 or more areas of law or lines of business. The Senior Counsel handles matters independently and proactively consults with leadership on complex work.

What You Will Do

1. Manages legal matters independently and proactively informs and seeks input from legal leadership team on complex work and enterprise-wide initiatives.
2. Influences officers and builds alignment on key enterprise-wide strategic priorities by providing innovative and practical business oriented solutions on complex issues.
3. Manages and provides direction regarding trends in various litigation categories and guidance to senior business leaders regarding risks and likely outcomes for all assigned litigation and pre-litigation matters.
4. Proactively identifies legal risks by assessing internal and external trends, including the regulatory environment and partners with Lowe's leadership team to develop solutions on key enterprise initiatives that will ultimately drive business results yet mitigate risk.
5. Collaborates and leads the team by identifying risks and influencing decisions on complex projects impacting the enterprise.
6. Serves as a trusted business partner and is the key point of contact for officer level stakeholders on key enterprise-wide initiatives and matters of significance to Lowe's.
7. Assigns, oversees, and actively manages the work of outside counsel.
8. Partners with the business to develop solutions to drive compliance with the industry's concepts, practices, and procedures.
9. Oversees the work of the legal team to prepare training, deliver memorandum, and presentations on legal matters.
10. Recruits, selects, and develops talent. Ensures talent is prepared for growth opportunities and advancement.

Minimum Qualifications

• Juris Doctor Degree from an ABA accredited school
• 9-12 years practicing law in a law firm or in-house legal department
• Leadership experience with direct report responsibility or a leader of teams
• License to practice law in at least one state (or foreign jurisdiction, if lawyer is providing services to Company affiliates in that jurisdiction)

Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE 100 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2024 sales of more than $83 billion, Lowe's operates over 1,700 home improvement stores and employs approximately 300,000 associates. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.