Title: Senior Counsel, Global Litigation & Investigations
Position Description
Applied Materials has an exciting opportunity to join our world-class Global Litigation & Investigations team. This team is responsible for safeguarding Applied’s innovations and reputation. We build relationships and collaborate with key partners across the company to protect the company and its most valuable assets and ensure compliance with the laws and regulations of every country in which we do business. We leverage cutting edge technology and techniques to investigate and take action, while relentlessly preventing and mitigating risk for the company in jurisdictions across the globe.
As part of this team, you will be responsible for identifying, assessing, and managing litigation and regulatory risk in all aspects of the company’s business. You will also manage a complex litigation, pre-litigation, and investigations docket, with particular emphasis on government inquiries and regulatory investigations and general litigation matters.
This position requires identifying and solving complex problems that impact the direction of a global business. Candidates must have substantive (and substantial) government investigations and litigation experience and possess strong matter management skills. Candidates must demonstrate sound legal judgment, aptitude for novel issues and complex technologies, and an ability to quickly learn and grow within an increasingly dynamic business environment.
This position will be based out of Applied Materials’ Santa Clara Headquarters. Occasional travel will be necessary to support pending matters and strategic initiatives.
Major Areas of Responsibility
- Managing offensive and defensive investigations, government inquiries and regulatory investigations, litigation, and pre-litigation matters, while collaborating with outside counsel as needed to resolve matters in a cost-effective manner. This includes managing all aspects of these matters, including overall strategy, early case assessment, staffing, budgets, discovery, motion practice, trial, and appeal.
- Identifying, assessing, and managing litigation risk in all aspects of the company’s business.
- Advising business stakeholders on litigation risk prevention and mitigation.
- Serving as a liaison with government investigators and other personnel as needed.
- Presenting lessons learned from investigations and litigations and working with cross-functional teams to address and mitigate risk for the company.
Minimum Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school and currently admitted to practice law in at least one United States jurisdiction
- 7+ years of broad regulatory investigations and/or litigation experience at a top-tier law firm
- Demonstrated ability to assess and advise on litigation risk, engage in early case assessment, and leverage strategies for cost reduction and pre-litigation dispute resolution
- Experience interviewing and/or deposing individuals in both fact finding and adversarial settings
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills
- Exposure to complex regulatory and/or white-collar investigations
- Ability to travel for hearings, witness interviews, depositions, trial, and other events as needed
Preferred Qualifications
- Substantive trial, arbitration, and/or adversarial administrative proceeding experience
- Previous in-house experience (preferably at a technology company with global operations)
- Substantive experience handling complex regulatory and/or white-collar investigations
- Understanding of computer and digital forensics
Applied Materials is committed to diversity in its workforce including Equal Employment Opportunity for Minorities, Women, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
Qualifications
Education:
Doctorate Degree
Skills:
Certifications:
Languages:
Years of Experience:
7 - 10 Years
Work Experience:
Additional Information
Time Type:
Full time
Employee Type:
Assignee / Regular
Travel:
Yes, 20% of the Time
Relocation Eligible:
No
U.S. Salary Range:
$172,000.00 - $236,500.00
The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.
For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.
Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
