Company Description

Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 133,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, dedicated Internet access, and colocation services. Zayo owns and operates a Tier 1 IP Backbone and 44 carrier-neutral data centers. Through its Cloudlink service, Zayo provides low latency private connectivity that attaches enterprises to their public cloud environments. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.

Position Description

Zayo is seeking an in-house attorney to manage and assist in managing Zayo’s global litigation and claims. This position will provide legal advice and manage both complex and routine litigation as well as potential litigation and claims involving the company. This position will also provide advice and counsel concerning employee relations matters and claims.

Zayo is a dynamic company. We are looking for a self-starter who is excited by the opportunity to have a lot of autonomy and responsibility and a varied mix of work. This position will work directly and closely with the business as well as the rest of Zayo’s legal team.

Responsibilities

• Advising the business on a broad range of potential disputes and their resolution

• Negotiating and resolving pre-litigation claims asserted against the company in collaboration with the business

• Managing affirmative actions on behalf of the company

• Drafting correspondence, motions, briefs, discovery and discovery responses relating to litigation, disputes and claims

• Managing internal document production in connection with claims and litigation

• Managing outside counsel fees and budgets, negotiating fee arrangements and managing cases to minimize litigation costs

• Advising the company on key developments, strategy, settlement and other key decisions respecting claims and litigation

• Attending mediations, depositions, settlement conferences, trials, etc. on behalf of the company

• Maintaining a database of all litigation/claims matters in the company, reporting on the same on a regular basis to senior management, and external auditors

• Working with financial reporting team and business leads on accruals

• Managing insurance claims, demands and suits

• Providing advice and counsel to People Operations and business segments concerning labor and employment law issues and employee relations matters

• Managing global employment claims and litigation 

• Training managers and People Operations concerning labor and employment law issues and employee relations matters

• Conduct investigations, interview, document assembly, and document preservation in support of company’s response to external claims and litigation and internal complaints

• Advising and managing customer payment disputes, collections issues, and bankruptcy claims

• M&A due diligence relating to litigation and claims

• Responding, on behalf of the company, to attorney letters and agency matters including charges and government-initiated inquiries and audits, subpoenas and garnishing orders

• Pursuing and resolving network damage recovery claims

• Ability to travel at least 10% of time to meet with business and outside counsel and attend legal proceedings

Qualifications

• Law Degree and Bar Admission required

• 3 years of relevant post-bar professional experience required

• Prior experience with general commercial litigation required

• Prior experience with labor and employment issues and litigation required

• Experience in formal and informal dispute resolution included direct negotiations and mediation

• Excellent verbal and interpersonal skills required

• Ability to communicate with other personnel and external parties through strong, organized writing and verbal skills

• Strong attention to detail

• Strong organizational skills, including management of projects and workload and setting goals and priorities

• Team player able to work cooperatively with business people and outside counsel to find practical and creative solutions

• Computer and software systems experience

• Prior experience successfully operating in a fluid and entrepreneurial environment

Rewards

• Competitive compensation

• Excellent benefits including health, dental, vision, 401 (k), disability and life insurance

• Fitness membership discounts

• Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave