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Royal Caribbean Group’s Legal team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Manager, Associate Counsel Mexico, based in Mexico City.  reporting to the Dir. Associate Counsel

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Associate Counsel serves as Mexican legal counsel for Royal Caribbean’s development projects and other business activities in Mexico.  The Associate Counsel reviews, negotiates, prepares and advises on a variety of contracts, including those related to real estate development, construction, operations, and corporate law matters.  The Associate Counsel will provide legal advice on a broad range of legal issues relating to development and operation of large scale real estate and infrastructure development projects and business activity in Mexico. This position will also provide legal support to attorneys in the Legal Department located in Mexico City and the Miami corporate headquarters.  The Manager, Associate Counsel will liaise with and assist in the management of external Mexican legal counsel and notaries.  Travel to Miami and within Mexico, particularly Quintana Roo, will be required from time to time.   

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports Royal Caribbean with respect to cruise port development, management and compliance in Mexico including maintaining necessary concessions and other authorizations, conducting the associated due diligence, and drafting and negotiating legal agreements in connection with the design, pre-development, construction, and operation of those projects. 
• Supports Royal Caribbean in connection with its current and future strategic partnerships in Mexico. 
• Supports the Company’s Perfect Day and Royal Beach Club portfolio in Mexico with the design, pre-development, construction and operation of the projects.  
• Supports the Company with respect to its Mexican real property portfolio and strategic real estate initiatives, including: acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and property mergers and spin-offs, as well as operation of special purpose trusts and joint ventures.  
• Coordination with notary publics the notarization and registration of multiple agreements, as well as the execution of multiple administrative filings.
• Draft, negotiate, and review (a) transactional documents, including, among others, letters of intent, memorandum of understanding, heads of agreement, development agreements, purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements, joint ventures and confidentiality agreements, (b) loan and other financing documents, and (c) general corporate documents, including organizational documents, shareholder, partnership, and joint venture agreements.
• Research, review, and interpret Mexican legal and political developments affecting the Company’s business and stay current on new and proposed changes.
• Track and provide guidance on existing and new Mexican laws and regulations applicable to Royal Caribbean’s developments and operations in Mexico. Assist in implementing updates to Company policies and processes to address local regulatory requirements.
• Responsibilities include supporting the corporate team to form new Mexican legal entities that will be Royal Caribbean affiliates and drafting associated documentation. Maintaining the Company’s existing portfolio of Mexican subsidiaries in good standing and preparing necessary shareholder consents/minutes and board consents/minutes and other documents necessary to observe required corporate formalities.
• Develops, creates, improves and drafts standard form contracts.
• Performs other duties as required.  This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.  The Associate Counsel is expected to perform other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Duly licensed attorney in good standing in Mexico with strong academic credentials from an accredited law school.
• 3+ years of qualified transactional legal experience as a practicing lawyer with corporate law experience law firm and/or in-house experience in serving large multinational corporations or working in their in-house legal departments.
• Excellent understanding of the role of notaries in Mexico and the administrative formalities required to comply with Mexican real property, corporate and other law, as well as related KYC processes.
• Candidate must be bilingual with full professional proficiency in both English and Spanish.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Strong analytical and reasoning skills, excellent judgment, and the ability to make decisions and assess acceptable levels of business risk.
• Excellent drafting ability in both English and Spanish, including for contracts, reports, and business correspondence.
• Must be able to work independently and efficiently under time pressures and deadlines in a fast-paced environment with attention to detail.
• Must work with a sense of professional pride, possess a strong work ethic, be proactive, enthusiastic, and flexible, and have business and personal integrity.
• Ability to explain Mexican law concepts and requirements in a simple coherent manner to both Spanish speaking and English speaking legal and business partners.
• Must be highly organized, detailed oriented, responsive, and dependable.
• Ability to handle multiple urgent and important matters while maintaining professional but cordial relations with internal clients.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and online research tools.

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sexuality, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.