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Century Aluminum (“the Company”) has engaged Major, Lindsey & Africa on an exclusive basis to conduct a search for an Associate General Counsel, Business & Operations (“Associate General Counsel”).

Organization: Headquartered in Chicago, Century Aluminum (NASDAQ: CENX), with annual revenues of $2.8B in 2022, is the largest domestic producer and a global producer of primary aluminum and operates aluminum reduction facilities in the United States and Iceland. The company operates three U.S. aluminum smelters in Hawesville, Kentucky (Hawesville), Robards, Kentucky (Sebree), and Mt. Holly, South Carolina (Mt. Holly), and one smelter in Grundartangi, Iceland (Grundartangi). These primary aluminum facilities produce standard grade and value-added primary aluminum products.

Position: Reporting to the General Counsel, the Associate General Counsel will assist in protecting the organization’s legal interests and maintaining its US and international operations within the scope established by law and will provide hands-on counsel to all levels of plant, executive staff, and management personnel.

Experience: The successful candidate will be a generalist with at least eight (8) years of experience, preferably in the US manufacturing sector as an attorney, with a mix of experience as in-house counsel at a public company and with a reputable law firm.  Ideally, the successful candidate will have oversight experience in several of the following areas: commercial transactions, litigation, regulatory compliance, and/or labor and employment.  Key to this position for the successful candidate is adaptability with an open mind toward learning and responsibility for a variety of areas.

Location: Chicago, IL

Relocation: Local candidates preferred.

About Major, Lindsey & Africa

Founded in 1982, Major, Lindsey & Africa is the world’s largest and most experienced legal search firm. Combining local market knowledge and a global recruiting network, MLA has earned recognition for its track record of successful General Counsel, Corporate Counsel, Partner, Associate and Law Firm Management placements. With offices throughout the U.S., Hong Kong, London, and Tokyo, MLA recruiters are dedicated to understanding and meeting clients’ and candidates’ needs while maintaining the highest degree of professionalism and confidentiality. MLA considers every search a diversity search, and has been committed to diversity in the law since its inception. For these reasons, MLA was voted “Best Legal Search Firm in the U.S.” in the most recent national survey of America’s top law firms. To learn more about MLA, please visit our website at www.mlaglobal.com.

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