Corporate Counsel

Description:

Welcome to Verdantas, where innovation meets sustainability, and your career finds purpose!

At Verdantas, we're redefining environmental consulting and sustainable engineering through our use of cutting-edge modeling and digital technology and our genuine commitment to people. Our work spans high-growth sectors like water resources, resilient land use, energy transformation, and civil infrastructure.

Our commitment to excellence, across more than 90 offices, is championed by a team of over 2,000 experts, scientists, engineers, geologists, and technical specialists, embedded in a people-focused culture, prioritizing the well-being of our employees, clients, and the communities we serve. We partner with clients to deliver smart, data-driven solutions to complex environmental and infrastructure challenges. We don't just solve problems; we help shape a more sustainable future.

Join a people-first culture that values your well-being, empowers your growth, and amplifies your impact. At Verdantas, your career goes beyond the expected, and your work helps build a better world.

Ready to shape the future of resilient communities?
Verdantas is seeking an energetic and diligent Corporate Counsel to join our corporate legal team and help support a growing consulting firm focused on environmental, energy, water, and engineering services. The position is eligible for remote or in-office work. While Verdantas prefers that the selected candidate be located in either the Gulf Coast or Midwest, for the ideal candidate, other locations may be considered.

Responsibilities:

• Lead with empathy, strong communication, and a people-focused approach to achieve successful results across the enterprise.
• Support and shape the company's people-focused culture by promoting inclusivity, diversity, and collaboration by reinforcing positive workplace values and encouraging teamwork through outward messaging to potential candidates.
• Efficiently review contracts and contract revisions offered to Verdantas by clients and business partners to identify potential legal and business issues.
• Provide assistance and guidance to Assistant Corporate Counsel regarding legal and business matters.
• Draft, modify, and negotiate contracts to reduce legal and business risk, provide flexibility to Verdantas' technical teams, and support ongoing and future business relationships.
• Draft, review, and revise agreements pertaining to confidentiality/non-disclosure, intellectual property, third-party reliance, teaming, and provide advice to internal clients regarding potential business implications.
• Provide guidance to internal clients regarding contract interpretation issues and approaches to mitigate risk. Providing guidance to technical and business staff in the preparation of form contracts, including reviewing and developing contract language, and coordinating and/or issuing contracts.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal clients, including Project Managers, senior company managers, and other stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited law school and currently admitted to practice in one or more US states, with a preference for candidates licensed to practice in Florida, Louisiana, or Texas.
• Between 8 and 10 years of experience practicing law, preferably with a focus in commercial or contract law.
• Ability to prioritize multiple assignments involving a wide variety of technical disciplines, under tight deadlines for internal stakeholders.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills and the ability to effectively interact at all levels within the organization and with external clients of the company.
• An undergraduate degree in engineering, geology or environmental science preferred.
• Experience working in the engineering, environmental consulting, or construction fields is preferred.

Critical Skills:

• Ability to clearly and concisely communicate both in written and verbal formats.
• Teamwork and collaboration.
• Ability to multi-task while meeting deadlines.

Salary Range:
$160,000-$215,000

Benefits:

• Flexible Work Environment
• Paid Parental Leave
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Paid Time Off + Holidays

Verdantas strives to develop new ways to increase diversity awareness within our organization. We recruit and reward our employees based on capability and performance — regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, or physical ability. For us, it is imperative to build balanced teams from all walks of life and we believe that a diverse workforce is a stronger workforce.

Verdantas is an EOE race/color/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability/vet

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