Description:
The Opportunity:A Financial Services Company is seeking a motivated and commercially oriented attorney specializing in contracts to join our team. Primary responsibilities include crafting standard legal agreements, as well as negotiating intricate commercial agreements spanning various legal realms. The ideal candidate will possess a robust transactional background, demonstrating diligence, proactivity, entrepreneurship, and sound, rational judgment in ambiguous situations. Successful candidates will interact directly with the business, taking the lead as counsel on strategic deals, offering day-to-day guidance, and resolving issues within existing commercial relationships.
Key Competencies We Seek
- Excellent Communication Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in analytical, written, and oral communication, along with well-developed client interaction abilities.
- Negotiation Expertise: Proven experience autonomously negotiating diverse commercial agreements.
- Multitasking Abilities: Outstanding organizational skills, coupled with the capability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
- Transactional Law Experience: A solid transactional background with a blend of product, privacy, and regulatory expertise is highly desirable.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and membership in at least one state bar.
- 7 years of experience autonomously reviewing, negotiating, and revising commercial and technical agreements.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage workloads to meet deadlines in a dynamic, dynamic environment, with meticulous attention to detail.
- Flexibility to support the legal department in its activities and mission as needs arise.
- Well-developed communication skills, with the ability to interact with management and external stakeholders.
- Experience implementing, using, and training teams on proficient use of CLM software
- Recent experience supporting enterprise sales and account management teams,
- Working under SLAs and contract turnaround times
Desired Qualifications:
- Previous in-house experience in a high-volume, dynamic growth startup environment
- Demonstrated passion for advocacy while negotiating commercial agreements.
- Be a trusted, solutions-oriented advisor to the management team on legal matters critical to the growth of the business
- Have a bias toward action in situations where discussions need to be made with incomplete information.
- Have the right tolerance for working at a high-growth business in a novel, cutting-edge industry where you will need to be comfortable working in the gray areas of the law.
- Well-developed analytical, written, and oral communication skills with the ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
- Exemplary organizational skills, adept at managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ideal background includes a deep transactional foundation encompassing product, privacy, and regulatory experience.
- Experience with transactions related to technology, real estate, or financial services is a plus.
