Closing Date: 19th June, 2025
Description:
Job Summary:The Staff Attorney will play an important role in supporting the Firm's day-to-day transactional legal needs. This position focuses on representing the Firm in connection with a variety of contractual matters, including providing assistance to partners and other internal clients on the Firm's client engagement letters, access letters, non-disclosure agreements, data protection agreements, business associate agreements, and other commercial, vendor and client-facing agreements. The Staff Attorney may be expected to work with client's counsel and procurement departments in handling contractual dispute resolution. Candidates seeking a non-traditional or flexible work schedule may be considered pursuant to the Firm's flexibility strategy.
Job Duties:
- Reviews, provides advice, and negotiates legal matters pertaining to the Firm's client engagement letters and other commercial transactions and client relationships in a manner consistent with the Firm's business decisions, policies and strategy
- Has significant involvement in contractual matters throughout the entire contract lifecycle, from formation to termination
- Manages multiple contracts and projects in a deadline driven environment
- Complies with the processes, policies and templates of the Office of General Counsel (OGC) with respect to their support of transactional matters
- Performs other related duties as required
Supervisory Responsibilities:
N/A
Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Education:
- Juris Doctorate (JD) degree, required
Experience:
- Proven record of professional excellence and achievement with three (3) years or more years of experience as a practicing attorney in good standing at a law firm or as an in-house corporate attorney, required
- Demonstrated record of excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work independently or as a team member, required
- Experience working effectively within a demanding, deadline-driven environment, required
- Experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on a variety of contracts, including with clients, vendors and other third parties, preferred
License/Certifications:
Member of a Bar in Good Standing, required
Software:
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word required and PowerPoint, Excel and SharePoint, preferred
Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Demonstrated record of providing substantive/technical legal advice and support to clients
- Strong project management skills, including ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and effectively to completion
- Positive client-service attitude
- Detail oriented, with excellent organizational skills
- Exercises good judgment
- Ability to issue spot and summarize key points succinctly
- Ability to be flexible and adaptive
- Ability to maintain the highly confidential nature of information
- Ability to work effectively both independently and within a team environment
