Contracting Counsel Senior Manager

In-House

Denver, CO

Contracting Counsel Senior Manager

Attorney

Min 8 yrs required

Full-time

No

Contracting Counsel Senior Manager The candidate will lead, structure, draft and negotiate complex client transactions in a fast-paced corporate environment including master services agreements, outsourcing agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, data transfer agreements, requests for proposals and agreements involving cloud, blockchain security, automation, systems integration and agile development. Advise senior company leadership on legal risks associated with transactions and understanding of the larger market. Manage and advise junior legal professionals in transactions and related matters. Act, and continuously evolve as, a knowledgeable and relevant advisor on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions while supporting Legal, Business and Sales Leadership in shaping and executing the company's market-facing strategies. Lead, structure, negotiate and close the company's largest and most complex client transactions to be most advantageous from a legal and business perspective. Oversee, counsel, guide, train and support junior CLPs and, in some cases, other senior CLPs. Stay abreast of developments affecting the company, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into company's transactional practices. Educate and advise company executives with respect to legal and risk management issues. Develop subject matter expertise in one of more areas that benefit Legal and/or business. Participate in developing internal guidelines, toolkits, and packaged knowledge capital on various legal and business issues. Support, promote and implement Legal Group initiatives. Embrace and evolve to gain expertise in seven Contracting attributes, including becoming a pathfinder, architect, business-minded, nonconformist, inspired, relevant and technology enabled contracting professional.

Job No.: R00232791

Qualification and Experience The candidate should have a Juris Doctorate (or equivalent) and be authorized and licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction. Must have 8+ years of transactional experience in digital, consulting, systems integration, and/or outsourcing areas in a law firm or a corporate legal/transaction group. Should ideally have 4+ years of experience negotiating Intellectual Property and Data Privacy issues. Should preferably be an accomplished negotiator with an understanding of principle-based negotiation strategy and tactics including the ability to present alternatives with proposed solutions. Experience negotiating and drafting technology-based agreements is desired. Understanding of basic principles of finance, accounting, marketing, and management is an asset. Strong executive presence is a plus. Good understanding of contracting/risk issues, including IP, as they apply to digital, consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing transactions is preferred. Experience and demonstrated capability in conducting and supervising investigations (including compliance-related investigations, employment investigations, and governmental investigations) and in drafting confidential reports and advising senior leadership on such risks is ideal. In-depth knowledge of local ethical/conduct/compliance-related risks, employee rights and obligations, and related laws is desired. Extensive experience in employee relations and workplace investigations is preferred.