Corporate Counsel

Overview

Commercial contracting attorney role with primary focus on drafting and negotiating client and vendor agreements. This position reports directly to the Chief Legal Officer and is fully remote within the United States. Because the legal team is small, the role also involves earlier exposure to employment, entity governance, M&A, and regulatory matters.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate client engagement letters and master services agreements across attest and non-attest service lines.
• Handle vendor, software, and data agreements, including data processing addenda and information security schedules.
• Prepare and negotiate nondisclosure agreements and office leases.
• Develop contract templates, negotiation playbooks, and fallback positions for approval by the Chief Legal Officer.
• Support contract intake and triage, including:
  • identifying matters requiring Chief Legal Officer review,
  • routing matters to outside counsel when appropriate, and
  • determining which matters can be handled at the business level.
• Support acquisitions through contract and employment diligence, ancillary documents, restrictive covenants, transition services arrangements, and post-closing integration.
• Develop and maintain AI-assisted legal workflows, including:
  • playbook-driven first-pass review,
  • clause and precedent libraries,
  • intake triage, and
  • obligation extraction,
  • while applying appropriate safeguards for client confidential information and professional obligations.
• Assist with employment matters, including restrictive covenants, separations, and multistate wage and hour questions (with support from the Chief Legal Officer and outside counsel).
• Assist with entity governance and regulatory questions arising across the organization’s family of companies.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing.
• Eligibility to register as in-house counsel in the attorney’s state of residence.
• 4 to 5 years of experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts in a law firm, in-house, or a combination of both.
• Demonstrated use of AI tools in a legal or professional setting, including at least one workflow the candidate personally built or materially shaped and can describe in detail (including its limitations).
• Ability to manage a varied workload, work effectively under the direction of the Chief Legal Officer, and exercise sound judgment about what to escalate.
• Clear, plain written English suited to an audience of executives, firm partners, and private equity sponsors.
• Demonstrated interest in developing beyond a single practice area (e.g., changing practice areas, teaching oneself a new subject matter, or building something outside the scope of the role).

Preferred Qualifications

• Employment law experience, particularly restrictive covenants and separations.
• Experience at or advising a partnership or other professional services organization.
• Familiarity with alternative practice structures, professional licensing, or auditor independence rules.
• Experience at a private equity backed company.
• Investment advisory or trust regulatory exposure.

Compensation & Benefits

• Anticipated hiring base salary: $150,000 - $180,000.
• Actual compensation is based on several factors unique to each candidate, including education, skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.
• Benefits include:
  • 21 PTO days
  • 9 paid holidays
  • Company-paid long-term disability and life insurance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield medical insurance, plus dental, vision, and short-term disability coverage
  • Parental leave
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • 401(k) retirement plan

Location

Fully remote within the United States.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. No sponsorship is available for this position or future positions (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).