Overview
Part-time Contract In-House Corporate, M&A & Commercial Counsel Attorney (Remote)
This fully remote contract attorney role supports a healthcare and telehealth-focused organization. The work is suited to a corporate lawyer with significant in-house and/or Big Law experience who can independently manage a high volume of day-to-day commercial and business matters while also handling complex corporate transactions and strategic initiatives.
The position is expected to average approximately 30 hours per week, with flexibility to increase hours, potentially approaching full-time during periods of heightened transaction activity or other significant business needs.
Responsibilities
- Independently triage and manage a high volume of contracts, business questions, and other day-to-day legal requests from internal stakeholders.
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of commercial agreements, including vendor, services, technology, confidentiality, customer/client, and strategic partnership agreements.
- Support sophisticated corporate transactions, including M&A matters and drafting, reviewing, and negotiating transaction-related agreements.
- Advise executive leadership on corporate governance, corporate structuring, entity management, intercompany agreements, board-related matters, and other general corporate legal issues.
- Assist with post-acquisition and organizational matters, including evaluating transaction documentation, acquired rights and obligations, entity relationships, and related corporate matters.
- Support legal review of new business initiatives, operational projects, acquisitions, and strategic growth opportunities.
- Provide practical, real-time legal guidance on contract interpretation, risk allocation, business operations, and strategic matters in a fast-moving environment.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate legal and commercial risks while enabling efficient business progress.
- Help establish and improve practical legal processes, contract management practices, and other legal operations initiatives as the organization scales.
- Identify matters requiring specialized expertise and coordinate efficiently with outside counsel on larger or particularly complex projects.
- Provide general corporate and commercial legal support across a broad range of business matters as they arise.
Requirements
- 8+ years of sophisticated corporate, transactional, commercial, and business law experience.
- Significant experience serving in-house counsel, corporate counsel, assistant general counsel, deputy general counsel, general counsel, or a similar role.
- Meaningful experience supporting M&A and other strategic corporate transactions, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating transaction documents.
- Strong experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising on a broad range of commercial agreements.
- Extensive experience advising businesses on corporate governance, corporate structuring, entity management, intercompany arrangements, board matters, and general corporate legal issues.
- Experience independently managing and prioritizing a high volume of commercial contracts, business questions, and other day-to-day legal requests.
- Ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice and sophisticated legal work product with minimal supervision.
- Ability and willingness to flex hours based on transaction activity, deal flow, and evolving business needs.
- Excellent academic credentials from an ABA-accredited law school.
- Excellent analytical, written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.
- Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Outstanding professional references.
Preferred Qualifications
- Big Law corporate/M&A transactional experience strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting healthcare, pharmacy, telehealth, life sciences, or another highly regulated and rapidly evolving business environment preferred but not required.
Compensation & Benefits
- Pay: Annualized pay ranges from $220,000 to $260,000+ when calculated on a full-time basis. Pay for contract engagements is based on work experience, qualifications, credentials, location, market supply/demand, and candidate preference.
- Benefits: Contract professionals are usually W2 employees and are eligible for full benefits when working in roles for 20 hours per week.
- Complimentary Group Life, LTD and AD&D for benefits-eligible contract professionals.
- A qualified 401k plan is available.
- CLE and Professional Expense stipend for benefits-eligible attorneys.
Position Details
- Type of role: Contract In-House Engagement
- Schedule: Part-time, averaging approximately 30 hours per week, with the ability to flex closer to full-time based on transaction activity, deal flow, and business needs.
- Duration: Initial engagement 3-6 months with potential for extension based on business needs.
- Location: Fully Remote / WFH
- Start Date: Immediate
Confidentiality
The employer will not propose candidates to prospective clients without prior consent. Candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Equal Opportunity
The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer.