Corporate Counsel

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Job Summary

We are seeking a self-motivated lawyer to join our corporate legal team as Counsel. While this position can be primarily remote, the ability to travel easily to a nearby Arch office for team meetings, collaboration and other in person needs is strongly preferred. Preference is given to the following East Coast offices: Greensboro, NC; Raleigh, NC; White Plains, NY; Jersey City, New Jersey. This position is best suited for an individual with the ability to lead a variety of tasks and to support executive-level employees.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and draft a variety of technology related contracts and agreements including Master Agreements, Statements of Work, SaaS, software licensing, outsourcing agreements, confidentiality agreements, data protection, and data security schedules/agreements.

• Negotiate engagement letters, data licensing and subscription agreements.

• Negotiate commercial lease agreements, brokerage agreements, facilities management agreements, AIA/FIDIC agreements, ancillary lease agreements and reviewing LOIs.

• Negotiate with third party vendors on vendor pricing, procurement and related contractual matters.

• Create, maintain and serve as a subject matter expert on a variety of template agreements for use across the organization.

• Work on other projects and corporate initiatives as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Currently licensed to practice law in one or more states (NY, NC or NJ preferred)

• 4-6 years of hands-on experience in a law firm and/or in-house role including experience with highly regulated clients or prior experience in the insurance or financial services industry.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with business clients at all levels, attorneys, and administrative staff.

• Experience with intellectual property law, data privacy and/or information security requirements (US and non-US)

• Solid legal analysis and writing skills

• Strong negotiation skills, including the ability to influence both internal and external parties.

• General understanding of corporate operations, including facilities/commercial leasing, IT operations, cloud computing, software licensing, data licensing, and other commercial agreements.

• Familiarity with public companies, regulatory compliance and generative AI

• General corporate law fundamentals (contracts review / contracts lifecycle management), business entity structure, and experience in preparing basic corporate documents (minutes, agendas, etc.)

• Team player and ability to pivot easily between topics and tasks

• Preferred experience (but not mandatory) with multi-national entities, global risk management and compliance

• Completion of 4-year degree

• JD from accredited law school

For individuals assigned or hired to work in California, Colorado, Jersey City, NJ; New York State; and/or Washington State, the base salary range is listed below. This range is as of the time of posting. Position is incentive eligible.

$110,058 - $148,902/year

• Total individual compensation (base salary, short & long-term incentives) offered will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to geographic location, scope & responsibilities of the role, qualifications, talent availability & specialization as well as business needs. The above range may be modified in the future

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