Temporary Legal Counsel
$114,400–$124,800 year
On-siteAlpharetta, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Draft, review, negotiate, and amend complex commercial contracts including MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, and vendor agreements across the United States. Provide practical counsel on contract provisions, guide internal personnel on risk issues, and support proposal and RFP responses by identifying legal and commercial risks. Manage contract intake, prioritize legal issues, and recommend improvements to templates and internal processes. Support HR on employment, compliance, and employee-relations matters while assisting with corporate governance and entity maintenance. Coordinate with sales, operations, and finance teams to ensure timely legal input on business objectives. This temporary contract role reports to the Chief Legal Officer and may be performed from the Alpharetta, GA office or remotely.
Required Qualifications
- Law degree from an accredited US law school
- Admission to at least one state Bar in the United States
- Georgia or California Bar license preferred
- Approximately 3 to 10 years of legal experience
- In-house legal experience
- Corporate defense experience
- Commercial legal role experience
- Significant contracting responsibility
- Demonstrated experience handling a high volume of contracts
- Experience negotiating and drafting relevant documents through conclusion
- Broad legal experience sufficient to advise on and manage practical legal matters for a business operating across the United States
- Experience involving employment law
- Experience involving data privacy
- Experience involving corporate law
- Experience involving domestic and international operations
- Experience involving domestic and international tax law
- Experience involving European contracting
- Experience involving cross-border commercial matters
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Excellent drafting skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to build trust with key stakeholders at all levels
- Strong judgment
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical problem-solving skills
- Capacity to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Limited ramp-up time tolerance
- Outstanding written communication skills
- Outstanding verbal communication skills
- Ability to identify legal issues
- Ability to anticipate potential risks
- Ability to propose workable solutions to complex situations
- Solid business acumen
- Ability to apply business acumen to legal and business issues
- Ability to navigate differing commercial norms
- Ability to navigate differing legal frameworks
- Ability to navigate differing risk standards across jurisdictions
- Desire to partner closely with non-legal teams
- Ability to help accomplish business goals
- Proactive mindset
- Organized mindset
- Responsive mindset
- Comfort managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to quickly integrate with business stakeholders
- Ability to exercise sound judgment
- Ability to help keep legal projects moving
- Ability to manage a high volume of legal work
- Ability to work during a temporary period of increased workload
- Ability to work during a transition period
- Ability to work from the Alpharetta, GA office
- Ability to work remotely
Desired Qualifications
- Georgia or California Bar license
- Experience involving employment law
- Experience involving data privacy
- Experience involving corporate law
- Experience involving domestic and international operations
- Experience involving domestic and international tax law
- Experience involving European contracting
- Experience involving cross-border commercial matters
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