Contracts Review Attorney

Antithesis; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Antithesis is seeking a Contracts Review Attorney in Vienna, VA to own day-to-day contract review and negotiation across a broad range of commercial matters.

You will work directly with GTM, finance, people, and operations teams to provide clear legal guidance, improve contract templates, and help scale our contracting processes while managing legal risk.

Qualifications

• Review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements including NDAs, vendor agreements, procurement terms, and customer-facing contracts.
• Advise internal stakeholders on approval requirements and contracting best practices.
• Identify legal, business, and operational risks in proposed agreements and recommend practical paths forward.
• Help maintain and improve contract templates, fallback language, playbooks, and internal review processes.
• Explain legal issues in plain English to non-lawyers.
• Maintain a highly organized working style and manage multiple matters at once.
• Support contract intake and triage to route requests efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including NDAs, vendor agreements, procurement terms, customer-facing agreements, and other operational contracts
• Partner with go-to-market, finance, people, operations, and leadership teams to provide clear, actionable legal guidance during contract review
• Identify legal, business, and operational risks in proposed agreements and recommend practical paths forward
• Help maintain and improve contract templates, fallback language, playbooks, and internal review processes
• Support contract intake and triage so requests are routed appropriately and handled efficiently
• Advise internal stakeholders on approval requirements, escalation points, and contracting best practices
• Track recurring issues in negotiations and help turn them into better standards, tools, and workflows
• Contribute to buildout of a legal function that is trusted, responsive, and business-minded

Skills

J.D. & Bar

Commercial contracts

Risk assessment

Drafting

Negotiation

Plain English explain

Organizational skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

J.D. degree

Job description

The role Antithesis is looking for a Contracts Review Attorney to help us move quickly and thoughtfully as we scale. In this role, you will own day-to-day contract review and negotiation across a wide range of commercial matters, with a particular focus on helping internal teams close business efficiently while managing legal and operational risk.

The role Antithesis is looking for a Contracts Review Attorney to help us move quickly and thoughtfully as we scale. In this role, you will own day-to-day contract review and negotiation across a wide range of commercial matters, with a particular focus on helping internal teams close business efficiently while managing legal and operational risk. This is a practical, high-judgment role for someone who is comfortable working directly with cross-functional partners, translating legal issues into clear business guidance, and improving the systems and processes that support contract review at scale.

What You'll Do

• Review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including NDAs, vendor agreements, procurement terms, customer-facing agreements, and other operational contracts
• Partner closely with go-to-market, finance, people, operations, and leadership teams to provide clear, actionable legal guidance during contract review
• Identify legal, business, and operational risks in proposed agreements and recommend practical paths forward
• Help maintain and improve contract templates, fallback language, playbooks, and internal review processes
• Support contract intake and triage so requests are routed appropriately and handled efficiently
• Advise internal stakeholders on approval requirements, escalation points, and contracting best practices
• Track recurring issues in negotiations and help turn them into better standards, tools, and workflows
• Contribute to the buildout of a legal function that is trusted, responsive, and business-minded

What You Bring

• J.D. and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• Meaningful experience reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, either in-house or at a law firm with strong commercial exposure
• Strong judgment about risk, materiality, and when to **escalate**
• Ability to explain legal issues in plain English to non-lawyers
• Excellent drafting, issue-spotting, and negotiation skills
• A highly organized working style and the ability to manage multiple matters at once
• Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where priorities can shift quickly
• A service-oriented mindset and a bias toward solving problems, not just identifying them

You may be a great fit if

• You like building structure where there is ambiguity
• You care about helping teams move fast without cutting corners
• You are equally comfortable redlining agreements and improving the process behind them
• You know how to be precise without being rigid
• You have a strong instinct for when a contract issue is routine, when it is strategic, and when it needs escalation

This role is fully onsite in Vienna, VA.