Corporate Attorney-Master Service Agreements

CornerStone Professional Placement; Wichita (KS); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

CornerStone Professional Placement in Wichita, KS seeks a Corporate Attorney – Risk & Compliance with hybrid options for the ideal candidate. The role emphasizes MSAs, contract negotiation, indemnification provisions, and liability limitations.

The position entails reviewing, drafting, and negotiating MSAs and related agreements, monitoring regulatory requirements, and providing practical guidance to executive leadership. Full-time, W-2 with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• At least two years of corporate legal experience with MSAs and contract drafting.
• Experience reviewing, drafting, negotiating MSAs; identifying exposures.
• Ability to provide practical legal guidance to executives.
• Strong judgment, negotiation, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead review, drafting, and negotiation of MSAs with indemnification and liability terms.
• Evaluate provisions on indemnity, warranties, confidentiality, IP, disputes.
• Review NDAs, vendor, subcontract, purchase orders, leases and amendments.
• Identify legal/financial risks and provide executive recommendations.
• Manage redlines, approvals, histories, renewals, and records.
• Collaborate with leadership and outside counsel on complex matters.
• Maintain corporate records, licenses, compliance calendars, audit readiness.
• Monitor regulatory requirements affecting operations.
• Support insurance renewals, certificates, and coverage reviews.
• Assist with DOT, drug testing programs, background checks.
• Prepare risk summaries and compliance updates for leadership.
• Utilize Office tools, contract mgmt systems, approved AI tools while safeguarding info.

Skills

MSA review

Contract negotiation

Indemnification

Limitation of liability

Risk assessment

Corporate governance

Microsoft Office

Contract management systems

AI productivity tools

Tools

Microsoft Office

Contract management systems

AI productivity tools

Job description

Corporate Attorney – Risk & Compliance Location: Wichita, KS (Remote/Hybrid considered for the ideal candidate) Pay: $130,000–$145,000 annually, based on experience and demonstrated contract expertise Employment Type: Full-Time, W-2 Schedule: Standard business hours with flexibility as business needs require Travel: Approximately one week per quarter, as needed

ROLE IMPACT

CornerStone Professional Placement is seeking a Corporate Attorney – Risk & Compliance with a strong focus on Master Service Agreements (MSAs), commercial contract negotiation, indemnification provisions, and limitation of liability. This role will serve as a key legal resource to executive leadership, helping protect the organization through effective contract review, risk mitigation, and corporate governance. The ideal candidate will have at least two years of corporate legal experience, with demonstrated expertise in reviewing, drafting, and negotiating MSAs and identifying contractual exposures. This position is focused on corporate legal matters and risk management rather than sales or business development. Success requires sound legal judgment, strong contract negotiation skills, attention to detail, and the ability to provide practical legal guidance that protects the organization's interests.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the review, drafting, and negotiation of Master Service Agreements (MSAs), with particular emphasis on indemnification, limitation of liability, liability caps, insurance requirements, and allocation of contractual risk.
• Evaluate and negotiate contractual provisions involving indemnity obligations, consequential damages, warranties, confidentiality, intellectual property, dispute resolution, and other material legal exposures.
• Review and manage additional corporate and commercial agreements, including NDAs, vendor agreements, subcontract agreements, purchase orders, leases, amendments, and related documents.
• Identify and communicate legal and financial risks within MSAs and other agreements, providing practical recommendations to executive leadership.
• Manage contract redlines, approval workflows, negotiation history, obligation tracking, renewals, and contract records.
• Partner with executive leadership and outside legal counsel on complex legal matters, material contract deviations, corporate governance, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Maintain business registrations, corporate records, licenses, compliance calendars, document retention programs, and audit readiness.
• Monitor applicable federal, state, local, customer, and industry regulatory requirements impacting corporate operations.
• Support insurance renewals, broker requests, certificates of insurance, contractual insurance requirements, and project-specific coverage reviews.
• Provide secondary support for operational compliance matters, including DOT requirements, drug and alcohol testing programs, background screenings, and contractor qualification documentation.
• Prepare legal risk summaries, executive reports, compliance updates, and recommendations to strengthen contract management and corporate compliance processes.
• Utilize Microsoft Office, document comparison tools, contract management systems, and approved AI productivity tools to improve efficiency while safeguarding confidential information.