Corporate Counsel

Unifi Aviation, LLC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Unifi Aviation, LLC is seeking an experienced corporate attorney in Atlanta to review customer and vendor contracts and facilitate its contract-review process. You will work with senior management and the Chief Legal Officer on M&A and other transactions, drafting and negotiating agreements across procurement, sales, and leases.

The role requires 3+ years in corporate law, strong negotiation and communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in corporate law; drafting and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts (procurement, customer/sales, statements of work, leases, NDAs, MSAs).
• In-house experience with contract analytics software and data privacy/cybersecurity a plus.
• Ability to advise, lead, and collaborate with stakeholders, attorneys, vendors, and customers to execute agreements.

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, review, and analyze complex commercial agreements to protect Unifi’s interests and ensure compliance.
• Collaborate on improvements to contract review processes, templates, and related policies.
• Serve as the primary legal escalation point for internal contract negotiations and disputes.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication skills

Multicultural teamwork

Education

JD from accredited law school

Tools

DocuSign

Job description

Unifi is the nation’s largest aviation services provider, with over 45K team members and a global footprint spanning over 240 airports in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, and continental Europe. We deliver reliable, high quality aviation services that support global travel and the world’s leading airlines. At Unifi, you’ll be part of a diverse, inclusive team where passion, integrity, and empathy are at the core of what we do. Unifi is the nation’s largest aviation services provider, with over 45K team members and a global footprint spanning over 250 airports in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Ireland, and continental Europe. We deliver reliable, high quality aviation services that support global travel and the world’s leading airlines. At Unifi, you’ll be part of a diverse, inclusive team where passion, integrity, and empathy are at the core of what we do.

Unifi seeks an experienced corporate attorney to join its legal team in Atlanta to be chiefly responsible for reviewing its customer and vendor contracts and facilitating its contract-review process. The position is part of the legal team and reports to the Assistant General Counsel. As part of the contracts review team, the position will frequently interact with members of the senior management team and will have the ability to work directly with the Chief Legal Officer on M&A and other transactional matters.

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, review, and analyze a wide variety of complex commercial agreements to ensure the protection of Unifi’s interests and compliance with Unifi’s policies and applicable law.
• Collaborate on improvements to the contract review and approval process, contract templates, and related policies.
• Serve as the primary legal escalation point for internal contract stakeholder negotiation to resolve complex issues and assist in disputes.
• Drive the development, implementation, and updating of policies for internal contract approval processes to ensure process efficiencies and compliance.
• Develop clear metrics for extracting data from the CLM to measure contract performance.
• Prepare customized customer and vendor contract templates as part of the CLM system.
• Interpret and advise internal business partners on commercial transaction requirements and risk exposure.
• Negotiate terms and conditions of contracts with customer’s/vendor’s counsel.
• Collaborate with and manage outside counsel on legal strategy and contract review.
• Develop and execute training for internal business partners on the contract approval process and policies.
• Work on other Argenbright group entity legal matters.

Qualifications & Skills

• JD from accredited law school
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in corporate law; experience drafting and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts, including but not limited to procurement, customer/sales agreements, statements of work, leases, NDAs, and MSAs.
• Experience with Saas and license agreements, data privacy, and cybersecurity a plus.
• In-house experience creating, managing, or using contract analytics software, specifically DocuSign, also a plus.
• Must be able to advise, lead, and collaborate with company stakeholders, internal and external attorneys, and vendors, and customers to develop and execute agreements.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work on multiple projects at one time and get work done independently, efficiently, and expeditiously
• Experience advising clients and developing pragmatic business perspectives
• Ability to work across a multi-cultural business environment

Unifi is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or veteran status.