Corporate Counsel - Contracts, Compliance & M&A

Jobtailor; New Jersey; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced attorney to act as a key legal partner across North America and support regional operations in Central and South America. The role focuses on guiding commercial objectives, managing risk, and drafting complex agreements.

You will review client engagements, NDAs, vendor and real estate leases, software agreements, and employment offer letters while staying current on privacy and regulatory developments.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Active Pennsylvania or New Jersey Bar membership in good standing.
• 3+ years of legal experience in a law firm or corporate legal department.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Strong judgment, ethics, analytical skills, and business acumen.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and communicate complex legal concepts to non-legal audiences.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using generative AI tools, including Microsoft Copilot.
• Exposure to risk management, compliance, and corporate governance preferred.
• Spanish language skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key legal partner to the business across North America with additional support for other regions.
• Provide practical legal guidance, manage risk, and support commercial objectives.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements including client engagements, NDAs, vendor agreements, leases, software and employment offers.
• Review public contract proposals, RFPs, RFQs, certifications, and representations.
• Evaluate and resolve conflicts of interest; assist with acquisitions, due diligence, and post-acquisition integration.
• Partner with People Team on employment law matters and support collections activities.
• Conduct legal and regulatory research and monitor developments affecting the company.

Skills

Legal judgment

Analytical skills

Business acumen

Collaboration

Stakeholder management

Communication

Multitasking

Independent work

Spanish language skills

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Bar membership (PA/NJ)

Tools

Generative AI tools

Microsoft Copilot

Job description

Jobtailor seeks an experienced attorney to act as a key legal partner across North America and support regional operations in Central and South America. The role focuses on guiding commercial objectives, managing risk, and drafting complex agreements.

You will review client engagements, NDAs, vendor and real estate leases, software agreements, and employment offer letters while staying current on privacy and regulatory developments.