Corporate Legal Counsel

Unifi; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Unifi is seeking an experienced corporate attorney to join its legal team in Atlanta. This role involves reviewing customer and vendor contracts while collaborating directly with leadership on various legal matters. Ideal candidates will have a JD from an accredited law school and at least 3 years of corporate law experience.

The attorney will draft and negotiate commercial contracts, enhance contract processes, and train internal partners on legal obligations. A strong background in contract review and negotiation is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in corporate law.
• Experience with drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
• In-house experience with contract analytics software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, and review a wide variety of complex commercial agreements.
• Collaborate on improvements to the contract review and approval process.
• Serve as the primary legal escalation point for contract stakeholder negotiation.

Skills

Negotiation

Contract Review

Legal Research

Communication

Organizational Skills

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 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