Remote Counsel I: Vendor Contracts & Leases

Wealth Enhancement; Plymouth (MN); Remote; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wealth Enhancement seeks a Counsel I to support commercial contracts, procurement, and real estate leasing. The role collaborates with Legal, Procurement, Facilities, IT, Privacy, Compliance, and Finance to review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of agreements while ensuring policy alignment.

The position emphasizes risk management and efficient processes in a remote Twin Cities area job. Qualified candidates have a JD, active bar membership, and 2+ years in relevant contracting.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active bar membership in at least one U.S. state.
• 2+ years of relevant legal experience in commercial contracts, procurement, corporate law, real estate, or a related practice area.
• Experience reviewing, drafting, or negotiating commercial agreements.
• Familiarity with office leases, commercial real estate documents, facilities-related matters, privacy or information security terms, or technology agreements.
• Strong legal drafting, issue-spotting, research, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of vendor and commercial agreements, including master services agreements, statements of work, SaaS and software agreements, professional services agreements, consulting agreements, marketing agreements, confidentiality agreements, data protection addenda, and related documents.
• Identify legal and business risks and propose practical, commercially reasonable solutions consistent with company policies and contracting standards.
• Support Procurement and business teams throughout the contract lifecycle, from intake and negotiation through execution, renewal, amendment, and termination.
• Assist with maintaining and improving contract templates, negotiation playbooks, standard clauses, intake materials, and internal guidance.
• Coordinate with Information Security, Privacy, Compliance, Risk, Finance, and other subject matter experts when agreements raise specialized issues.
• Track negotiations, document key decisions, and support accurate and timely contract administration.
• Escalate non-standard, high-risk, or strategically significant matters to senior Legal team members.
• Review, draft, and negotiate office leases, lease amendments, renewals, extensions, subleases, assignments, termination agreements, and related occupancy documents, with guidance from senior Legal team members as appropriate.
• Support Facilities and business leaders on office openings, relocations, expansions, consolidations, and closures.
• Review landlord and tenant notices, estoppel certificates, subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements, access agreements, commencement date memoranda, and other lease-related documents.
• Assist with lease compliance matters, including insurance requirements, maintenance and repair obligations, operating expenses, tenant improvement obligations, use restrictions, and notice requirements.
• Coordinate with outside real estate counsel, brokers, landlords, property managers, and internal stakeholders as needed.
• Support maintenance of lease records, abstracts, critical dates, renewal rights, notice deadlines, and other key obligations.
• Produce, maintain, and update contract templates, lease forms, and related guidance materials.
• Assist with due diligence and integration work relating to vendor contracts, leased facilities, and other assigned commercial matters.

Skills

Commercial contracts experience

Procurement experience

Real estate leasing

Legal drafting

Contract lifecycle management

AI tools in contracting

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Active US bar membership

Tools

E-signature platforms

Contract lifecycle management systems

Legal technology tools

Job description

Wealth Enhancement seeks a Counsel I to support commercial contracts, procurement, and real estate leasing. The role collaborates with Legal, Procurement, Facilities, IT, Privacy, Compliance, and Finance to review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of agreements while ensuring policy alignment.

The position emphasizes risk management and efficient processes in a remote Twin Cities area job. Qualified candidates have a JD, active bar membership, and 2+ years in relevant contracting.