Contract & Litigation Attorney

About This Role

This role is for an attorney to join an in-house legal team, primarily focusing on contracts and litigation management for a publicly traded corporation. The position provides practical, business-oriented legal advice, emphasizing drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex agreements, managing disputes and litigation, and advising internal stakeholders on legal and commercial risk.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day counsel and advice regarding various and broad-ranging legal matters
• Draft, review, interpret, and negotiate complex business agreements, including customer, supplier, confidentiality, consulting, and operational contracts
• Advise on contractual rights, obligations, risk allocation, indemnity, limitations of liability, warranty, and dispute resolution provisions
• Manage and oversee litigation, pre-litigation disputes, claims, subpoenas, and related matters, including coordination with internal stakeholders and outside counsel
• Provide practical legal advice regarding disputes, claim avoidance, and risk mitigation tied to contractual obligations and business operations
• Support internal investigations, legal notices, preservation obligations, and responses to demand letters and other contentious matters
• Partner with Contracts, Sales, Operations, Quality, Programs, Supply Chain, Finance, and Business Unit leadership to support business objectives while protecting the company's legal interests
• Establish and maintain relationships, credibility, and trust with clients, stakeholders, legal team members, and other colleagues
• Assist with legal policies, procedures, templates, training, and other legal projects as assigned

Requirements

• Strong drafting, review, negotiation, and issue-spotting skills
• Demonstrated ability to manage litigation and disputes in a practical, strategic, and business-focused manner
• Excellent analytical, research, communication, and problem-solving abilities
• Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, with sound business judgment and strong client-service orientation
• Demonstrated ability to think creatively
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong self-awareness and honed diplomacy skills with a proven ability to establish good professional relationships and credibility with internal clients, management and legal colleagues
• Strategic thinking, attention to detail, sound judgment, and discretion
• Practical, proactive, and solution-oriented approach to legal support
• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
• Active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction