Senior Contracts Attorney

General Summary

The Senior Contracts Attorney position is primarily responsible for reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a broad range of commercial contracts and supporting other team members in their review. This position ensures that contracts and associated processes are in compliance with legal regulations and meet organizational policies and contractual guidelines. The Senior Contracts Attorney Acts as a contract liaison between the company and customers/vendors, including participation in pre-contract discussions, contract negotiations, and contract changes. Serves as a legal advisor to internal clients across various functions to provide practical and actionable advice.

Workplace Policy

Hybrid 

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Reviews all business contracts including but not limited to standard Ts&Cs, supply agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, inter-company agreements, development/project agreements, and service contracts.
• Mentoring and assisting other team members with contract review.
• Analyze complex issues, assess risk, balance different perspectives and needs, and provide confident and concise business-focused support and solutions.
• Helps to develop policies and positions on legal issues. Assists policymakers in formulating correct plans and strategies by providing input regarding the legal implications of the plans.
• Participates in due diligence investigations in mergers and acquisitions or similar activities, as needed.
• Performs legal research on state and federal laws.

Miscellaneous Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing and maintaining internal guidelines, toolkits, policies, template forms, and training materials for various legal and business issues.
• Coordinates and supports special projects and cross-functional teams, as necessary.
• Communicates and corresponds with external law firms, as necessary.
• Draft corporate minutes (such as Board of Director Meeting minutes, Stockholder Meeting minutes, unanimous consent, etc.) as necessary.
• Performs other job-related responsibilities and duties as may be assigned from time to time.
• Requires the ability to analyze problems where established procedures may not exist and reach conclusions where considerable variation in interpretation is possible.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; Juris Doctor degree.
• Active bar license to practice law.
• Four+ years’ comparable law experience.
• One+ years’ management experience or responsibility for leading a business team.
• Experience working with a variety of commercial agreements including excellent negotiation skills.
• Analytical skills, strong attention to detail, administrative and managerial skills.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to demonstrate proficiency in interpersonal skills including effective collaboration and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to speak, read, and write in Japanese. 

Travel

Minimal travel is required.