Senior Counsel needed for Charlotte office

6-20 yrs required

Full-time

No

Charlotte office of our client seeks a senior counsel with 7+ years of post-law school experience, with 3 years of in-house experience. The candidate will join the Commercial Legal team. Will lead a team of 1-2 people who negotiate Firm vendor agreements within established risk parameters while achieving business objectives and maintaining deal velocity. Work closely with procurement and other internal clients as well as adjacent functions involved in third-party risk management, including security, privacy, and compliance, to optimize the end-to-end vendor contracting process leveraging our technology. Advise on and align with internal clients on comprehensive negotiation strategies designed to achieve key legal and business objectives. Independently lead and manage Commercial Legal team efforts on complex vendor transactions from start to finish. Supervise team members as they draft, review, and negotiate vendor agreements, including procurement, technology, facilities, professional services, and event agreements. Proactively flag privacy, security, compliance, employment, and other legal and regulatory risk to subject matter experts in adjacent functions. Collaborate with other members of the Legal team and internal stakeholders on ad-hoc projects. Must be admitted to practice in at least one US jurisdiction (NC or CA preferred). Should have experience owning and managing the entire end-to-end vendor contracting processes, with a strong preference for those who have successfully led comprehensive cross-functional design/build/implement/optimize initiatives leveraging people, processes, and technology to create an efficient, innovative vendor contracting function operating at ?contracting center of excellence? standards. Experience managing or mentoring junior team members is required. Experience in Fintech or other highly regulated industries and expertise in technology contracting is strongly preferred. Knowledgeable in Fintech-related regulatory issues, compliance requirements, and information security and data privacy/protection issues is a plus.

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