Commercial Contracts Counsel

We are currently seeking an attorney looking to grow a rewarding in-house legal career to work with a prominent restaurant operator with a nationwide presence in their Orlando, FL offices. This role will involve supporting a wide range of transactional matters with a strong emphasis on drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts. Ideal candidates will have 4 years of transactional legal experience and must be willing to work on-site in Orlando, Florida.

This opportunity enables you to leverage your experience and expertise to counsel and collaborate with some of the most innovative and dynamic minds in the industry while developing a diverse set of skills.

Responsibilities:

• Support a busy and collegial legal department with a wide range of commercial agreements including vendor contracts, supply agreements, technology contracts, marketing agreements, licensing agreements and employment agreements.
• Review, red-line, draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements adhering to industry best practices and mitigating risk as necessary.
• Provide practical and clear legal advice to internal business units including finance, HR, marketing and supply chain functions.
• Support on special projects as needed and liaise with internal and external counsel to ensure timely and efficient resolution to day-to-day legal matters.

Qualifications:

• 4-8 years of experience practicing law with an emphasis on commercial contracts.
• Experience drafting and red-lining vendor contracts, MSAs, SOWs, licensing agreements, employment agreements and marketing agreements.
• Excellent analytical skills coupled with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to advise internal business teams while simultaneously mitigating risk and supporting commercial business growth.
• Must be available to work on-site in Orlando, FL.

Compensation, Benefits & Location:

This role offers a range of competitive compensation starting at $100,000 and a highly competitive benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace that includes health benefits, 401K and more. Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiomites predominately work remotely, with the exception that some clients require on-site presence.

Axiom is the global leader in high-caliber, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today's business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services.

Axiom is a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social engagement. Diversity is core to our values and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be named a best place to work for LGBTQ Equality, earning top marks in the 2021 Corporate Equality Index for the second consecutive year. Axiom's legal department is Mansfield certified and is committed to considering at least 50% diverse candidates for leadership roles and outside counsel representation.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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