Counsel/Senior Counsel, Advertising and Marketing

Job Summary Senior Counsel will play an important role in supporting the Firm's day-to-day transactional needs. This position focuses on representing the Firm in connection with a variety of transactional matters, including providing assistance to principals and other internal clients on the Firm's client engagement letters, master services agreements, access letters, non-disclosure agreements, procurement, marketing/advertising, independent contractor and other commercial or client-facing agreements. The individual in this role will leverage skills as a strategic business partner and work with colleagues and internal clients to provide creative business solutions as permitted under applicable law, professional regulations and the Firm's policies and procedures.

Job Duties Reviews, provides advice and negotiates legal matters pertaining to the Firm's client engagement letters and other commercial transactions or relationships in a manner consistent with the Firm's business decisions, policies and strategy

Counsels internal clients to minimize legal risk associated with contractual and other business-related matters

Contributes to the continuous improvement of, and complies with, the Office of the General Counsel's processes, policies and templates with respect to support of transactional

Supports fellow members of the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) and assists as needed on other matters, including real estate/leasing, financing, general corporate matters and strategic or other material transactions such as M&A

Develops and demonstrates competency in additional areas of law as needed or requested by a Managing Director, OGC Transactional Practice, which may include regulatory, intellectual property, bankruptcy, privacy and security, or other areas of law

Experience Five (5) or more years of broad commercial and corporate legal experience, required

Three (3) or more years' experience with a law firm required, Am Law 100 firm, preferred

Experience supporting various commercial transactions and contracts, including negotiation of client-facing agreements, required

Experience in-house within a corporation, professional partnership or other large business structure, preferred

Experience (law-firm or in-house) supporting a professional/consulting services business, preferred

Software Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, required

Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel and SharePoint, preferred

Other Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Demonstrated record of providing substantive/technical legal advice and support to clients

Desire to be a part of a long-standing professional services organization with an appetite for growth and development of skills in new areas of the law

Ability to use and become proficient with new software and technology implemented by the Firm for OGC use

Ability to be flexible and adaptive

Able to maintain the highly confidential nature of information

Capable of successfully managing multiple projects simultaneously and effectively to completion