Sr Associate (Legal)
A Senior Associate, Procurement is responsible for the delivery of outstanding Procurement Contract Services for UnitedLex's global clients. This position will typically report to a Legal Director or Managing Counsel in a Region.
Responsibilities
- Directly provide deal support for the procurement and supply chain management process, working in our procurement sell side organization (under Legal), advising on technology and outsourcing deals
- Provide advice and negotiation support in connection with a broad range of procurement commercial transactions, including drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, contract interpretation, account counseling and supporting governance processes.
- Understand supplier contracts currently in place and support stakeholders in retrieving relevant contracts details
- Collaborate with business stakeholders in developing negotiation strategies and lead supplier negotiations
- Ensure business activities and contracts comply with internal policies, guidelines, industry laws, and regulation
- Provide support with respect to complex procurement activities including contract interpretation, document drafting, attending and leading meetings, drafting and responding to key communications and issue resolution and dispute management.
- Responsible for support and advice required in connection with any disputes between an account and a customer or third party that are not being handled by internal account support teams.
- BA/BS and JD is preferable but not required
- 3+ years of experience with supply chain management and procurement, sourcing, or contracting
- Individuals for this role are required to be dynamic, experienced and technically excellent lawyers or contract professionals, with strengths in teamwork, business risk-assessment and creative problem solving both in commercial and operational matters
- Must have the interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with customers.
- Experience in face-to-face negotiations, project management, risk awareness, and issue escalation
- Strong understanding of contracts legal principles
- Embraces innovative legal delivery services solutions, including use of technology and process to improve effectiveness/efficiency of delivery of legal services
Why Marshall Denning
Marshall Denning is a global law firm that has rapidly become a leading reference point in an industry that is just beginning to catch up with modern client and attorney needs.
While the practice of law has continued to evolve at its famously slow pace, other industries have fully embraced technology, creative collaboration and integration of capital markets.
Marshall Denning has challenged the status quo through investing in a platform comprised of six pillars: legal expertise; technology; global footprint; process design; project management; and financial strength. We do this within a client-centric, lower cost business model that provides creative and varied billing arrangements. As compared with traditional law firms, our clients have far greater choice and creative relationship options that deliver value significantly above market averages. We see it as the democratization of the practice of law.
We invite you to explore our firm and decide for yourself. There is law as it's always been, and there is Marshall Denning.
