Senior Legal Lead

Summary

Join Graphite, a digital marketing agency, as a Senior Legal Lead and assist the Director of Legal with daily tasks. You will draft, review, and negotiate contracts; support leadership with new initiatives; provide support in vendor onboarding; identify legal issues and risks; follow up on regulatory matters; collaborate with an international team; and manage contracts and NDA analysis. This fully remote position requires a Law Degree, 5+ years of relevant experience, strong commercial law knowledge, proven contract drafting and negotiation skills, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach. Graphite offers a flexible work environment, autonomy, and a focus on process improvement to empower employees to do their best work.

Requirements

• Law Degree
• 5+ years of experience in similar roles in-house or in a Law firm
• Strong knowledge of Commercial Law. Knowledge of Corporate, Labour, or IP Law is highly desirable
• Proven experience in drafting, negotiating, and advising on commercial contracts, with a pragmatic and commercial approach, in English
• Strong attention to detail and ability to multitask & prioritize in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Proactive, highly organized, and with a sense of urgency

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts
• Support leadership with new initiatives, including product development and intellectual property matters
• Provide support in the intake-to-procure processes for Graphite’s vendors, including onboarding
• Identification of legal issues and risks that may affect Graphite
• Follow up on regulatory matters under different frameworks
• Work along with an international team of lawyers to establish contract templates and workstreams
• NDA analysis and tracking
• Contracts management

Preferred Qualifications

LLM would be a big plus

Benefits

• Process As Needed - We view the process as a way to empower better work, not as a series of dogmatic rules. We develop the best internal processes the same way we develop products - through iteration, measurement, and continuous improvement
• Autonomy - We trust you to be excellent at what you do. We will provide as much support as needed when needed, but no more. You will have autonomy and agency to drive projects forward, and own decisions and outcomes
• Flexible Work Environment - Everyone’s optimal work style is unique. We operate as a distributed team across the US, Canada, Latin America and Europe. We optimize for productivity and performance, not time spent in an office. Help us build an optimal work environment that fits you as an individual