Associate Inhouse Counsel

The Division: 
Carina acquires, equips, and enables vertical market software companies serving the energy sector for growth. We are a buy-and-hold-forever company, which means we don’t disrupt the day-to-day management. Rather, we equip you with the resources, capital allocation, and coaching you need to reach your true growth and earnings potential. 

The Position: 
We are seeking an intermediate commercial and corporate lawyer, experienced in an international business environment, ideally with experiences gained at multi-national or North America-centric organizations. 
The chosen professional shall work from the Contour Karachi/Lahore/Islamabad office, report to the portfolio's General Counsel, and collaborate with business unit management located in Canada, the US, Europe and Asia Pacific. 
 
Key Tasks & Responsibilities: 

• Providing support in the structuring, drafting and negotiating of commercial agreements, including various types of software license agreements, terms & conditions, service agreements, partnership agreements and time-sensitive tenders and RFQ’s. 

• Providing contract support for standard corporate agreements, such as non-disclosure, marketing, intercompany and independent contractor agreements. 

• Providing administrative support for documents and activities related to corporate restructurings, such as mergers, acquisitions, and formations. 

• Support the company's acquisition activities, including participating in contract review in due diligence, preparing ancillary agreements and internal contribution agreements for acquisitions, and assisting in post-acquisition integration efforts. 

• Liaising with outside firms to oversee preparation, filing, organization and maintenance of corporate books and records, including bylaws, resolutions, board of director changes, annual reports, etc. 

• Assisting in matters involving creation and maintenance of corporate subsidiaries, including entity formation, entity dissolution, entity foreign qualifications, obtaining DBAs, and coordinating obtaining EINS and preparation of W-9s with tax and compliance. 

• Assisting in data privacy, data security, trade control compliance and other regulatory requirements, with substantial work involving trade control compliance; 

• Maintaining subsidiary lists, entity charts, and officer/director designations for entities. 

• Coordinating and receiving director and officer signatures for documents and materials. 

 
Desired Skills and Qualifications:  

• Ideal Candidate has US/Canada/UK/European Law degree and 5-8 years of corporate/commercial legal experience working for multi-national, trans-national or US/Canada/European companies. 

• Candidates with experience involving commercial contracting, especially involving software or intellectual property, or experience at software or energy industry companies shall be preferred. 

• Excellent drafting and negotiating skills, as well as the ability to handle a high volume of competing demands, are essential. Ideal candidates must be adaptable, business minded, able to prioritize, and manage workload independently and collaboratively with clients, and have experience in fast-paced environments and routinely working across international time zones. 

• Excellent time management, organizational, interpersonal and communication skills are required, and candidates must have demonstrated skill and experience in effectively communicating complex issues (oral and written). 

• Exposure to data protection laws and international trade control compliance will be considered an asset.