Corporate Counsel, Commercial Contracts

At Avantor, people are the most important part of our success because they drive our global performance. That’s why our Operations, Lab Services, Sales, and many other Avantor teams rely on our talent acquisition initiatives to attract, engage and hire the right talent. Avantor’s Legal vertical is a crucial part of this mix, enabling all our internal teams worldwide to grow beyond their limits.

The Corporate Counsel reviews, drafts, and negotiates commercial contracts. Advises the business on legal risks and provides analysis regarding contractual and commercial matters. Ensures compliance with internal policies and legal requirements.  Reviews advertising and marketing materials to ensure compliance with global legal requirements.

What we’re looking for:

• Education: JD from a top law school; State bar admission required.
• Experience: Minimum 7 years relevant experience, preferably at a law firm and/or in-house legal contracts experience.
  • 3-5 years corporate transaction experience, with particular emphasis on reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements, including procurements, sales, vendor, service, distribution and consignment agreements.
  • Experience providing timely advice and counsel to high performance commercial and procurement teams.
  • Familiarity with advertising law and reviewing marketing materials.
  • Experience building efficient contract lifecycle management processes preferred.

Who you are:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple priorities within deadlines

How you will thrive and create an impact:

• Reviews, drafts, and negotiates various types of contracts and RFPs with aggregate annual revenue of greater than $500M.
• Leads and manages legal aspects of contract negotiations with high value, high profile, and/or highly complex suppliers, customers, and vendors.
• Provides advice and assistance regarding legal interpretations and analysis of the business risk of contracts and serves as subject matter expert on contracting issues.
• This is a matrix leader role that will work closely with and provide guidance to the company's contracts administration team throughout the contracting process and ensures compliance with internal policies.
• Reviews, drafts, and identifies the need for corporate compliance policies.
• Develops, drafts, and reviews contract templates for the company and its acquisitions; consolidates and leverages global contract requirements.
• Leads training initiatives for the company’s contracts administration team.
• Reviews marketing materials for compliance with legal requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.
 
The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.
 
We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

EEO Statement:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.

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