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The position will be responsible for performing a variety of legal tasks within DNOW (NYSE: DNOW) under the direction and supervision of the lawyers in the DNOW legal department. DNOW is an industry-leading provider of pipe, valves and valve automation, fittings, mill and industrial supplies, tools, safety products, and artificial lift systems to the upstream, midstream, and downstream & industrial markets as well as a leading supply chain solutions.JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Review and assign contract requests to attorneys and manage workflow. Track department numbers on contracts, litigation, and claims for quarterly metric reporting. Manage department inquiries on contract statues and coordinate with the attorneys.
- Create and manage electronic files for contracts, claims, litigation, real estate, and intellectual property. Update physical files as needed to included executed contracts as well as closing out dormant files.
- Draft, revise, and review Bills of Sale and Non-Disclosure Agreement requests and potentially Terms and Conditions or Master Service Agreements. Work with attorneys as needed on revisions and legal insertions specific to the request.
- Assist attorneys with tasks including converting contracts, formatting for signature, completing exceptions tables, locating contracts in Legal Files, and other miscellaneous tasks.
- Manage legal systems for daily usage including CLM platforms, Diligent, matter management trackers, etc.
- Code and process invoices for payment, including department expense reports. Coordinate with the Accounts Payable to set up new suppliers/vendors and monitor payment statuses.
- Complete special projects and other responsibilities, as assigned, including work on M&A activity, SEC work, litigation, corporate entity restructuring, etc.
- Review and distribute department mail as needed. Prepare outgoing mail and stock department supplies as needed.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience with a law firm or an in-house legal department. Background working with commercial/legal contracts is preferred.
- Ability to work collaboratively and as a member of a team while empowering business leaders and colleagues.
- Strong presentation skills to key stakeholders within the organization
- Self-starter mentality with limited oversight
- Ability to effectively communicate, draft legal documents, negotiate, and problem solve.
- MS Office skills (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint)
- Goal-oriented with the ability to multi-task under pressure in fast-paced work environment
- Follows established guidelines, policies and procedures and meets deadlines.
BENEFITS:
- Competitive Salary
- Comprehensive Benefits (medical, dental, vision, life and disability coverage)
- Career Growth
- Casual and friendly work environment
- Paid vacation/holidays
Skills Required
- Experience with a law firm or in-house legal department
- Commercial or legal contracts experience
- Ability to work collaboratively and as part of a team
- Ability to empower business leaders and colleagues
- Strong presentation skills with key stakeholders
- Self-starter mentality with limited oversight
- Ability to communicate effectively, draft legal documents, negotiate, and problem solve
- Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint
- Ability to multitask under pressure in a fast-paced work environment
- Ability to follow established guidelines, policies, and procedures and meet deadlines
DistributionNOW Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about DistributionNOW and has not been reviewed or approved by DistributionNOW.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is available, and benefits are frequently characterized as good to excellent. HSA and FSA options and multiple medical plan tiers are also referenced.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan is offered as part of the package. Retirement benefits are consistently present alongside core insurance coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, paid holidays, sick days, bereavement, military leave, and parental/family leave appear in the offering. These provisions support reasonable work‑life balance in several roles.
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What We Do
We operate primarily under the DistributionNOW and DNOW brands as a global distributor of the oil and gas and industrial markets. Through our growing DigitalNOW® platform, customers can leverage world-class technology across eCommerce, data management and supply chain optimization applications to solve a wide array of complex operational and product sourcing challenges to assist in maximizing their return on assets. Our energy product offering serves the energy industry – from upstream drilling and completion, exploration and production (“E&P”), midstream infrastructure development to downstream petroleum refining and petrochemicals – as well as in other industries, such as mining, chemical processing, liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) terminals, power generation utilities and renewables. The industrial distribution end markets include engineering and construction firms that perform capital and maintenance projects for their end-user clients. Our global product offering includes maintenance, repair and operating (“MRO”) supplies, pipe, valves, fittings, flanges, gaskets, fasteners, electrical, instrumentation, artificial lift, pumping solutions, valve actuation and modular process, measurement and control equipment. We also offer procurement, warehouse and inventory management solutions as part of our supply chain and materials management offering. We have developed expertise in providing application systems, work processes, parts integration, optimization solutions and after-sales support. Our solutions include outsourcing portions or entire functions of our customers’ procurement, warehouse and inventory management, logistics, point of issue technology, project management, business process and performance metrics reporting. We streamline our customers’ purchasing process, from requisition to procurement to payment, by digitally managing workflow, improving approval routing and providing robust reporting functionality.
