About the Role:
Our customer, a wellness technology company is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Commercial Lawyer/ Legal Contracts Specialist to join their team on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This role is ideal for someone who is early in their legal career, including non-qualified or foreign-qualified candidates, with experience in reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements within a global business environment.
Key Responsibilities:
* Draft, review, and mark up a wide range of commercial contracts, including vendor, retail, wholesale, marketplace, sponsorship, and SaaS agreements.
* Assist with updating contract templates and providing opinions on contractual clauses.
* Support contract management processes, including filing, tracking, and general administration.
* Collaborate with stakeholders across different business functions in a fast-paced, international environment.
* Ensure compliance with internal policies and assist in risk management initiatives.
Requirements:
* Previous experience working in-house, ideally within a global company.
* Familiarity with US contracts is highly desirable.
* Strong contract review and drafting skills, with attention to detail.
* Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines effectively.
* Proactive, organised, and comfortable handling both legal and administrative tasks.
About Elevate
Elevate provides consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong and Australia.
ElevateFlex, is the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, we define and support a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We were recently proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.
Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together.
Equitability and Inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, changing the legal business landscape, we know a diverse, inclusive work culture is at the heart of attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work because we know that diversity of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business.
As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape and make a dent in the legal universe.