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Robert Half Attorney/Lawyer in Chicago, Illinois
Description
Robert Half's Legal Division is seeking a Transactional Attorney for one of our in-house clients in the Chicago Loop. The ideal attorney will have 1+ years of experience in a law firm and/or in house environment, and be comfortable working a hybrid schedule.
Duties of this position include but are not limited to:
Drafting, analyzing, editing, and managing (and eventually leading in negotiating) domestic and international contracts in and across all subject matter areas including but not limited to: professional services (clients and subcontractors); technology (e.g. software licensing, SaaS), and other collaboration services.
Enhancing the Company’s current policies governing Human Resources, Data Security, Ethics and Compliance, and IT Security.
Crafting and enhancing corporate policies while developing presentations and learning modules for company staff.
Developing policies that keep pace with legal and statutory developments, particularly in areas of data privacy (e.g. CCPA and PIPEDA).
Empowering and counseling Company leadership and stakeholders by analyzing legal risks and balancing said risks with the Company’s business interests.
Continuously staying updated on rapidly evolving federal and state laws affecting the company’s business in the areas of joint employment, outside sales, and the sales and marketing industry.
Assisting Company leadership in providing daily and on-going legal, compliance and business counseling to all staff members in and across all subject matter areas including: general corporate (including corporate secretarial functions and foreign and domestic entity formations/management); sales and marketing (including counseling on current and proposed laws and regulations); regulatory and compliance (including regulation of our client’s industries/services/products); operations (including procurement and events); finance, credit and accounting; and labor and employment.
Assisting in managing all legal matters in the areas of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and development including participating in all related drafting, due diligence review, document and data room organization, outside counsel management and all other transaction management matters.
If you feel as if you meet this background and are interested in hearing more, please apply directly to this job positing! We look forward to hearing from you!
Requirements
o Juris Doctorate from an ABA accredited law school and licensed to practice law in Illinois or eligible to obtain a limited in-house counsel license from the state of Illinois.
o Experience as a practicing attorney in-house at a medium sized entity or as outside counsel to business entities.
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