Contracts Counsel

Description

At Corient, we help high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families to enjoy a full life, while enabling them to preserve their wealth for future generations, and provide for the people, causes and communities they care about. We focus on exceeding expectations, simplifying lives, and establishing legacies that last for generations.

We are always looking for talented and motivated individuals to join our team. If you want to work for a company that values your contributions and supports your growth, we would like to meet you.

Location:

Miami, FL

We are seeking a smart, hardworking attorney to join our Legal Team and provide end-to-end legal support to our contract lifecycle management (CLM) process, from drafting, interpretation, and negotiation through execution, renewal, termination, consolidation, and assignment of a broad range of vendor and commercial contracts. As a key member of our lean legal team, you will play a critical role in supporting our fast-growing firm to manage and optimize our CLM tool to streamline workflows, manage templates, and maintain accurate contract records.

You will report to a senior attorney on our legal team. This is a full-time, exempt position at our headquarters in Miami’s Brickell financial district. We believe an in-office presence is key to building our business, driving high performance and creating a team-based culture. Accordingly, you must be willing to join us in the office during the work week. This is a great opportunity to join a supportive, dynamic and friendly legal team at a fast-growing firm and to make a meaningful impact.

Come join us on our journey to become the world’s preeminent wealth management firm.

• Drafting & Negotiating:
  Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial contracts with vendors, business partners, and other third parties, including non-disclosure agreements, master services agreements, statements of work, order forms, change orders, amendments, terminations, and assignments.
• Risk Mitigation:
  Identify and flag potential risks, inconsistencies, or gaps in contract language and propose practical, business-competent solutions.
• Research & Analysis:
  • Conduct legal research and analysis to support contract interpretation and business decision‑making.
  • Prepare contract summaries and executive summaries for other members of the Legal team and key stakeholders.
• Contract Optimization:
  Collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders to optimize contracts from M&A, including consolidating contracts as well as drafting contract terminations, consolidations, and assignments and driving them to execution.
• Manage Legal Workflow for Contracts End-to-End:
  • Organize, manage, update, and optimize templates, playbooks, and processes.
  • Create additional templates, playbooks, and processes to enhance efficiency and customer service.
  • Maintain contracts tracker to ensure timely completion of contract reviews per agreed SLAs.
  • Prepare contracts for execution using Docu Sign or other similar solution.
  • Maintain a comprehensive database of executed contracts and successfully transition it to our CLM tool, including ensuring appropriate access controls and useful metadata.
  • In collaboration with other key internal and external stakeholders, drive implementation of new workflows and additional functionality in our CLM.
• Track tasks and timelines for all projects to ensure timely delivery.
• Provide a high-quality service level to all internal and external constituents ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and consistency.
• Establish positive and productive relationships with internal stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Assist other members of the Legal team on a variety of tasks, projects, processes, and initiatives, as requested.
• Perform other work and projects, as assigned.

• J.D. from an accredited law school and a member in good standing of a U.S. state bar.
• 3–5 years of experience in a similar role.
• Extensive legal contract drafting, review, and negotiation skills, with the ability to identify risks and propose effective solutions, particularly with enterprise contracts, including technology and…