Attorney/ Associate Counsel

When our values align, there's no limit to what we can achieve.
 
At Parexel, we all share the same goal - to improve the world's health. From clinical trials to regulatory, consulting, and market access, every clinical development solution we provide is underpinned by something special - a deep conviction in what we do.

Each of us, no matter what we do at Parexel, contributes to the development of a therapy that ultimately will benefit a patient. We take our work personally, we do it with empathy and we're committed to making a difference.

Parexel has an excellent opportunity for either an Attorney or Associate Counsel to join our global legal and risk management team. At an Attorney level, we would expect candidates to have 1-2 years' experience with large law firm training. For an Associate Counsel, we would expect 4+ years.

The ideal candidate for the Attorney / Associate Counsel role has contracting expertise, first-rate legal and business acumen, excellent leadership and customer service skills, and a positive “can-do” attitude. The Attorney / Associate Counsel is primarily responsible for drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, with an emphasis on revenue-generating customer agreements. The Attorney / Associate Counsel will also provide legal advice and counsel to the Company’s various business units and will contribute to the ongoing review and improvement of the Company’s guidelines and processes.

This is a client-facing position, and it is expected that the Attorney / Associate Counsel will establish productive relationships with internal clients, Company clients and other business partners. The work requires thoughtful cross-functional collaboration within the Company. The Attorney / Associate Counsel has frequent interactions with internal stakeholders across multiple business units and functional groups. The ability to understand risks, balance competing interests, and provide rapid, practical, and appropriate legal advice to the Company’s strategic business units and functional units is critical to success in this role.

Parexel are supportive of a flexible working pattern and the successful individual would need to be onsite in the office a minimum of two days per week. Homebased working is fully supported outside of this.

You will have:

• The ability to analyze complex business and legal issues/risks to achieve practical solutions.

• Exceptional legal drafting skills with an affinity for crafting language to successfully advance negotiations.

• The ability to manage and prioritize multiple and varied negotiations with enthusiasm and attention to detail.

• Possess financial and business acumen.

• Aptitude to lead teams of internal and external stakeholders to drive negotiations.

• Motivation to meet internal and external deadlines.

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

• A willingness to take the initiative and display resourcefulness.

Education

• J.D. and Bar Admission required

Minimum Work Experience

• Strong professional experience as an Attorney/Legal Counsel, minimum 2 years' experience in a large multi-national law firm preferred, and/or 2-6+ years in-house experience supporting commercial operations and negotiating key transactions for a global corporation (preference for life sciences).

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Parexel is an equal opportunity employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status, which in the US includes race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.