Associate Corporate Counsel - Commercial Transactions
About The Position
EchoStar seeks an Associate Corporate Counsel to join its dynamic legal department in Littleton, Colorado, supporting commercial transactions across wireless services, telecommunications infrastructure, enterprise solutions, and regulated industries. The Associate Corporate Counsel resolves complex legal and commercial issues involving roaming, transport, network infrastructure, and enterprise partner relationships while providing concise, practical guidance to business teams. This role mitigates legal risks, supports strategic commercial initiatives, and enhances internal legal contracting processes to balance regulatory, operational, and organizational goals.
Requirements
- Exceptional technical drafting expertise and meticulous attention to detail in high-volume commercial transactional work
- Strong skills in problem solving and analytical thinking to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into actionable business advice
- Ability to collaborate effectively across legal, business, regulatory, finance, and operational teams
- AI Literacy and Application skills to enhance contract review processes and operational legal workflows
- Critical experience drafting, reviewing, or negotiating commercial, technology, telecommunications, or enterprise customer agreements
- Critical experience proactively identifying legal risks and navigating fast-paced, regulated environment challenges
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree or international equivalent, with an active license to practice law in at least one U.S. state and the ability to meet Colorado admission requirements
- 1 to 4 years of legal experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department, focusing on commercial transactions
- At least 1 year of experience with: Commercial, technology, or telecommunications agreement drafting and negotiation
- At least 1 year of experience with: Assessing legal risk within enterprise customer, vendor, or intercarrier arrangements
- At least 1 year of experience with: Cross-functional collaboration with business, technical, and operational teams
Nice To Haves
- Prior in-house legal department experience
- Experience in the wireless, telecommunications, infrastructure, technology, enterprise services, or regulated-industries sectors
- Familiarity with roaming, interconnection, transport, fiber, data center, colocation, managed services, or network infrastructure agreements
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements to enable wireless, enterprise, and infrastructure initiatives
- Support critical transactions involving transport, network infrastructure, data centers, and backhaul agreements
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve issues regarding telecommunications compliance, privacy, data security, and service commitments
- Deliver concise, business-oriented guidance on contract interpretation, commercial risk, and dispute avoidance
- Optimize legal contracting efficiency through the maintenance of playbooks, templates, policies, and procedures
- Leverage legal AI application tools to streamline contract review, template creation, and risk analysis workflows
Benefits
- Flexible spending accounts
- HSA
- 401(k) Plan with company match
- ESPP
- Career opportunities
- Flexible time away plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
