Attorney
About The Position
At Parexel, the goal is to improve the world's health through clinical development solutions. The company emphasizes a deep conviction in its work, with every individual contributing to therapies that ultimately benefit patients. Parexel has an excellent opportunity for an attorney with 0-3 years’ experience to join its global legal and risk management team. The team is committed to mentoring and training legal talent. The ideal candidate has first-rate legal and business acumen, excellent leadership and customer service skills, and a positive “can-do” attitude. The Attorney is primarily responsible for drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, with an emphasis on revenue-generating customer agreements. The Attorney will also provide legal advice and counsel to Parexel’s various business units and contribute to the ongoing review and improvement of Parexel’s guidelines and processes. This is a client-facing position, and it is expected that the Attorney will establish highly collaborative, productive relationships with Parexel clients, other business partners and colleagues. The work requires effective, enthusiastic and thoughtful cross-functional collaboration within Parexel. The ability to understand risks, balance competing interests, and provide rapid, practical, and appropriate legal advice is critical to success in this role.
Requirements
- J.D. and Bar Admission (Bar admission is waived for recent law graduates planning to take or awaiting Bar results, in which case long term employment is conditioned upon being admitted to a Bar)
- First-rate legal and business acumen
- Excellent leadership and customer service skills
- Positive “can-do” attitude
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to understand risks, balance competing interests, and provide rapid, practical, and appropriate legal advice
Nice To Haves
- For practicing attorneys: experience in a large multi-national law firm and/or in-house experience supporting commercial operations and negotiating key transactions for a global corporation, ideally in the life sciences
- For recent law graduates: prior experience in a legal capacity (e.g., legal analyst, legal intern or paralegal) and/or knowledge of and interest in the life sciences industry
Responsibilities
- Analyze complex business and legal issues/risks to achieve practical solutions
- Manage and prioritize multiple and varied negotiations with enthusiasm and attention to detail
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to successfully drive negotiations
- Consistently meet internal and external timelines
- Lead by example, bringing positivity and professionalism to the workplace
- Take initiative and exercise ingenuity in problem-solving
- Drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, with an emphasis on revenue-generating customer agreements
- Provide legal advice and counsel to Parexel’s various business units
- Contribute to the ongoing review and improvement of Parexel’s guidelines and processes
- Establish highly collaborative, productive relationships with Parexel clients, other business partners and colleagues
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
