Commercial Contracts Attorney
About The Position
Join Our Team as a Commercial Contracts Lawyer at Axiom Location: Philadelphia, PA We are seeking a versatile Commercial Contracts Lawyer to support our client, a major insurance company, across a broad range of commercial contracting and cross-functional legal matters. In this role, you will act as a flexible, generalist resource, providing practical legal support on vendor, SaaS, and general commercial agreements, while assisting with real estate and other business-facing needs. This position is designed to address a current team bandwidth gap, with a focus on managing overflow work, supporting project-based initiatives, and collaborating across multiple stakeholders and business units. This is an existing vacancy created following a recent team departure.
Requirements
- 5-10 years of experience in commercial contracts
- Experience working across multiple stakeholders and business functions, including IT, HR, Claims, and Real Estate
- Strong communication, negotiation, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Juris Doctor degree or equivalent and licensed to practice law in an applicable jurisdiction
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting technology-related agreements, including software licensing, SaaS, outsourcing, and digital engagements
- Strong knowledge of commercial contracting practices, with familiarity supporting real estate agreements such as leases, amendments, and renewals
- Excellent negotiation skills across a range of third-party agreements, including vendor, technology, and service provider contracts
- Familiarity with data security practices and privacy laws and regulations
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate third-party agreements, including vendor agreements, IT/SaaS agreements, service provider agreements, and general commercial contracts
- Handle medium-complexity commercial agreements and corporate transactions–adjacent work without being limited to a narrow specialty
- Provide real estate legal support, including lease amendments, renewals, refurbishment-related agreements, and coordination with outside counsel on larger matters
- Support multiple internal groups, including HR, IT, Claims & Service Providers, and Real Estate, as a central legal resource
- Step into project-based and overflow work, including contract management system organization, folder structuring, document organization, and process cleanup/scalability support
Benefits
- health, dental, and vision insurance
- paid holidays and PTO
- flexible work arrangements
- professional development opportunities and tools
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
