Outsourced General Counsel Services (GCS) Attorney

Our Firm: 

Sterlington was founded by a former Big Law partner to provide high-quality legal services while working 100% remotely. Our clients include private equity and other investment funds, multi-billion-dollar family offices, public and private companies, investment banks, high-net worth individuals, and startups. Learn more at: www.sterlingtonlaw.com.

The Role: 

Our team provides outsourced general counsel services, supporting companies in their day-to-day legal needs, including commercial contracts, employment law, and legal risk matters.  You will work with clients from a variety of sectors, including digital marketing, tech, creative, pharma, publishers and FinTech, giving you a wider range of commercial and employment experience. The role requires someone with 5 or more years’ experience as you will lead client engagements and be autonomous on several of the Firm’s engagements. You will have a commitment to excellent client delivery and will be flexible in your approach to providing fractional, outsourced general counsel, services. We are happy to discuss part-time, job share, or hourly arrangements for this opportunity.

Responsibilities:  

As a legal professional providing fractional employment and/or commercial law services to clients. Duties will include (but as not limited to):

• Employment Law: Provide legal and strategic business advice on sensitive employment and compliance issues, including, recruiting, and onboarding; employee relations, performance management and investigations; terminations; leaves of absence; works council; compensation and benefits; and other employment-related matters
• You will develop, maintain, review, and implement HR/employment law policies, templates, playbooks, best practices, and training for clients
• Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements (MSAs, template development, advisory services, negotiation of indemnities)
• Compensation/Equity: Drafting compensation and equity programs and agreements for: stock option plans, RSUs, profits interest plans, phantom stock plans, ESOPs, commission plans, incentive compensation plans, bonus plans, and retention agreements
• Commercial Contracts: Drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements with both customers and suppliers such as master services agreements, SOWs, licensing agreements, affiliate agreements, development agreements, marketing agreements, SAAS, and data protection agreements
• Other general counsel services such as risk advice, corporate governance, commercial insurance program reviews, drafting of terms of service, disclosures and privacy policies, etc.
• You’ll be working with senior business leaders and HR teams from sectors including: AdTech; creative and digital agencies; FinTech; EdTech; SaaS; Web Developers; and Pharma

Qualifications and Attributes: 

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with employment law or commercial agreement drafting
• Prior legal experience in-house and/or in law firm servicing mid-market, growth focused SME businesses (with an employment or commercially law focus)
• Possess a self-motivated and proactive approach to managing client relationships. Ensures a deep understanding of clients, their objectives and ensures they provide commercially driven legal outcomes
• Knowledge of privacy laws and data protection (CCPA &GDPR) a plus
• JD required
• Candidates must be admitted to a US bar (NY and CA states preferred)

Sterlington is a full-service law firm that combines legal and commercial excellence with modern ways of practicing.

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Kindly be aware that salaries are presented in the local currency specified in the job advertisement. We invite qualified candidates from around the world to apply, emphasizing that those chosen for the position will have the opportunity to engage in discussions regarding local market rates and the corresponding salary for the advertised role.

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