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Parexel has an excellent opportunity for an attorney with 0 - 3 years’ experience to join our global legal and risk management team as an Attorney. Our 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.
Job Responsibility:
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
Have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
Lead by example, bringing positivity and professionalism to the workplace
Take initiative and exercise ingenuity in problem-solving.
Requirements:
J.D. and Bar Admission
Bar admission is waived for recent law graduates planning to take or awaiting Bar results
For practicing attorneys, preference for 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, preference for 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.