Legal Counsel
Job description
About the role
The Legal Counsel position at Baringa represents a critical opportunity to safeguard and empower a dynamic, high-growth enterprise operating at the forefront of the technology and business advisory sectors. You will be instrumental in supporting Baringa's Legal & Business Integrity practice, specifically focusing on the fast-expanding North American business footprint. This role demands a proactive and strategic partner who can navigate complex commercial landscapes while ensuring robust legal protection for the firm and its clients. The successful candidate will own the end-to-end management of legal risk associated with commercial transactions and technology engagements, enabling the business to move decisively without compromising compliance or governance. You will serve as a trusted advisor, balancing the need for speed in a market-driven environment with the non-negotiable requirements of legal precision and ethical integrity. Ultimately, this position is about enabling commercial velocity through disciplined legal stewardship and the sophisticated application of technology to contract management.
Key facts
What you'll do
Draft, review, and negotiate a wide spectrum of commercial agreements, ensuring terms align with business objectives while protecting the company from undue risk.
Provide timely and practical legal advice on technology transactions and data-related issues, helping teams understand the implications of their decisions.
Lead the implementation and utilization of Luminance contract management software to streamline processes and enhance oversight of legal documents.
Analyze complex commercial arrangements to identify potential legal, operational, and reputational hazards before they impact the business.
Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders to translate business needs into legally sound documentation without sacrificing efficiency or speed.
Manage the full contract lifecycle from initiation through execution, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
Act as a key point of contact for external counsel and vendors, coordinating efforts to resolve legal matters effectively.
Evaluate and mitigate risks associated with third-party relationships, ensuring appropriate protections are embedded in contractual frameworks.
Champion best practices in legal operations and process improvement, seeking continuous enhancements in how legal work is delivered.
Demonstrate sound commercial judgment in advising on the balance between opportunity realization and risk mitigation for business leaders.
Take ownership of complex legal matters, driving them to resolution with accountability and a focus on achieving client and company goals.
Support the development and maintenance of legal standards, templates, and playbooks that promote consistency and quality across engagements.
Engage with emerging legal technologies and artificial intelligence tools, providing feedback on their application to improve legal service delivery.
Promote a culture of ethics, integrity, and confidentiality within the legal function and across the wider organization.
Requirements
The posting states a pay range of $170 to $190000.
The posting states a bachelor's degree requirement. A U.S.-qualified attorney in good standing with the bar of at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
At least three years of experience in a leading law firm, an in-house legal team, or a combination, with strong commercial contracting experience and a proven track record of drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
Proactive, accountable, and solutions-oriented, with the ability to take ownership of matters, anticipate issues, exercise sound judgment, and drive work to completion.
Organization supports independent work in a remote environment while collaborating effectively with a small legal team, including the Senior Legal Counsel based in New York.
Prioritization, communication, and stakeholder management skills balance competing demands, manage expectations, and operate effectively with limited supervision.
Commercial judgment identifies, assesses, and clearly communicates legal, contractual, operational, and reputational risks to business stakeholders.
Interest is demonstrated in legal operations, contract lifecycle management, process improvement, and AI-enabled legal technology, including experience with or enthusiasm for adopting tools such as Luminance.
Ethics, professionalism, integrity, confidentiality, and sound judgment guide work, with the ability to navigate disagreement and resolve issues constructively.
Practical notes
The successful candidate will help implement and embed Luminance across the business.
Typical interview steps
Legal interviews usually include a contract review exercise, a compliance scenario, and behavioral rounds. Candidates may be asked to flag issues in a sample agreement or explain a regulatory question. Past experience with specific practice areas carries the most weight. Interviewers often present a sample contract and ask what you would flag. Working through it out loud, risk by risk, is the strongest approach.
Good to know
The role emphasizes ethical practice, sound judgment, and continuous learning in a growing, technology-enabled environment.
Questions to ask
Good questions to ask the employer in the interview: what does success look like in the first six months, how is the team structured, what is the current biggest challenge, and how are decisions made. Asking about growth paths and the review process is also well received. Employers expect questions, and good ones show preparation.
Career growth
Legal careers grow from associate to senior counsel, general counsel, and chief legal officer roles. Compliance specialists can move into risk or governance leadership. Specialization by practice area, from employment law to corporate transactions, is common. Legal careers reward precision and commercial awareness. In-house roles value speed and judgment over exhaustive analysis.