Interim Commercial Contracts Attorney

Major, Lindsey & Africa’s client has an immediate need for an Interim Commercial Contracts Attorney

Overview: Our client seeks a skilled Commercial Contracts Attorney for a 4+ month assignment.

Company: Our client is a well-respected wholesale supply chain distribution company

Experience: Successful candidates will have at least 5+ years of relevant experience

Location: Remote

Job Description:
Our Client is seeking an experienced Commercial Counsel to provide practical, business-focused legal support for its distribution and customer-facing commercial operations.

The ideal attorney will have significant experience negotiating commercial distribution, supply, customer and related agreements, ideally within foodservice, retail, consumer products, logistics or another high-volume distribution environment.

Experience working with franchise systems or franchisee-operated customers is particularly valuable with the emphasis on the commercial relationships supporting a franchise network.

Job Responsibilities:

- Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including:

Distribution and supply agreements

- Customer and vendor agreements

- Franchise, dealer or similar network agreements

- Purchasing and procurement agreements

- Services agreements and MSAs

- Statements of work

- Confidentiality agreements

- Amendments, renewals and related operational contracts

- Advise business stakeholders regarding pricing and commercial terms, service obligations, performance requirements, indemnification, insurance, limitations of liability, termination rights and other contractual risk.

- Partner directly with sales, operations, procurement, supply-chain and other business stakeholders.

- Provide pragmatic legal advice that balances contractual risk with the operational realities of a large distribution business.

- Independently manage a high volume of agreements and competing business priorities.

Qualifications:

- J.D and active license in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

- Substantial commercial contracting experience with large commercial customers and suppliers.

- Meaningful distribution, supply-chain, wholesale or foodservice contracting experience.

- Experience supporting restaurant franchise systems, franchisee-operated locations, dealer networks or similar multi-location customer structures.

- In-house experience within foodservice distribution, restaurant, retail, CPG, wholesale, logistics or another operationally intensive business.

- Ability to work directly with commercial stakeholders and get transactions completed without over-lawyering routine business issues.

Preferred: In-house commercial experience supporting a logistics, distribution, transportation, retail, manufacturing, or similarly operational business

Pay rate: $90

Individual compensation offered for this position within the pay range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Information regarding benefits can be found on MLA’s Website on the Consultant Resources Page: https://www.mlaglobal.com/en/consultant-resources

All interested and qualified candidates should apply directly with Major, Lindsey & Africa for review and consideration.

Major, Lindsey & Africa does not discriminate against applications on the basis of age, sex, race or any other protected characteristics pursuant to applicable state or federal laws.

Job ID: 267024