Principal Attorney – Commercial Agreements

GlobalFoundries

Principal Attorney managing complex sales transactions for GlobalFoundries. Leading negotiations and providing legal guidance on high-value deals while managing a team of legal professionals.

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $130,000 - $227,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Negotiate with customers and internal clients to obtain deal closure.
Formulate effective and efficient negotiation and resolution strategies to meet business objectives based on deep knowledge of GF’s business, applicable law, risk analysis and financial analysis.
Provide advice and counsel to various functional areas of the business, including identifying and mitigating risks, and the impact and application of contract terms and the law to resolve issues.
Draft, review and advise on contract drafts.
Responsible for providing accurate, timely, concise, well-drafted contract drafts.
Provide advice and guidance and management direction to other attorneys, paralegals and other contracts professionals.
Perform other relevant duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Education - J.D., LLB (or equivalent degree)
Experience - 10+ years of experience at a law firm or comparable corporate environment in a sophisticated commercial transactions practice
Skills - Excellent contract drafting skills
Excellent negotiation skills
Effective communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written form with all levels of employees throughout the company
Proven success working in cross-functional and geographically diverse teams and utilizing available company resources effectively
Management experience preferred.
Travel - Up to 10%
Fluency in English Language – written & verbal.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

contract draftingnegotiationrisk analysisfinancial analysis

Soft Skills

effective communicationmanagementcross-functional teamwork

Certifications

J.D.LLB