Senior Counsel/Director, Commercial Counsel
Solutus Legal Search
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Long Beach • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $220,000 - $310,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Lead legal strategy and execution for infrastructure projects needed to expand the Company’s business operations, including strategy and execution of legal requirements.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial agreements, including purchase and sale agreements, leases, construction agreements, easements, maintenance agreements, and related instruments.
- Advise internal stakeholders on land use, title, entitlements, permitting, and zoning for infrastructure development.
- Manage and resolve commercial disputes and litigation, including with landlords, contractors, and regulatory agencies.
- Partner with cross-functional teams in engineering, test and launch operations, manufacturing, and finance to support new site acquisitions, construction, and facility buildouts.
- Manage and coordinate outside counsel to ensure cost-effective, strategic outcomes.
- Implement scalable practices for managing infrastructure project risks, contract compliance, and long-term infrastructure planning.
- Negotiate other types of commercial contracts, including supply chain and IT procurement, as needed.
- Play a key role in building out the Commercial Legal function, defining best practices, updating and designing key commercial agreement templates, and structuring scalable legal support.
Requirements
- JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. state.
- 7+ years of post-JD experience
- Proven experience driving large-scale real estate, infrastructure, or construction projects from start to finish (preferred)
- Ability to translate legal complexity into practical guidance for technical and operational teams (preferred)
- Excellent contract negotiation, drafting, and project management skills (preferred)
- Strategic thinker who thrives in a fast-paced, innovative environment (preferred)
- 3+ years of relevant experience at a top law firm (preferred)
- In-house experience partnering closely with business and ownership teams at a rapidly scaling, operationally complex company (preferred)
- Motivated, self-starter with high EQ, business-savvy and teamwork abilities (preferred)
- Oriented to considering the business implications of legal advice, with a keen sense of contextual risk calibration (preferred)
- Must be able to work on-site in Long Beach, CA; remote option is not available.
Benefits
- a potential bonus
- equity
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
contract negotiationcontract draftingproject managementlegal strategycommercial agreementsreal estate projectsinfrastructure projectsconstruction projectsrisk managementcompliance
Soft skills
strategic thinkingteamworkcommunicationbusiness-savvyself-starterhigh emotional intelligenceability to translate legal complexityproblem-solvingadaptabilityleadership
Certifications
JD from an accredited law schoolactive bar membership