Senior Attorney

• Prepare, review and negotiate project client and subconsultant professional service agreements, as well as vendor contracts, software license agreements, and other business agreements with a focus on business risk mitigation. 
• Assist the General Counsel and the Assistant General Counsel with claims management and litigation support (as needed).
• Oversee firmwide entity management and professional licensing.
• Work together with a highly relational, collaborative legal team, as well as project teams and other internal functional groups, such as Finance, Marketing and Human Resources. 
• Provide necessary legal and business research.
• Use excellent verbal and written communication skills to create high quality business correspondence, presentations, and legal documents that are clear, concise and effective.
• Create, train and advise on NBBJ’s various policies and best practices.

• J.D. degree from an ABA accredited, national school and active State bar license (in good standing) to practice required.
• 5-7+ years of experience practicing law.
• Transactional experience and excellent contract drafting and negotiating skills is a must.
• Deep experience in the architecture/engineering/construction (A/E/C) industry; in-house experience in a large A/E firm is preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team-oriented environment with multiple deadlines.
• Experience in the following areas of law: construction, business, litigation/claims management, and partnership law.
• General knowledge of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Bribery Act, HIPAA, Federal contracting (FAR), and other laws impacting NBBJ’s domestic and international compliance obligations.
• Proven record of accomplishments as an in-house legal counsel or as senior attorney in a law firm with strong leadership, and communication skills.
• Excellent business/legal judgment to identify and assess legal risk and mitigate the firm’s exposure to legal liabilities. 
• Ability to proactively manage problems and identify opportunities, as well as think strategically to provide critical analysis and innovative thinking.
• High level of awareness of the ultimate impact of communications, decisions and actions on internal and external clients.
• Demonstrated ability to handle conflicts and challenges professionally, with grace under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work in a team environment with ability to flex between varying roles (leader/follower).
• Possess solid technology and computer skills including proficiency with MS Office Applications (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

• Exceptional judgment, emotional intelligence, self-awareness, humility and accountability is required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, prioritization, and presentation skills required.   
• Demonstrated leadership, professionalism and negotiation skills essential.  
• Strong research and analytical skills.   
• Ability to communicate effectively across all levels.   
• Must be a self-starter, self-aware with willingness to learn and improve, and able to work in a highly collaborative team environment. 
• Collaborative, inquisitive, proactive, positive and energetic.  
• Open to receiving and learning from feedback. 
• Assertive, creative and able to accommodate our firm culture. 
• Significant and broad legal experience (including transactional experience and claims management/litigation) and a pragmatic approach to negotiation which balances risk and reward.   
• International travel, residence abroad and/or international transaction experience is a plus.

The annual base pay range for this role is anticipated to be between $130,000 and $150,000. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of  factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.