Paralegal/Contracts Administrator (BBBH1667282) New Jersey, USA

Salary: USD30 - USD35 per hour

Commercial and B2B Legal/Paralegal Consultant - FULLY REMOTE

Responsibilities:

  • MUST HAVE: Commercial, Sales Contracts and B2B Legal/Paralegal Experience
  • Able to quickly familiarize yourself with the Company’s products and services, standard contract templates, deviations and reasons for deviations
  • Support the contract administration lifecycle, including responding to and tracking inbound requests, redlines to standard sales contracts, routing escalations to stakeholders/reviewers, and facilitating contract execution
    • Review, draft and negotiate client (sales) contracts, NDAs and other related contracts to ensure compliance with standard forms, terms and conditions
    • Draft responses to redlines and assist with negotiation of non-standard language
    • Draft multiple fallback positions to use when a counterparty pushes back on standard contract clauses
    • Assist with management of and updates to standard form contract templates
    • Serve as the first point of contact to various business functions for contract requests
    • Track and record deviations from standard contract positions for all existing and new client contracts
    • Track, record and manage specific contractual notice requirements
  • Assist with preparation of contract playbook by evaluating current contracts and consulting with internal stakeholders to understand:
    • how and why the company reached specific contract positions;
    • internal policies that restrict or mandate certain contract terms;
    • when particular contract templates and clauses should be used and in what circumstances;
    • when alternative contract language should be used;
    • specific approvals needed to deviate from the form templates;
    • rationale for the  counterparty to support the company’s positions; and
    • key negotiation issues and common pitfalls.

Skills/Requirements:

  • At least three years’ transactional and contract administration experience (preferably in-house)
  • Excellent technical skills in contracts law so you can hit the ground running

$30-35/hr plus benefits converting at $110K base

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