Counsel, Corporate Attorney

About Analog Devices

Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI ) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, and software technologies into solutions that help drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare, combat climate change, and reliably connect humans and the world. With revenue of more than $9 billion in FY24 and approximately 24,000 people globally, ADI ensures today's innovators stay Ahead of What's Possible™. Learn more at www.analog.com and on LinkedIn and Twitter (X).

ADI is seeking an experienced U.S. lawyer to join our Legal & Risk Optimization Business Partner (LRO BP) team, primarily supporting ADI’s Aerospace & Defense (ADEF) business unit and potentially other designated ADI business organizations. This LRO BP role is based at ADI’s Corporate Headquarters in Wilmington, MA, reporting directly to ADI’s Regional General Counsel with a dotted line to our lead Senior Counsel for ADEF. This role has primary responsibility for all legal matters impacting designated organizations. In supporting these organizations, in addition to the Regional General Counsel, the LRO BP will work in close partnership with other LRO experts and functions on all legal matters impacting these organizations (e.g., compliance, trade, and IP). The LRO BP will partner closely with business leadership in the designated organizations to implement strategies, including LRO strategies, effectively and in a manner that supports and drives the designated organizations’ strategic and growth objectives.

Role Overview

This LRO BP will act as legal advisor and strategic partner to business leadership in the United States, also supporting and coordinating international expansion and growth initiatives outside the U.S., including engagements with global aerospace and defense customers.

This position is ideally suited for an attorney who combines deep commercial judgment, government contracting expertise, and executive presence, and who is comfortable operating at the intersection of regulated defense markets, advanced technology, and international growth.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Business Partnership

• Serve as a trusted advisor and embedded legal business partner to ADEF, partnering with expert counsel.
• Develop a deep understanding of the ADI’s technologies, customers, regulatory environment, and growth priorities—especially in defense, aerospace, space, and secure communications markets.
• Provide pragmatic, actionable legal advice and expertise that enables speed while appropriately managing risk in highly regulated environments. Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and expert counsel to resolve issues quickly and efficiently.
• Collaborate with business unit and sales leaders to understand customers’ perspective on contract and legal matters, and provide guidance and recommendations to address the customer perspective as well as ADI’s.

Commercial & Government Transactions

• Lead and support negotiations for complex commercial agreements, including:
  • Long‑term supply and development agreements
  • Government‑adjacent and defense‑industry customer contracts
• Advise on U.S. government contracting and flow‑down issues, including alignment with procurement, compliance, and security requirements (in coordination with subject‑matter experts). 

International Expansion & Global Risk

• Partner with regional ADI legal teams and outside counsel to support ADEF business expansion outside the United States, including Europe and other strategic regions.
• Support scalable legal frameworks that enable repeatable global growth while maintaining compliance discipline under both US and local regulation.

Regulatory, Compliance & Risk Management

• Issue‑spot and advise on compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), U.S. Government agency-specific FAR supplements (including the DFARS), and export controls, trade compliance, sanctio