Commercial Contracts Attorney

<h3><strong>Join Our Team as a Commercial Contracts Lawyer at Axiom</strong></h3> <h3><strong>Location: Philadelphia, PA</strong></h3> <p>We are seeking a versatile Commercial Contracts Lawyer to support our client, a major insurance company, across a broad range of commercial contracting and cross-functional legal matters. In this role, you will act as a flexible, generalist resource, providing practical legal support on vendor, SaaS, and general commercial agreements, while assisting with real estate and other business-facing needs. This position is designed to address a current team bandwidth gap, with a focus on managing overflow work, supporting project-based initiatives, and collaborating across multiple stakeholders and business units. This is an existing vacancy created following a recent team departure.</p> <h3><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Draft, review, and negotiate third-party agreements, including vendor agreements, IT/SaaS agreements, service provider agreements, and general commercial contracts</li> <li>Handle medium-complexity commercial agreements and corporate transactions–adjacent work without being limited to a narrow specialty</li> <li>Provide real estate legal support, including lease amendments, renewals, refurbishment-related agreements, and coordination with outside counsel on larger matters</li> <li>Support multiple internal groups, including HR, IT, Claims &amp; Service Providers, and Real Estate, as a central legal resource</li> <li>Step into project-based and overflow work, including contract management system organization, folder structuring, document organization, and process cleanup/scalability support</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Qualifications:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>5-10 years of experience in commercial contracts</li> <li>Experience working across multiple stakeholders and business functions, including IT, HR, Claims, and Real Estate</li> <li>Strong communication, negotiation, organizational, and problem-solving skills</li> <li>Juris Doctor degree or equivalent and licensed to practice law in an applicable jurisdiction</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Preferred Skills:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Experience supporting technology-related agreements, including software licensing, SaaS, outsourcing, and digital engagements</li> <li>Strong knowledge of commercial contracting practices, with familiarity supporting real estate agreements such as leases, amendments, and renewals</li> <li>Excellent negotiation skills across a range of third-party agreements, including vendor, technology, and service provider contracts</li> <li>Familiarity with data security practices and privacy laws and regulations</li>