Senior Counsel

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Job Description:

Crowe LLP is seeking a Senior Counsel for a transaction-focused practice. This Senior Counsel will review, revise, and negotiate professional services and technology-related agreements for the firm, and assist in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of Crowe’s contracting process. Identifying apparent and hidden risks associated with the task presented and collaborating with others to manage those risks are key functions of the role. The Senior Counsel will act as a trusted advisor to the business, enabling commercial teams to achieve their goals while managing legal and regulatory risk. The Senior Counsel will report to the Head of Commercial Contracts within Crowe’s Legal Department and will have significant exposure to the company’s partners and all functional areas.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Develop a detailed understanding of Crowe’s service lines and technology products and their associated risks.
• Negotiate sophisticated agreements with internal and external parties with a strong focus on business enablement and risk mitigation; the type of agreements include, but are not limited to, requests for proposals, master service agreements, engagement letters, confidentiality agreements, business associate agreements, SaaS agreements, data protection agreements, software licenses, subcontractor agreements, government contracts, and vendor agreements.
• Partner with business teams during contract negotiations to provide solutions-oriented advice that enables transactions to move forward efficiently.
• Apply US and international privacy and data protection laws and information security requirements in client and vendor agreements.
• Improve or create as needed, contract templates and standard contract provisions.
• Evaluate and improve contracting process activities, leveraging technology to create efficiency.
• Assist in expanding our playbooks for negotiation of common contract issues.
• Provide guidance, supervision, and mentorship to others in their career development by initiating open, honest coaching conversations.
• Serve as a proactive legal advisor to internal stakeholders, balancing legal risk with business needs.
• Model professional standards, including Crowe’s code of conduct and values, independence, and ethical obligations.
• Collaborate effectively across functional areas and with offshore colleagues and support teams.

Key Qualifications:

• Crowe’s Legal Department is a critical component of Crowe's organizational structure. The Senior Counsel focused on transactions will support the General Counsel and other Crowe personnel by solving problems creatively and pragmatically to manage legal risk  Crowe’s Legal Department seeks commercially acceptable ways to get to “yes” more often than “no.” To perform this function, the Senior Counsel must learn general firm practice in a wide variety of areas, proactively identify issues presenting risk to the firm, and act as a driver of good business process. A successful candidate will have excellent communication and relationship building capabilities that are combined with strategic and commercial awareness.  
• Candidates must have proven experience negotiating complex and technical contracts in professional services or technology settings and a strong ability to provide accurate, practical, and timely counsel to internal and external clients. Candidates should also demonstrate a commitment to continued learning and adapting legal and regulatory expertise.
• The Legal Department manages a large volume of requests, and candidates must have the ability to fluidly manage workload in accordance with business objectives and shifting internal client priorities. Candidates for this position must possess superb negotiation skills, organizational skills, business judgment, strategic thinking, and excellent writing and verbal communication skills are essential. Candidates must have the ability to lead and must be unafraid of “rolling up their sleeves” to take on tasks as needed. Enthusiasm for learni