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Salary: $150,000 - $200,000 per year
A bit about us:We are a growing national professional services organization supporting complex projects across infrastructure, energy, development, and related industries. Our work brings together technical expertise, commercial execution, and long-term client partnerships across multiple markets.
We have built our business around collaboration, practical problem-solving, and strong relationships. As we continue to expand, our legal team plays an important role in helping the organization manage risk, support project teams, and make sound business decisions in a fast-moving, project-driven environment.
We are looking for an experienced corporate attorney who wants to become a long-term part of the business and serve as a trusted legal partner across the organization.
Why join us?- Highly visible in-house role with regular interaction across business, operational, and executive teams
- Opportunity to advise on sophisticated commercial matters across a growing national organization
- Broad scope beyond contract review, including disputes, litigation management, compliance, risk, and legal operations
- Direct involvement in improving contracting processes, templates, playbooks, and internal legal procedures
- Collaborative environment where Legal works closely with project leaders and business stakeholders
- Opportunity to have a meaningful influence on how the organization approaches commercial and operational risk
- Stable, long-term opportunity within a project-based professional services business experiencing continued growth
Job DetailsWe are seeking an experienced Associate Corporate Counsel to join our in-house legal team in Dallas, Texas. This attorney will provide practical legal guidance across a wide range of commercial, operational, contractual, and dispute-related matters.
The position will work closely with business leaders, project managers, and other internal stakeholders, with a particular emphasis on commercial contracting and risk management.
Key responsibilities include:
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a significant volume of commercial agreements
- Handle client contracts, subcontractor and subconsultant agreements, amendments, change orders, insurance-related documentation, and similar project documents
- Evaluate contractual risk and provide practical recommendations that balance legal protection with business and project objectives
- Advise internal teams on commercial, operational, compliance, and risk-related issues
- Manage contractual disputes, claims, subpoenas, and litigation matters
- Select, direct, and oversee outside counsel while monitoring strategy, performance, and legal spend
- Partner with project and business teams operating within complex, multi-party contractual relationships
- Support compliance with applicable federal, state, and local requirements, including government contracting obligations when relevant
- Communicate legal issues in a clear and practical manner to non-legal stakeholders
- Develop and improve contract templates, negotiation guidance, internal playbooks, and legal processes
- Work cross-functionally to promote consistent risk-management practices throughout the organization
- Provide additional corporate legal support as business needs arise
Qualifications:
- JD from an accredited law school
- Active bar license in good standing
- Approximately 7-10 years of legal experience
- Significant corporate or in-house legal experience
- Strong background in commercial contract drafting and negotiation
- Experience managing contracts throughout their lifecycle
- Experience advising a project-based business with sophisticated contracting relationships
- Background in professional services, engineering, construction, infrastructure, or a similar industry is strongly preferred
- Experience handling commercial claims, contract disputes, and litigation matters
- Experience directly managing outside counsel
- Ability to evaluate legal risk while considering business and operational priorities
- Strong judgment and ability to work independently
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships with senior leaders and cross-functional teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage numerous matters and changing priorities simultaneously
- Willingness to travel when business needs require it
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