Senior Attorney

The Role:  Senior Attorney
Location:  Remote

Who We Are
At MBO we give people the control to do the work they love the way they want.
We’re leading the future of work by building a best-in-class platform for independent professionals and leading enterprise organizations. MBO Partners is a deep job platform that connects and enables independent professionals and micro-business owners to do business safely and effectively with enterprise organizations. While we’ve been in business for more than 20 years, we treat each day as an opportunity to help innovate, collaborate, and shape the future of work for our enterprise and independent clients. By joining our team, you’re helping build and lead the next way of working and contributing directly to our platform roadmap and vision.

What You Will Be Doing
In this dynamic role, you will serve as a key partner to the business, providing legal counsel to management and board on all aspects of MBO’s business including corporate, business transactions, acquisitions, data privacy, and employment law.  As an integral member of the team you will partner with internal employees and external clients to support corporate initiatives, serve as a trusted advisor by providing counsel, risk mitigation strategies, and effective partnership to arrive at pragmatic solutions to complex situations.In this role you will: 

• Research, analyze, and interpret proposed and existing laws, statutes, and regulations including employment and data privacy laws
• Serve as a key lawyer/legal advisor on all major business transactions
• Advise management on recent changes in laws and regulations that affect the company
• Evaluate the merits of court cases filed against or on behalf of the company, work with the appropriate executive(s) to define a strategic defense and approve settlements of disputes
• Oversee and manage external legal counsel on litigation and complex legal issues.
• Manage litigation matters being handled by outside counsel by coordinating and directing and driving case strategy; partner with outside counsel to draft/edit pleadings
• Identify, evaluate, and address issues of legal risk
• Review, revise, and complete discovery, performing legal research as necessary, interview, and prepare witnesses for depositions and trial, and negotiate settlements.
• Administration of various litigation and corporate matters, discovery projects, document review, and legal research on a variety of issues, including compliance and regulatory matters.
• Develop policies and procedures to mitigate corporate risk
• Assist with corporate governance matters including maintain corporate documents
• Assist with regulatory compliance related to various business initiatives
• Review, draft, and negotiate business/commercial contracts.

What You Need to Stand Out

• JD from an accredited law school and active license to practice law
• 10+ years of experience preferred
• 5+years staffing industry/contingent labor/employment law experience is strongly preferred
• 5 years as a lawyer at a national law firm and/or in-house legal department is preferred
• Knowledge of data privacy laws preferred
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with all levels of the organization and both internal and external groups
• Ability to work independently with complete and accurate results

Here are just a few reasons that you will love working at MBO Partners

• Remote work environment
• Competitive base salary 
• Opportunities for growth and development in a rapidly growing company
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision plans designed to support healthy lifestyles
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible Time Off – take time when you need it
• Wellness allowances
• Culture based on trust, feedback, communication, success and fun

At MBO Partners, we're committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment where passionate professionals can thrive. If you're ready to make a significant impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful consulting opportunities, we'd love to hear from you.

 

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