About the Position
Great work is important. So is working with people who value your contributions and want you to succeed.
Our client, a leading global law firm with an outstanding technology transactions practice, is seeking a midlevel associate to join its team. The group advises leading companies on complex technology and commercial agreements, including matters involving artificial intelligence, software licensing, cloud services, data commercialization, strategic collaborations, and outsourcing.
This is a practice that combines sophisticated, forward-looking work with a genuinely welcoming and supportive environment. Attorneys have access to the resources and clients of a major global firm while working with colleagues who value collaboration, invest in relationships, and support one another’s professional growth.
For an associate who enjoys negotiating complex agreements, understanding how businesses operate, and helping clients navigate emerging technologies, this is an opportunity to develop valuable expertise in a practice with tremendous breadth.
Why This Opportunity Stands Out
• Cutting-edge technology work: Advise leading companies on AI, software licensing, SaaS, cloud services, data commercialization, and other evolving technologies.
• A genuinely supportive culture: Join a team where attorneys are welcomed, valued, and encouraged to grow. This is a practice with a strong reputation for collaboration and supporting its lawyers.
• Sophisticated transactions and clients: Work on complex commercial agreements and strategic business relationships for major companies across a range of industries.
• Meaningful responsibility: Develop your drafting, negotiation, and advisory skills while working on transactions that are important to clients’ businesses.
• A strong global platform: Collaborate with talented attorneys across practices and offices, drawing on the firm’s extensive resources and experience.
• Long-term career development: Build a specialized practice in an evolving area of law within a team that values professional growth and individual contributions.
What You’ll Do
• Draft and negotiate complex technology and commercial agreements, including software licenses, SaaS and cloud services arrangements, AI-related agreements, and data licensing transactions.
• Advise clients on technology development, strategic collaborations, digital platforms, and commercialization arrangements.
• Help clients evaluate and address the commercial and legal risks associated with emerging technologies.
• Work on outsourcing, managed services, and other sophisticated commercial transactions.
• Collaborate with attorneys across practice areas to develop practical solutions to complex business and legal issues.
Who We’re Looking For
• 3-5 years of law firm experience drafting and negotiating sophisticated technology and commercial agreements.
• Strong transactional drafting and negotiation skills, with experience advising clients on complex commercial matters.
• Excellent academic credentials, analytical abilities, and communication skills.
• Sound business judgment, intellectual curiosity, and an interest in emerging technologies.
• A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively with colleagues and clients across practices and offices.
• Experience with outsourcing, managed services, or other complex service agreements is a plus.
Location
Los Angeles – Downtown, CA (Hybrid)
Compensation
Anticipated base salary range: $225,000 – $435,000.