Principal Attorney, Commercial Agreements

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Summary of Role: Commercial Transactions Attorney, specializing in U.S. government contracting, reporting to the V.P. & Counsel of Commercial Agreements, Legal and Corporate Affairs. This role is primarily responsible for supporting government contracts with the U.S. government, including commercial items and services contracts, grant agreements, and other transaction authority agreements, supporting U.S. government subcontracts, providing advice and guidance regarding compliance with government acquisition regulations and the NISPOM.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Negotiate with customers and internal clients to obtain deal closure.

• Formulate effective and efficient negotiation and resolution strategies to meet business objectives based on deep knowledge of GF’s business, applicable law, risk analysis and financial analysis.
• Provide advice and counsel to various functional areas of the business, including identifying and mitigating risks, and the impact and application of contract terms and the law to resolve issues.
• Draft, review and advise on contract drafts. Responsible for providing accurate, timely, concise, well-drafted contract drafts.
• Provide advice and guidance in area of expertise to other attorneys and management direction to paralegals and other contracts professionals.
• Provide advice and guidance on the acceptance of Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation contract flow downs in the context of grant agreements and commercial item and services (FAR Part 12) agreements.
• Work with internal stakeholders to ensure compliance with unique federal government contracting requirements (e.g., FARs and DFARs).
• Provide guidance on compliance with the NISPOM.
• Manage and support government subcontracts, including the flow down of appropriate FAR and DFARs to subcontractors.
• Support defense contracting with international governmental entities and subcontractors to international governmental entities.
• Support commercial agreements with GF’s non-defense customers.
• Obtain and document approvals for all customer agreements and other agreements, as needed.

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner and support all Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

• Other duties as assigned by manager.
• Perform administrative work related to managing and closing contracts.
• Use available contract lifecycle management and AI tools GF uses to support its contracting functions.

Required Qualifications:

• Education – Juris Doctorate in Law.

• Experience - Minimum of six years in transactional work as an attorney, which includes work in federal government contracting.

• Skills - Excellent contract drafting skills; excellent negotiation skills; effective communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written form with all levels of employees throughout the company; ability to solve problems and think creatively to solve complex contracting issues; knowledge of US government contracting regulations.

• Active member of the bar of at least one US state.

• Travel - Up to 10%

• Fluency in English Language – written & verbal
• Ability to obtain Security Clearence

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience – Experience with FAR Part 12 USG contracting, grant agreements and OTAs; experience with working with the NISPOM; experience with managing and responding to FOIA requests.

Expected Salary Range

The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.

The role you are applying for may require you to obtain a US Department of Defense Security Clearance at some time during your employment. Acceptance of this role commits to applying for such if…