Job Description

Join a team with one shared mission - to make a difference, every person, every day.

We are more than 100,000 team members strong, from all backgrounds and corners of the world, with the talent, experience and compassion that enables us to make an impact. For thousands of clients across the U.S. and in more than 20 global locations, ABM takes care of the people, spaces and places that matter most. We also take care of our team members \xe2\x80\x94ensuring our company is a great place to work, and our communities are safer, healthier, and more sustainable places to be. Every team member at ABM has the opportunity to make a difference. Every day. And we cultivate a culture where our team members feel seen, heard, and valued and can grow a career and a future with us.

ABM is currently seeking to hire Legal Counsel (In House) based in our Dunwoody Office in Atlanta, Georgia. The Legal Counsel position will be a trusted legal advisor and a member of the leadership team for ABM\xe2\x80\x99s Technical Solutions (ATS) business. The position will provide advice and counsel on commercial (non-employment/labor) legal matters including advice on: commercial contracts (draft, review and negotiate), strategic transactions, pre-litigation, ADR, and litigation dispute resolution (including disputes with customer, suppliers, and subcontractors, bankruptcies, and collections matters). Additionally, the position will support compliance and licensing for the ATS business group, including providing advice and counsel on corporate policies and procedures, and help coordinate employment and labor legal matters within the ABM legal department.

Essential Functions

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, drafting and negotiation skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities, simultaneously drive numerous projects, identify, and resolve business issues.
• Provide advice and guidance on litigation strategy and direction of legal suits
• Assist in the management of the organization\xe2\x80\x99s litigation, work with the appropriate business units to resolve claims, contract disputes and litigation, providing legal advice as necessary
• Provide counsel on legal and business matters to leadership, senior management and key business decision makers
• Excellent business judgment and high comfort level advising senior leaders on legal issues related to technology and/or software platforms.
• Provides comprehensive general legal services including contract review, drafting/preparing legal documents, and legal advice. Reviews legal aspects of administrative policies
• Advise leadership on legal obligations, terms and status, legal risks, and business terms of various transactions. Advise the business on best practices regarding corporate governance
• Negotiate and draft complex contracts, including vendor agreements, licensing agreements, master services agreements, purchase orders, services contracts, construction contracts, and manufacturing contracts, etc.
• Exceptional business judgment and analytical skills

• A Juris Doctorate from an accredited U.S. law school

• Minimum 1-3 years of commercial law experience either in-house or through private practice

• A member in good standing with a U.S. state bar
• Strong communication skills with ability to clearly articulate pragmatic solutions to complex legal and business challenges to business leaders
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations and documentation

• MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Prezi, Acrobat Pro/Nitro

• Experience with construction, operations and maintenance, or other service contracts highly preferred.
• Familiarity with guaranteed energy services performance contracts a plus.
• Experience with services contractor or construction dispute resolution highly desirable.

• Demonstrated self-starter who is comfortable working with key business contacts on a daily basis.

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