Legal Counsel

Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia, Baringa combines global insight with local understanding. The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation, and operational excellence—all powered by advanced technology, data, AI, and digital innovation.

Our Legal & Business Integrity function partners with the business, providing specialized legal, commercial, and risk management support, as well as sustainability advice, to enable confident growth. This spans everything from shaping and negotiating client and supplier contracts to strategic partnerships, geographical expansion, insurance and company secretarial, restructuring, support for our corporate team, and enterprise risk management.

About the role

Baringa is seeking a proactive, commercially minded Legal Counsel to join its Legal & Business Integrity team. The role will support Baringa’s fast-growing North American business and may be performed remotely from anywhere in the United States or based in New York or Houston. The successful candidate will be a self-starter and commercial transactions generalist comfortable taking ownership of matters from initial instruction through completion. They will work independently across a wide range of legal and commercial issues, exercise sound judgment, and provide practical, solutions-oriented advice. This role will also help implement and embed Luminance, a new AI-enabled contract management and legal technology platform.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of commercial agreements with clients, suppliers, partners, and other third parties.
• Take primary responsibility for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating client engagement agreements, master services agreements, statements of work, licensing agreements, reliance letters, nondisclosure agreements, and related commercial documents in accordance with Baringa’s established contract risk framework.
• Draft and negotiate technology agreements, including software licensing, SaaS, development, implementation, technology partnership, data, vendor, and support agreements.
• Advise on legal issues relating to technology, data protection, AI-enabled services, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Identify contractual, legal, operational, financial, and reputational risks and clearly communicate those risks to business stakeholders, along with pragmatic recommendations.
• Support Baringa’s U.S. corporate and internal business functions on a broad range of legal, commercial, and operational matters, including employment, property, data privacy, and company secretarial matters.
• Support the implementation, adoption, and ongoing use of Luminance, a new CRM and contract lifecycle management platform, enabling efficient end-to-end contract management from intake to post-signature.
• Manage competing priorities and progress matters efficiently in a fast-paced, collaborative, and growing business.
• Liaise with Legal & Business Integrity team colleagues globally to assist with legal support in other countries when capacity allows.

Requirements

• A U.S.-qualified attorney in good standing with the bar of at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• At least three years of experience in a leading law firm, an in-house legal team, or a combination of both, with strong commercial contracting experience and a proven track record of drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
• Proactive, accountable, and solutions-oriented, with the ability to take ownership of matters, anticipate issues, exercise sound judgment, and drive work to completion.
• Highly organized and able to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating effectively with a small legal team.
• Strong prioritization, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to balance competing demands and operate effectively with limited supervision.
• Strong commercial judgment and the ability to identify, assess, and clearly communicate legal, contractual, operational, and reputational risks.
• Demonstrated interest in legal operations, contract lifecycle management, process improvement, and AI-enabled legal technology, including experience with or enthusiasm for adopting tools such as Luminance.
• Commitment to the highest standards of ethics, professionalism, integrity, confidentiality, and sound judgment, with the ability to navigate disagreement and resolve issues constructively.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance at no cost for employee-only coverage, with comprehensive networks throughout the United States.
• Base salary ranging from $170,000–$190,000, dependent on experience.
• Company-paid group term life, short-term disability, long-term disability, and travel insurance.
• Participation in a 401k retirement plan; Baringa contributes 3% of annual base salary and matches up to an additional 2% if you contribute.
• Ability to set aside pre-tax dollars toward commuter benefits, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, and Dependent Care FSA.
• Baringa People Fund – an opportunity for every employee to manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice outside of work.
• Paid parental leave of 16 weeks for primary caregivers.
• Five weeks’ annual leave, with an additional two-week recharge after five years.
• Opportunities to grow skills and knowledge through a range of learning courses and resources.

Baringa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and people. We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, supporting initiatives like Net Zero and the Better Business Act.