Senior Counsel, KPMG Law Staffing

Experienced

KPMG is a leader in leveraging AI and digital innovation to offer intelligent, data-driven solutions to help clients transform their competitive edge. We foster a culture that values continuous learning and growth, inspiring excellence and meaningful impact.

About the role

KPMG is seeking a Director, KPMG Law Staffing to join our practice. This role involves:

• Client-facing responsibilities, including working with US and Global teams to drive opportunities and efficiencies, and continuously improving engagement delivery.
• Managing large-scale multidisciplinary and multijurisdictional projects, and developing adjacent service offerings to existing KPMG tax and advisory practices.
• Collaborating with diverse teams of professionals from various levels of experience and from different geographies, including international member firms.
• Leveraging KPMG technologies to contribute legal knowledge and experience to the development of new technologies focused on drafting, reviewing, analyzing, and advising clients on commercial and corporate law documents at scale.
• Maintaining compliance with the legal and regulatory environment through monitoring developments.
• Supporting legal managed services engagements, including high-volume contract review and data extraction, contract lifecycle management, claims support and management, and contributing to legal drafting and negotiation playbooks.
• Contributing to the broader legal community, mentoring junior lawyers, and developing team members.

Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of large scale multidisciplinary and multijurisdictional projects.
• Collaborate with diverse teams of professionals from various levels of experience and from different geographies.
• Leverage KPMG technologies to contribute legal knowledge and experience to the development of new technologies focused on drafting, reviewing, analyzing, and advising clients on commercial and corporate law documents at scale.
• Maintain compliance with the legal and regulatory environment through monitoring developments.
• Support legal managed services engagements, including high-volume contract review and data extraction, contract lifecycle management, claims support and management, and contributing to legal drafting and negotiation playbooks.
• Contribute to the broader legal community, mentoring junior lawyers, and developing team members.

Requirements

• Minimum eight years of recent experience reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and managing general commercial law contractual agreements and corporate law documents.
• Additional specialized experience in certain areas such as regulatory law, government contracting, employment law, financing / banking, and insurance is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university; licensed Juris Doctorate or LLM degree from an accredited college/university (active bar license).
• Self-starter with a growth mindset and the ability to prioritize tasks, work on multiple assignments, and manage assignments in a team environment with proven ability to lead legal projects efficiently from initiation to completion, ensuring deadlines are met and deliverables align with client objectives.
• Strong substantive understanding of general commercial contracts and agreements and the key clauses typically found in these agreements, for example, limitation of liability, indemnification, warranties, termination, and more.
• Demonstrated expertise in corporate governance and transactional matters, with familiarity in key provisions commonly found in corporate agreements such as shareholder rights, board resolutions, fiduciary duties, voting thresholds, change of control, and confidentiality.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills and a willingness to adopt new technologies such as AI and their application to various legal services use cases.
• Able to develop and deepen client relationships while working with both U.S. and non-U.S. KPMG teams to bring the right services to new and existing clients.
• Demonstrated experience in sales and business development.
• Adept at integrating diverse viewpoints across teams and multiple stakeholders to drive collaborative, inclusive, and high-quality outcomes.
• Exceptional clarity and impact in communication—translating complex ideas into actionable insights that drive performance, foster collaboration, and reinforce KPMG's high-performance culture.

Skills

• Substantive understanding of general commercial contracts and agreements.
• Corporate governance and transactional matters.
• Microsoft Office skills.
• New technologies such as AI.
• Client relationship management.
• Communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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