Senior Associate, KPMG Law

KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate, KPMG Law to join our practice.

Responsibilities:

• Play a pivotal role in the delivery of large-scale multidisciplinary and multijurisdictional projects focused on providing high-quality legal services to clients efficiently at scale and with a focus on technology
• Embrace learning about adjacent service offerings to existing KPMG tax and advisory practices and technologies to be implemented as part of KPMG Law's delivery model
• Collaborate with diverse teams of professionals at various levels of experience in different subject matter areas and from different geographies, including teams from KPMG's international member firms
• Leverage KPMG technologies to draft, review, analyze, and advise clients on commercial and corporate law documents at scale; monitor developments in the legal and regulatory environment to ensure contracts remain compliant
• Support legal managed services engagements which may include high volume contract review and / or contract data extraction, contract lifecycle management (all or some processes), and claims support and management
• Seek opportunities to contribute to the broader legal community
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment

Qualifications:

• Minimum two years of recent experience reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and managing general commercial law contractual agreements and corporate law documents preferred
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university; licensed Juris Doctorate or LLM degree from an accredited college/university (active bar license in Arizona)
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills and a willingness to adopt new technologies such as AI and their application to various legal services use cases
• Self-starter, ability to prioritize tasks, work on multiple assignments, and manage assignments in a team environment; comfortable working and collaborating with others in KPMG's high-performance culture.
• Understanding of general commercial contractual agreements and the key clauses typically found in these agreements, for example, limitation of liability, indemnification, warranties, termination, and more
• Experience 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