Corporate Counsel - Contracts Technology

AmTrust is looking for an attorney to join its Corporate Law Department. This person will be instrumental in drafting reviewing and/or negotiating a wide variety of vendor agreements including technology licensing software and other commercial vendor agreements and transaction structurerelated documents and collaborating on artificial intelligence data governance and privacy issues and related best practices for all AmTrust business segments. This person will also understand and honor AmTrusts mission vision and core values. This role will report to: SVP Senior Managing Counsel in Cleveland Ohio.

• Draft review negotiate and advise on a wide variety of complex technologyrelated vendor master services agreements SOWS and addenda including but not limited to software licenses SaaS/ASP market data licenses API integrations ecommerce and online trading platform agreements telecommunications hardware and maintenance agreements software development outsourcing (ITO and BPO) and cloud services agreements.
• Draft review negotiate and advise on a wide variety of other nontechnology vendor master services agreements consulting agreements facilities agreements staffing agreements nondisclosure agreements SOWs addenda and other commercial vendor agreements for all of AmTrusts business segments including Underwriting Marketing and Communications Human Resources Claims Legal and Specialty Risk business segments.
• Provide guidance on and revise model agreements and addenda contract playbooks and clause libraries to provide a bestinclass efficient contracting process and provide training on model documents and critical legal concepts to various stakeholders.
• Work with AmTrusts Procurement team to manage and track existing contracts and contract renewal processes and negotiate commercial vendor disputes.
• Assist with due diligence on vendor contract components of M&A transactions including negotiating transition services agreements.
• Provide licensing technology contractual and other commercial legal advice and counsel to internal clients.
• Assist with contract management including providing advice on the design of workflows and templates in AmTrusts contract management system ensuring contract repository standards are maintained working with business users and Procurement to improve the system (system training will be provided).

• Perform other functionally related duties as assigned.

• Juris Doctorate from a nationally recognized law school;
• No less than three years of applicable experience in drafting commercial contracts at a law firm or inhouse law department;
• Ability to work in a fastpaced environment and prioritize a large workload;
• Sound business judgment and ability to think strategically;
• Relevant certifications considered a plus;
• Capacity to work independently and take initiative;
• Ability to work and think crossfunctionally including with IT Operations Compliance Procurement and business stakeholders:
• Excellent team player and partner to legal and business colleagues;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a focus on being able to deliver advice recommendations and options to executives senior management and businesses in a concise manner;
• Willingness to use legal technology tools to perform duties;
• Open to occasional travel;
• Admitted to practice law in at least one U.S. state and in good standing in all jurisdictions in which you are licensed to practice; and
• Familiarity with insurance regulations financial services industry and intellectual property considered a plus.