Parexel has an excellent opportunity for an attorney with 0 - 3 years’ experience to join our global legal and risk management team as an Attorney.   Our team is committed to mentoring and training legal talent.

The ideal candidate has first-rate legal and business acumen, excellent leadership and customer service skills, and a positive “can-do” attitude. The Attorney is primarily responsible for drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, with an emphasis on revenue-generating customer agreements. The Attorney will also provide legal advice and counsel to Parexel’s various business units and contribute to the ongoing review and improvement of Parexel’s guidelines and processes.

This is a client-facing position, and it is expected that the Attorney will establish highly collaborative, productive relationships with Parexel clients, internal clients and other business partners. The work requires effective, enthusiastic and thoughtful cross-functional collaboration within Parexel.  The ability to understand risks, balance competing interests, and provide rapid, practical, and appropriate legal advice is critical to success in this role. 

The Attorney will:

• Analyze complex business and legal issues/risks to achieve practical solutions.

• Manage and prioritize multiple and varied negotiations with enthusiasm and attention to detail.

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to successfully drive negotiations.

• Consistently meet internal and external timelines.

• Have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

• Lead by example, bringing positivity and professionalism to the workplace.

• Take initiative and exercise ingenuity in problem-solving.

This is a hybrid position that requires a minimum of two days per week in our Newton office.

Education and Qualifications

• J.D. and Bar Admission; however, Bar admission is waived for recent law graduates planning to take or awaiting Bar results, in which case long term employment is conditioned upon being admitted to a Bar.

Minimum Work Experience

• For practicing attorneys, preference for experience in a large multi-national law firm and/or in-house experience supporting commercial operations and negotiating key transactions for a global corporation, ideally in the life sciences.

• For recent law graduates, preference for prior experience in a legal capacity (e.g., legal analyst, legal intern or paralegal) and/or knowledge of and interest in the life sciences industry.