Managing Counsel - Contracts amp Business Transactions

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Managing Counsel - Contracts & Business Transactions

Duties: Provide legal counsel, review, negotiate, draft, finalize and assist with obtaining regulatory approval for contracts for SUNY System Administration and campus clients and centralized university-wide commodity and services contracts. Advise on solicitation document compliance, responses to regulator audit questions; debriefings; bid protests and bid protest appeals. Draft and/or review a full array of agreements which include data use agreements, subordination, attornment, estoppels, lease surrender, lease renewals, lease amendments, early termination agreements and eviction proceedings; short-term licensing agreements for use of commercial space; affiliation and partnership agreements; and, other forms of agreement, where required. Draft and review interagency Memoranda of Understanding ("MOU"). Handle emergency procurements of a single source outside counsel contracts and related regulatory approvals. Managing or supervising the tracking of all contract-related matters within the designated matter management system. Provide clients and OGC members with training on various contractual legal issues. Work with OGC leadership to provide strategic thought and leadership on ways to effectively and efficiently manage the contract practice. Other substantive areas of responsibility not related to contracts may also be assigned and expected to be learned. Provide advice and mentor attorneys on a variety of topics. Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Will have direct supervision of the current System Administration attorneys who assist with the Contracts portfolio and are part of the new OGC Contracts Practice Unit.

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Position ID:149195.

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SUNY - State University of New York System
State University Plaza Suite 353
Albany
New York
United States 12246
Phone : 518-443-5555
Fax : 518-443-5322
Website : http://www.suny.edu