Pillsbury’s Global Sourcing & Technology Transactions Practice Section seeks an off-track attorney with a minimum of 5 years of experience handling services and technology transactions. Attorney will be based in the Austin, TX or Washington, D.C. office (with a remote working model) and work with attorneys in other Firm offices as well as attorneys in other practice sections.
Attorney will serve in a client facing role to support services and technology commercial agreements for clients across a variety of industries. Attorney must be experienced with drafting and negotiating services and technology agreements, software licenses, and other ad hoc commercial contracts. Ideal candidate will also have experience working with business teams to support the development of commercial contract documentation such as service descriptions, service level agreements, and fee schedules. Experience with cloud and SaaS deals, IT and business process outsourcing, managed services agreements, and other licensing arrangements highly valued. Attorney should be able to offer practical and business-focused counsel while maintaining the highest levels of client service. Attorney should be comfortable working autonomously and have experience acting as lead attorney on appropriate transactions.
Pillsbury’s Global Sourcing & Technology Transactions practice has been recognized as a Chambers Band 1 ranked practice at a national level for nearly two decades and one of the “World’s Best Outsourcing Advisors” by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Bachelor's degree and J.D. from an accredited US law school required. We highly regard excellent academic performance. Candidate should be a member of, or eligible to become a member of, the Texas or Washington DC, as applicable. Ideal candidate should possess exceptional interpersonal communication skills, strong analytical skills, and knowledge of ethics and conduct codes which are a requirement for the practice of the law.
Pillsbury has been a long-time supporter of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The firm was among the first major law firms to promote women to partnership and the first large, national firm in the Unites States to elect a woman as its top leader. Today, DEI initiatives and programs are widespread across the firm.
Pillsbury is strongly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our firm’s strategic plan includes a combination of internal and external initiatives. Internal initiatives are focused on, among other things, enhancing the experience of our diverse attorney population, increasing our retention and promotion rates, increasing the number of diverse attorneys in leadership roles, and increasing the number of diverse equity partners. Our employee resource groups include: (i) DiverseAbilities, serves as a resource and an advocate for employees with disabilities and their families, (ii) M.E.R.G. (Military Employee Resource Group), which supports active and retired military personnel and their families, (iii) Pillsbury Pride, a resource group for LGBTQ+ members and their allies, (iv) Black Excellence, focuses on the professional development of the firm's black business pro...fessionals, and (v) First Gen, provides support and development tools to individuals who are first generation professionals. Our business resource groups that focus on professional support and development and fostering business relationships include: (i) Women’s Impact Network and (ii) Attorneys of Color Network.
The firm’s external initiatives are focused on a number of different efforts, including: pipeline programs to provide mentoring for high school and college students while exposing them to legal careers; the development of a diversity scholarship program for college graduates entering law school; enhancing our visibility on law school campuses by educating students on the firm’s culture and commitment to diversity and inclusion, in addition to exposing them to new areas of law; being intentional about recruiting diverse lateral attorneys; and requesting a diverse candidate pool from our recruiters.
Year after year, Pillsbury’s inclusion efforts are recognized throughout the industry. Here are some examples of our accolades: Best Law Firm for Women for 13 years, 100 Best Companies for Women for 14 years, Best Companies for Dads in 2020, 100% score on Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index for LGBTQ+ equality since 2006, and in 2021 Yale Law Women ranked Pillsbury the Top Firm for Racial Justice Contributions.
