Mariana Minerals is seeking a Commercial Counsel to join its legal team as a primary legal resource supporting procurement, construction, and project delivery teams. This is a hands-on, generalist transactional attorney role focused on drafting, negotiating, and managing commercial agreements critical to the company’s mining operations and supply chain.
Responsibilities
- Lead drafting, review, and negotiation of a wide variety of commercial agreements, including NDAs, MSAs, supply and procurement agreements, offtake agreements, software agreements, and professional services agreements
- Build and maintain scalable contract playbooks, standard form agreements, fallback positions, and negotiation guidelines to enable efficient and consistent contracting across the organization
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to improve the company’s contract workflows, including streamlining negotiation, tracking, and execution and identifying opportunities to leverage automation
- Provide practical and business-oriented advice to cross functional teams on a variety of matters, including IP issues, risk mitigation, contract interpretation
- Support the small but growing legal team on ad hoc matters as needed
Requirements
- J.D. from a top accredited law school
- Active bar membership in good standing
- 5-7+ years of experience as a transactional or commercial attorney, with meaningful exposure to drafting and negotiating commercial contracts (law firm and/or in-house experience)
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, practical guidance for non-legal stakeholders
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple competing priorities, and operate effectively in a fast-moving, resource-constrained environment with limited direction
- High degree of ownership and accountability
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in the mining, energy, construction, or other capital-intensive industry
- Experience supporting large scale commercial contracting projects
- May include limited travel expectations as needed
Benefits
- Autonomy to make big decisions
- Tools to innovate
- Culture that values ownership, smart automation, and collaboration
- Mission-driven work reshaping the way critical minerals are sourced and supplied globally
- Equal Opportunity Employer: celebrates diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment
- No discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status
Work Arrangement
On-site
