Government Contracts Senior Associate

About the Role

Our client is seeking a Government Contracts Senior Associate to join its Government Contracts and National Security practice groups in Washington, DC.

This role is ideal for an attorney with 5+ years of government contracts experience, including meaningful transactional support, regulatory counseling, and national security-related matters. The successful candidate will advise clients on sophisticated government contracts issues involving M&A, structured investments, facility security clearances, FOCI analyses, cybersecurity compliance, and federal contracting requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide government contracts support for:

  • Mergers & acquisitions

  • Structured investments

  • Corporate transactions involving government contractors

• Advise clients on DCSA facility security clearances and FOCI analyses

• Counsel clients on government contracts regulatory matters, including:

  • Small business set-aside programs

  • SBIR and STTR awards

  • Rights in technical data

  • Software rights

  • Subject inventions

  • Cybersecurity and CMMC compliance

• Draft, review, and negotiate:

  • Prime contracts

  • Subcontracts

  • Teaming agreements

  • Government contracts-related transaction documents

• Manage short-deadline assignments while producing high-quality work product

• Collaborate with corporate, national security, regulatory, and transactional teams

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of government contracts practice experience

• Significant experience with:

  • Government contracts transactional support

  • Regulatory counseling

  • M&A or investment-related government contracts matters

  • DCSA facility security clearances

  • FOCI analyses

• Strong knowledge of federal contracting rules and compliance issues

• Excellent legal writing, analytical, and communication skills

• Ability to manage multiple urgent assignments simultaneously

• Strong academic credentials from a nationally recognized law school

• JD degree required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cybersecurity/CMMC compliance

• Experience advising government contractors in transactional matters

• National security practice exposure

• Large law firm or nationally recognized government contracts practice background

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Senior government contracts attorney with strong counseling and transactional support experience

• Comfortable handling fast-moving, complex client matters

• Excellent writer with strong analytical judgment

• Detail-oriented, responsive, and able to manage competing deadlines

• Interested in joining a growing national government contracts and national security practice