Corporate Counsel
Location: Houston RTO: 5 days/week onsite
JW Michaels is engaged with a rapidly growing, INC5000, technology platform client seeking a Corporate Counsel to support and accelerate their growth. Reporting directly to the General Counsel, this position will play a key role interfacing with cross functional stakeholders to provide strategic advice as well as develop and improvess processes and policies.
Description Responsibilities for this role may include:
- Draft, review, negotiate and interpret a variety of agreements, including ticketing agreements, event-related agreements, confidentiality agreements, service/vendor agreements and employment agreements;
- Develop and improve agreement templates, transaction workflows and processes for tracking contract terms;
- Ensure company compliance with law, including monitoring legal and regulatory developments relevant to company business;
- Provide strategic advice to internal team on a variety of legal and business areas and risks, including in the areas of deal management, employment, privacy, insurance and intellectual property; and
REQUIRED Candidate Criteria (Please read carefully):
- 3+ years of transactional experience at a law firm or corporate legal department (5+ years preferred; experience in sports or entertainment preferred)
- Juris Doctor and admission in good standing to a U.S. state bar
- Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills
- Excellent attention to detail, time management and analytical capabilities
- Superior written and oral communication skills
- Desire to develop new competencies and take on challenges
- Commitment to integrity and honesty
- Solution and results oriented, with the ability to prioritize and deliver key initiatives
- MUST be willing to be onsite in person 3 days/week;
- Willing to work hard AND HAVE FUN!!
Preferred Candidate Criteria (Please read carefully):
- Experience with varying financial commercial terms and triggers (such as royalties, residuals, variable timing, etc)
If interested, please apply with resume attached.
Questions: Email Lawrence@JWMichaels.com
Note: Due to volume, we are only able to respond to candidates who attach a CV AND are a match for at least all of the minimum required criteria. Thank you!
