[Hiring] Associate Corporate Counsel @ezCater

Role Description

We are seeking a talented, highly motivated, proactive and collaborative lawyer to join its in-house legal team to support ezCater’s rapidly growing business. You will be a critical member of ezCater’s lean commercial legal team and an essential business partner to internal clients across various cross-functional groups. In this role, you will provide a wide range of high-quality, timely legal support, consisting principally of:

• Drafting, negotiating and reviewing a wide variety of commercial agreements, with primary responsibility for vendor and inbound contracts.
• Implementing strategies to streamline the contracting process across the business.
• Providing practical advice and guidance on a range of legal issues affecting ezCater’s business.
• Assisting with general legal matters and discrete projects.

This individual must be skilled in drafting and negotiating a wide range of contracts, identifying and resolving legal issues, and balancing legal and business concerns. Candidates must be team-players and creative problem-solvers who work well in a fast-paced environment. Our new Assistant Corporate Counsel (Commercial) will report directly to the Director and Managing Counsel (Commercial).

Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years legal experience in a law firm or in-house, with experience in commercial contracts, and membership to at least one state bar.
• Strong drafting skills (from forms and from scratch) with a solid understanding of legal terms and contract formulation principles.
• Excellent ability to negotiate with third parties in both non-confrontational and potentially adversarial scenarios.
• Ability to communicate the implications of legal requirements to internal clients.
• A strong work ethic, high standards, impeccable integrity, and well-honed analytical skills.
• Excellent judgment and ability to balance risk with business objectives.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; adaptable to new situations and challenges.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to write in a clear and concise manner.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a reliable self-starter with a positive, inclusive and team-oriented attitude.

Requirements

• Drafting, negotiating, reviewing and interpreting a wide variety of commercial agreements.
• Building and improving contract templates, playbooks, talk tracks and legal processes.
• Developing, delivering and refreshing trainings on legal issues, contract best practices and key negotiating points.
• Providing practical legal analysis, strategy and guidance to internal clients and cross-functional teams.
• Managing assigned legal projects to completion.
• Assisting in other legal matters, such as legal research, strategic transactions and legal escalations.

Benefits

• Market competitive salary.
• Stock options.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Flexible PTO.
• 401K with ezCater match.
• Health/dental/FSA.
• Long-term disability insurance.
• Mental health and family planning resources.
• Remote-hybrid work from our Boston office or your home.
• A tremendous amount of responsibility and autonomy.
• Employee meal program when in the office.
• Engaged and passionate colleagues on challenging and impactful projects.