Associate Corporate Counsel (Remote)

About the role

We are seeking a talented, highly motivated, proactive and collaborative lawyer to join ezCater’s in-house legal team to support its 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, principally drafting, negotiating, and reviewing a wide variety of commercial agreements, with primary responsibility for vendor and inbound contracts. You will also implement strategies to streamline the contracting process, provide practical advice on legal issues affecting the business, and assist with general legal matters and discrete projects.

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, review, and interpret a wide variety of commercial agreements, including vendor contracts and other agreements to support the business, ensuring both business and legal objectives are met.
• Build and improve contract templates, playbooks, talk tracks, and legal processes to help the business scale.
• Develop, deliver, and refresh trainings on legal issues, contract best practices, and key negotiating points.
• Provide practical legal analysis, strategy, and guidance to internal clients and cross-functional teams, balancing business objectives and legal risk, and assist clients in implementing legal guidance.
• Manage assigned legal projects to completion.
• Assist in other legal matters, such as legal research, strategic transactions, and legal escalations.

Requirements

• Minimum 3-5 years of 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, including confidentiality, indemnity, termination, representations, and other common contract provisions.
• 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; able to operate independently and know when to escalate issues to other in-house counsel.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; adaptable to new situations and challenges.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to write clearly and concisely and effectively communicate across all levels of the organization and with third parties.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a reliable self-starter with a positive, inclusive, and team-oriented attitude.

Pay

The national total target cash compensation range for this position, including base salary and bonus target, is $147,157–$210,477 annually. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and region.

Benefits

• Market competitive salary and stock options.
• 12 paid holidays and flexible PTO.
• 401K with ezCater match.
• Health, dental, and FSA benefits.
• Long-term disability insurance.
• Mental health and family planning resources.
• Remote-hybrid work from the Boston office, your home, or a mixture of both.
• Employee meal program and additional perks when in the office.