Corporate Counsel

About the role

The Corporate Counsel plays a critical role in supporting business operations by providing practical, risk balanced legal guidance across multiple functions. This position partners closely with business leaders and external counsel to ensure compliance, mitigate risk, and enable strategic decision making.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a range of commercial contracts
• Develop and maintain contract templates
• Provide legal advice regarding marketing, franchising, and other corporate matters, such as mergers and acquisitions and business licensing
• Support activities relating to franchise disclosure documents
• Partner with internal stakeholders to identify and mitigate legal risk
• Absorb and resolve contract and other commercial disputes
• Manage outside counsel and legal spend as needed
• Communicate effectively with business partners and members of the legal department
• Perform special assignments or projects as assigned

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree and active bar admission
• Minimum of 5 years law firm or corporate law department experience
• Ability to provide clear, business focused legal advice
• Strong judgment and problem solving skills
• Able to manage multiple priorities with attention to detail

Preferred Skills

• Experience working in a retail, distribution, or corporate environment
• Experience supporting multi-state operations

Skills

• Pragmatic legal advisor who balances risk with business needs
• Clear communicator with strong relationship building skills
• Ability to navigate ambiguity with confidence

Benefits

• Incentive opportunities
• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability)
• Life insurance benefits
• Company Car, phone and fuel card
• 21 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year)
• Up to 6 paid holidays depending on the month of hire
• Annual Ace Cares Week
• Volunteer time off
• Opportunities to help Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation
• Career development and coaching
• On-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program
• A performance management approach that goes beyond the typical annual review
• Frequent campus events like Employee Appreciation Week, vendor demos, cookouts, and merchandise sales
• Services such as mobile spas, auto maintenance, car wash and detailing, dry cleaning, dentists, eye doctors, flu shots, recycling and more
• Employee discounts on Ace merchandise
• Birth/Adoption bonding paid time off
• Adoption cost reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Pay

$137,700 - $160,000 per year