Counsel

Responsibilities

• Partnering closely with the General Counsel and supporting a highly marketing-driven, consumer-facing business with a strong brand presence.
• Owning legal operations, including leveraging AI to build and scale the tools, templates, and processes that let a lean team punch above its weight.
• Managing day-to-day legal needs across commercial, corporate, marketing, employment, IP, and regulatory matters.
• Drafting and negotiating contracts with suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, and partners.
• Partnering with outside counsel across litigation, regulatory, IP, corporate, privacy, and employment law.
• Supporting the legal review process for claims, packaging, website compliance and marketing.
• Supporting the People Ops team on offer letters, equity grants, compensation plans, and employee relations.
• Supporting M&A transactions, equity and debt financings, commercial due diligence, and integration efforts.
• Collaborating with Systems and Data team on AI issues, including vendor onboarding, internal policies and other risk mitigation efforts.
• Building internal tools, templates, policies, and systems for legal documentation and risk management.

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school and licensed to practice in New York.
• 3-5 years of experience, ideally a mix of top-tier firm and in-house (CPG experience strongly preferred).
• An analytical and creative mindset.
• A strong work ethic and ability to simultaneously manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Detail oriented with exceptional organizational skills.
• Strength in commercial contract negotiation.
• Familiarity with FDA labeling, food compliance, and marketing law is a nice to have.
• Experience supporting legal work for a growth-stage company (either at a top-tier firm or in-house).
• Strong communication skills and a practical approach to legal risk.
• A strong sense of integrity, sound judgment, and a low-ego, get-it-done attitude.
• Comfort working independently, but willing to jump into the weeds when needed.
• Excitement about building an early-stage CPG company.
• An entrepreneurial, roll-up-your-sleeves builder’s mindset — no task too big or too small, and energized by creating structure where none exists yet.
• AI-savvy, with a track record of using modern tools to work faster and smarter.

Pay

$195-225k per year, inclusive of cash bonus based on attainment of company targets.

Schedule

This is a full-time, in-office role based in New York City. We work onsite five days a week — when the culture fits, it is fun to be in the office together.