Associate General Counsel

Overview

This role provides practical, business-focused legal support across a multi-entity organization. The Associate General Counsel is responsible for contract review and administration, corporate governance and legal documentation, compliance support, and coordination with outside counsel.

Responsibilities

Commercial Contracts & Agreements

• Draft, review, revise, and manage a broad range of commercial agreements, including NDAs, vendor agreements, service agreements, consulting agreements, partnership agreements, licensing agreements, and other routine business contracts.
• Support contract negotiations within established parameters and escalate material business or legal issues as appropriate.
• Develop and maintain standardized contract templates, playbooks, approval processes, and documentation.
• Manage contract workflows from initial request through review, approval, signature, and retention.
• Ensure agreements are properly executed and maintained in the organization’s contract/document management system.
• Track key contractual obligations, renewal dates, termination provisions, and other important milestones.

Corporate Governance & Entity Management

• Maintain organized and accurate corporate records across the organization’s legal entities.
• Coordinate entity formation, registrations, annual filings, organizational documents, board and shareholder documentation, and other corporate records.
• Maintain entity charts, officer/director records, organizational documents, resolutions, and related governance materials.
• Support documentation associated with acquisitions, reorganizations, entity changes, and other corporate initiatives.
• Partner with Finance, People, and other internal teams to ensure corporate information and documentation remain current.

Legal Operations & Document Management

• Establish and maintain an organized central repository for contracts, corporate records, legal correspondence, policies, and other legal documentation.
• Create consistent processes for legal intake, document retention, approvals, signatures, and recordkeeping.
• Manage the organization’s legal calendar, including filing deadlines, contract renewals, registrations, and other required actions.
• Support the continued development of efficient and scalable legal processes as the organization grows.
• Identify opportunities to improve legal workflows, templates, documentation, and internal controls.

Outside Counsel Coordination

• Coordinate with outside counsel on matters requiring specialized expertise, including employment, litigation, intellectual property, international matters, regulatory issues, tax-related legal matters, and complex commercial transactions.
• Gather documents and business information necessary for outside counsel to efficiently advise the organization.
• Translate outside counsel guidance into clear internal actions and documentation.
• Track open legal matters, responsibilities, deadlines, and follow-up items.
• Assist with managing outside counsel relationships, engagement letters, and legal spend.

Business & Compliance Support

• Provide day-to-day legal support to business teams on routine legal and contractual matters.
• Research legal and regulatory questions and coordinate with appropriate subject-matter experts when needed.
• Assist with company policies, compliance initiatives, training, and documentation.
• Partner cross-functionally with People, Finance, Operations, Technology, Sales, and other teams to support business initiatives.
• Identify legal risks and elevate matters requiring broader legal, executive, or outside counsel review.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Approximately 4–6 years of relevant legal experience, ideally combining in-house and/or law firm experience.
• Strong commercial contracting experience, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating business agreements.
• Experience with corporate governance, entity management, and legal document administration.
• Ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously in a fast-paced, multi-entity organization.
• Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Practical judgment and ability to distinguish between routine matters that can be handled efficiently and issues requiring escalation or specialized counsel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working collaboratively with executives, business leaders, and outside counsel.

Preferred Qualifications

Not specified.

Compensation & Benefits

Not specified.

Location

Remote (locations include Nashville – Plano – Aarhus – Lisbon – Worldwide).