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Overview

This role is a generalist attorney position focused on commercial contracting and legal support for commercial and retail operations. Responsibilities include reviewing, negotiating, and drafting a variety of commercial, sales, eCommerce, technology, vendor, procurement, and marketing agreements, including associated data privacy and artificial intelligence provisions.

The position reports to the Associate General Counsel and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and draft a broad range of contracts, as allocated across the legal team, including commercial, sales, eCommerce, technology and software, vendor, procurement, professional services, logistics, and marketing agreements, and their associated data privacy and artificial intelligence provisions.
• Serve as a primary legal contact for assigned business units, including wholesale and key accounts, sales terms and channels, account onboarding and termination, apparel, pricing structures in wholesale, returns, invoicing, credit process, disputes with accounts, and enforcement mechanisms.
• Advise on retail and sales operations, including pricing, signage, and disclosure requirements, loss prevention, and customer service.
• Provide legal support on corporate governance, IP matters, changes in the legal environment of areas of responsibility, and training for business teams.
• Serve as the primary contact for the contract management system.
• Develop templates, playbooks, and training for assigned areas, using AI and legal technology effectively and responsibly.
• Support ASICS Canada, ASICS Mexico, ASICS Creation Center, and ASICS Institute of Sport Science America on contracting, governance, and assigned matters.
• Provide proactive, practical advice on day-to-day legal needs.
• Work across time zones with teams in Irvine, Boston, Canada, Mexico, and globally.
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures.
• Embody and demonstrate company ethics and values.
• Abide by all federal, state and local laws.

Leadership Responsibilities

• This position does not have people leadership responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school required.
• 3-7 years of legal experience in-house or with a law firm required.
• Current member of the Massachusetts Bar in good standing, or another state bar with eligibility for Massachusetts in-house counsel program registration required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the consumer goods or technology industry preferred.

Skills & Tools

• Proficiency with Microsoft 365.
• Contract management systems (Agiloft).
• Online legal research (Westlaw/Practical Law).
• AI tools (Claude, Spellbook, CoCounsel).

How You’ll Be Successful

• Communicates with clarity and professionalism, articulating legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders and distilling complex analysis into concise, actionable guidance.
• Strong analytical skills to assess complex legal issues and interpret laws and regulations, with the ability to weigh risks, present options across a risk spectrum, make clear recommendations, and escalate promptly when appropriate.
• Takes ownership of matters from intake through resolution, keeping business stakeholders aligned and accountable for outcomes.
• Prioritizes based on business goals and impact, managing concurrent matters and reprioritizing as needs change.
• Learns unfamiliar areas of law quickly enough to advise the business, knows when a question belongs with outside counsel, and shares learnings with colleagues.
• Commercially curious about products and customers, including how the business competes, grows, and drives revenue.
• Builds trust so Legal is engaged early, collaborates effectively across functions with competing priorities, and works independently with minimal supervision.
• Improves legal work delivery through process, template, or technology change, applying AI-enabled tools with appropriate regard for confidentiality and governance.
• Works effectively with a global parent organization, balancing regional and global priorities.
• Maintains confidentiality in all matters and protects privilege in an environment where Legal and business work closely together.
• Occasional domestic and international travel.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary / Pay Range: $144,000-$160,000

Location

• Boston, Massachusetts

Pay Transparency

Salary/pay offers may be based on key factors such as education and related experience and will comply with applicable state or local laws or regulations requiring pay or salary range information.