General Counsel (Contracts Focus)

Surefox North America Inc is a veteran owned company that prides itself on creating a diverse and unique culture of trained and talented individuals. We are seeking a General Counsel Counsel with a contracts focus to provide strategic and practical legal counsel to the organization with primary responsibility for commercial contracting and support of the companys broader corporate legal needs.

This position serves as a trusted legal advisor to executive leadership and business stakeholders providing guidance on contracts legal risk compliance corporate transactions labor and employment matters litigation and other legal issues affecting the organization.

The position is responsible for ensuring that company contracts and business activities comply with applicable laws regulations licensing requirements contractual obligations and internal policies while protecting the organizations legal and commercial interests.

Work location: Sunnyvale CA (on-site)
Annual Salary Range: $200000.00 - $250000.00

This position is on-site at our Sunnyvale office.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Draft review revise negotiate and manage commercial and corporate agreements.

• Review client vendor employment partnership licensing and other business agreements.

• Ensure contracts comply with applicable laws regulations company policies and business objectives.

• Identify contractual risks and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.

• Advise business leaders regarding contractual obligations rights remedies liabilities and other legal considerations.

• Create and amend client and vendor contracts.

• Support strategic and complex corporate transactions including partnerships joint ventures mergers acquisitions and dispositions.

• Coordinate with outside counsel and other advisors as necessary.

• Ensure legal expenses and outside counsel activities are managed effectively and within established budgets.

• Provide strategic and tactical legal advice to executive leadership management the Board of Directors and other stakeholders.

• Provide legal guidance on corporate law contracts labor and employment privacy ethics investigations compliance regulatory matters and business initiatives.

• Monitor changes in applicable laws regulations case law and licensing requirements and proactively communicate relevant developments.

• Develop proactive and defensive legal strategies to address business risks.

• Represent or support the company in legal proceedings negotiations and interactions with regulatory or governmental agencies.

• Manage or assist with litigation and potential litigation.

• Advise management on the legal implications of company policies programs transactions and strategic initiatives.

• Manage and support legal compliance and risk-management activities.

• Conduct or support compliance audits.

• Provide guidance regarding applicable laws regulations licensing requirements and company policies.

• Identify emerging legal risks and develop practical mitigation strategies.

• Partner with internal departments to resolve legal and compliance matters.

• Support ethics and compliance activities including investigations interviews and witness statements.

• Promote a culture of ethical conduct compliance accountability and sound business judgment.

• Provide legal advice and guidance regarding labor and employment matters.

• Advise Human Resources and business leaders regarding employment-related policies practices agreements disputes and regulatory requirements.

• Assist with the identification and mitigation of employment-related legal risks.

• Establish priorities and manage legal workloads in alignment with organizational objectives.

• Collaborate with Compliance Human Resources Finance Operations and other departments.

• Resolve conflicts and provide practical solutions to complex legal and organizational issues.

• Balance legal risk with business objectives profitability employee considerations client relationships vendor relationships and company values.

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school.

• Must be admitted and in good standing to a recognized bar

• Must be eligible for employment within the United States

• Must be able to pass an extensive background check and drug screening (Surefox will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all requirements of State and local laws regulations or codes)

• Relevant legal experience in corporate commercial transactional contracts employment compliance or related legal practice.

• Strong knowledge and understanding of corporate law and legal procedures.

• Demonstrated ability to identify legal risks and develop proactive and defensive legal strategies.

• Strong negotiation skills involving legal financial and commercial considerations.

• Excellent written verbal interpersonal and presentation skills.

• Ability to communicate complex legal matters clearly and concisely to legal and non-legal audiences.

• Strong judgment and decision-making skills.

• Ability to work independently with limited supervision and effectively as part of a team.

• Strong organizational analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and assignments simultaneously.

• High degree of professional ethics integrity confidentiality and discretion.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced demanding and collaborative environment.

• Corporate legal practice experience.

• Significant corporate contracts experience.

• Experience in compliance ethics investigations risk mitigation or regulatory

• Experience managing outside counsel.

• Military background or active-duty military legal experience.

Compensation / Benefits:

• $200000- $250000 annual salary

• Flexible Time Away Eligible

• 401k

• Medical/Dental/Vision benefits

• Voluntary Life and Short Term Disability Benefits

• Gym Benefit

If you share our values and are ready to build your next career we want to hear from you!