Job Description

Location: Houston

RTO: 5 days/week onsite

JW Michaels is engaged with a rapidly growing, INC5000, technology platform client seeking a Corporate Counsel to support and accelerate their growth. Reporting directly to the General Counsel, this position will play a key role interfacing with cross functional stakeholders to provide strategic advice as well as develop and improvess processes and policies.

Description

Responsibilities for this role may include:

• Draft, review, negotiate and interpret a variety of agreements, including ticketing agreements, event-related agreements, confidentiality agreements, service/vendor agreements and employment agreements;
• Develop and improve agreement templates, transaction workflows and processes for tracking contract terms;
• Ensure company compliance with law, including monitoring legal and regulatory developments relevant to company business;
• Provide strategic advice to internal team on a variety of legal and business areas and risks, including in the areas of deal management, employment, privacy, insurance and intellectual property; and

REQUIRED Candidate Criteria (Please read carefully):

• 3+ years of transactional experience at a law firm or corporate legal department (5+ years preferred; experience in sports or entertainment preferred)
• Juris Doctor and admission in good standing to a U.S. state bar
• Strong contract drafting and negotiation skills
• Excellent attention to detail, time management and analytical capabilities
• Superior written and oral communication skills
• Desire to develop new competencies and take on challenges
• Commitment to integrity and honesty
• Solution and results oriented, with the ability to prioritize and deliver key initiatives
• *MUST* be willing to be onsite in person 3 days/week;
• Willing to work hard AND HAVE FUN!!

Preferred Candidate Criteria (Please read carefully):

• Experience with varying financial commercial terms and triggers (such as royalties, residuals, variable timing, etc)

If interested, please apply with resume attached.

Questions: Email Lawrence@JWMichaels.com

Note: Due to volume, we are only able to respond to candidates who attach a CV AND are a match for at least all of the minimum required criteria. Thank you!

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