Corporate Counsel

Company Overview

For more than two decades, Food Chain  been at the forefront of the New Food industry, providing expertise worldwide to navigate the requirements of an ever-growing demand for higher levels of transparency, accountability, safety, and sustainability. Our technical and business services include serving clean labels, food safety, and sustainability claims through offerings of Non-GMO Project verification, USDA Organic certification, BRC and SQF food safety certification, and more.

Today, more than 30,000 companies in over 100 countries rely on our industry-leading solutions. The Food Chain n encompasses nothing less than assuring the safety, transparency, and integrity of the global food chain, one client and product at a time.

Food Chain ’s Legal team is looking for a UK-based Corporate Counsel to work with a small, fast-paced team that supports a global organization. Under the guidance of the General Counsel, this role provides a unique opportunity to hit the ground running on a variety of legal matters at a growing company providing software solutions and services across the food & beverage industry.

The role is Remote based with occasional travel.

What you ll be doing:

• Draft, review and negotiate a variety of technology license/subscription agreements supporting international sales teams for both cloud-based solutions and on-premise software implementations
• Draft and maintain form license agreements, services agreements and non-disclosure agreements
• Draft, review and negotiate a variety of services agreements (testing/inspection/audit/certification) supporting an international sales team
• Advise the Sales, Operations and other stakeholder teams to ensure agreements are consistent with internal risk tolerance and corporate policies and processes
• Advise business teams regarding legal issues presented by new product offerings and third-party relationships
• Review and negotiate other technology agreements as needed, including channel partner, data partner and reseller agreements
• Review and negotiate agreements with the company’s technology and non-technology vendors

• Minimum 3 years of experience. Counsel (bar member in good standing)
• Mix of law firm and in-house legal department experience; preferred
• Experience negotiating client agreements from the software vendor perspective.
• Exceptional drafting, negotiation, organizational, communication and prioritization skills. Proven ability to identify, prioritize and resolve issues quickly and independently
• Deal-focused with a sense of urgency to get things done
• Effective at managing project expectations and managing escalations of business issues
• A team player who can work collaboratively and create strong relationships with a wide variety of people at all levels across the company; calm under pressure with empathy, humility, and a sense of humor

• Experience negotiating agreements with international clients, including UK and European clients
• Knowledge of GDPR and other privacy laws affecting personal data
• Experience scaling legal processes and policies for a rapidly growing global organization