Corporate Legal Counsel

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.

• 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.