Description:

About the role:
A Food Delivery Service Company is hiring an exceptional, business-minded deal lawyer to join our Commercial Legal team. You work alongside them with key partners throughout the company, including Business Development, Strategy, and Finance, to close first-of-kind strategic partnerships and high-value deals. You'll work on a wide variety of deal types, many of which enable A Food Delivery Service Company to open new routes to market. You'll also be the lead on major deals and projects that make an immediate impact on our fast-growing, dynamic business. Above all, you'll help our business partners and executives solve problems and take down roadblocks.

We're looking for an experienced negotiator with a strong work ethic, excellent analytical and communication skills, and incredibly solid fundamentals as a lawyer. The ideal candidate will be an empathetic leader who is creative and curious, is a self-starter who takes ownership over initiatives, and is hands-on taking into consideration the lowest level of detail.

You will report into the Director, Commercial Legal, who leads the team that supports all strategic partnership deals for A Food Delivery Service Company Legal.

You're excited about this opportunity because you will
  • Lead, teach, and learn from an exceptional team of lawyers and legal professionals.
  • Negotiate strategic partnerships and high value deals (and invent entirely new kinds of deals) in close partnership with the leaders of our business.
  • Take on high-impact projects in a fast-paced environment.
  • Join a close-knit, caring team of outstanding professionals.

We're excited about you because
  • You have a track record of building strong relationships and closing high-visibility deals.
  • You have deep experience leading the drafting and legal negotiation of major deals in collaboration with C-level execs.
  • You have provided legal support for business development and/or strategic partnership teams.
  • You don't miss the forest for the trees, but you also don't miss the trees.
  • You work autonomously and exercise sound judgment in a fast-paced environment.
  • You have a proven ability to balance legal risk and business objectives.
  • You love to cheer for your teammates.
  • You foster empathy, collaboration, and mutual respect in your practice, and you default toward assuming good intentions about others.
  • You are curious, humble (no task is too big or too small), and—through it all—don't take yourself too seriously.
  • You are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment and have prioritized participating in DEI initiatives in past roles.
  • You have a J.D. and are admitted to any US state bar.
  • You have 8+ years legal experience in a law firm or in-house legal department, including 4+ years house.