Hybrid Associate Counsel

at Fanatics

• Job title: Associate Counsel
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Tampa, United States

About the role

• Experienced attorney providing complex commercial legal services including contract drafting and negotiation at Fanatics Commerce. Acting as primary legal advisor and supporting business strategies in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact for multiple business units.
• Review, analyze, draft and negotiate a wide range of complex commercial transactions including partnerships, licensing, manufacturing, distribution, MSAs and vendor agreements.
• Manage legal aspects of a variety of key partnerships, including maintaining relationships with key partners’ legal and business teams.
• Provide strategic counsel on emerging legal and business developments.
• Advise senior executives on contractual and other legal considerations for the day-to-day operation of the Fanatics Commerce business.
• Oversee legal support staff in management of ordinary course contracting matters.
• Develop and implement business-appropriate policies, programs, and best practices.

Requirements

• Law degree, such as a Juris Doctor or other comparable degree from an ABA-accredited law school (or international equivalent).
• Current license to practice law in the appropriate jurisdiction.
• At least six (6) years of legal professional work experience at a major law firm and/or in-house at a major corporation, directly advising senior leadership clients on complex corporate, commercial, business, and transactional matters.
• Demonstrated experience in transactional legal matters, including drafting and negotiating business development agreements, services agreements and wide range of commercial contracts.
• Combination of experience at a law firm and in-house directly advising senior business clients on complex commercial, business, and transactional matters.
• Independent self-starter with a proven track record of effectively managing and prioritizing a high-volume workload and working well under pressure in a fast-moving and often-changing environment.
• Exercise excellent judgment and initiative, project management, and time management skills to successfully drive projects to completion.
• Problem-solving skills that demonstrate ability to critically evaluate and analyze issues and recommend well thought-out and/or creative solutions.

Benefits

• Hybrid schedule: three days a week in office, with the option to work from home the other two days.