Manager, Business – Legal Affairs
Saffire, LLC
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • Illinois • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $140,000 - $150,000 per year
About the role
- Administer overall legal strategy and governance.
- Proactively provide solutions to key stakeholders/lines of business.
- Support senior legal staff members as needed with special projects, liquor licensing, and other legal matters.
- Support transactional due diligence and provide legal analysis in connection with potential mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and other strategic transactions as needed.
- Draft, negotiate, analyze, summarize, or oversee to completion various types of agreements, including but not limited to hospitality agreements, venue level agreements, merchandise contracts, sponsorship agreements, sales and marketing agreements.
- Prepare and negotiate location agreements, subcontractor and licensing agreements, independent contractor, temp staffing, consulting and services agreement forms.
- Support the negotiation and documentation of vendor and supplier relationships at the venue level, including any purchasing and procurement agreements.
- Draft and negotiate IT agreements, including payment processing agreements, order forms, and DPAs.
- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and advise internal stakeholders on contract interpretation.
- Advise on intellectual property matters, including trademark usage, IP licensing, advertising/marketing matters, and brand protection, particularly in connection with licensing, sponsorship, and white-label arrangements.
- Efficiently manage department workflow and day-to-day tasks or assignments.
- Efficiently research items related to Legends’ operations as needed and concisely provide internal memos summarizing applicable issues and offer recommendations based on analysis.
- Evaluate the need for and periodically draft and revise Company policies.
- Assist with filing and administration of various statutory and local license requirements.
Requirements
- J.D. from an accredited law school; licensed to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 3–5 years of experience as a practicing attorney, ideally with transactional and in-house experience
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements, preferably in hospitality, venue management, sponsorship, merchandise, licensing, and other service contracts.
- Preferred experience and background on emerging laws such as GDPR, PCI Compliance, and liquor license compliance.
- Familiarity with intellectual property concepts, including trademark protection, IP licensing, franchise/licensing agreements and brand management, is preferred.
- M&A due diligence is a plus.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life and disability insurance
- Paid vacation
- 401k plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
legal strategycontract negotiationdue diligenceagreement draftingintellectual propertycompliancecommercial agreementslicensing agreementsM&Aresearch and analysis
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcommunicationorganizational skillsstakeholder managementworkflow managementteam supportrecommendation formulationproject managementattention to detailtime management
Certifications
J.D.licensed attorney