General Counsel

Join our team as the General Counsel, where you will serve as a trusted advisor to the founders and executive team, managing a broad and varied legal scope of work. You will be the primary legal advisor to the executive team and cross-functional leaders, build scalable legal processes, and identify legal and regulatory risks. You will also draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, manage outside counsel relationships, and oversee compliance with employment laws and data privacy regulations. This is a unique opportunity to shape how legal risk and strategy are managed as we scale.

Serve as the primary legal advisor to the executive team and cross-functional leaders, providing guidance on a wide range of legal matters.

Build scalable legal processes, templates, and internal guidelines to support the organization's growth, and manage outside counsel relationships for complex or specialized initiatives.

You're a pragmatic attorney who is energized about being the first and sole in-house legal resource. You can communicate complex legal concepts clearly to internal and external stakeholders

About Spot & Tango

• J.D. from a top-tier law school
• USD 297,500 - 350,000

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including vendor, supplier, agency, manufacturing, licensing, marketing, and partnership agreements.

Requirements

• You have a broad understanding across multiple legal fields, and know when to bring in 3rd-party experts to supplement your personal expertise. You are incredibly sharp, scrappy and have a keen attention to detail
• You think of creative solutions for difficult problems and are equally comfortable with high-level strategic questions as you are getting into the minutiae of contract negotiations
• 5+ years of legal experience at a top-tier law firm; time spent in-house at a consumer, retail, or e-commerce company is a plus (particularly as first or sole lawyer)

Exposure to M&A or IPO preparation preferred

• Proven ability to manage outside counsel relationships and complex, multi-workstream legal initiatives
• Experience advising e-commerce, DTC, or CPG companies is a plus
• Demonstrated breadth of experience across multiple legal disciplines, such as employment law, IP/trademark, commercial contracts, litigation/claims, equity/debt financings, and privacy/consumer terms
• High ethical standards and professional integrity with a business-first, commercially-oriented mindset
• Excellent judgment and the ability to independently prioritize and manage a high volume of varied legal matters; comfort with ambiguity and speed
• Entrepreneurial mindset with comfort operating without extensive legal infrastructure already in place
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and communication skills
• Dog lover a plus!

Preferred

• Active bar membership in good standing (New York bar preferred)