For more than two decades, FoodChain ID has 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 FoodChain ID vision encompasses nothing less than assuring the safety, transparency, and integrity of the global food chain, one client and product at a time.
Job Description Summary
FoodChain ID’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.
Job Description
What you’ll be doing:
- 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.
Good to have
- 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.
For more than two decades, FoodChain ID has 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 FoodChain ID vision encompasses nothing less than assuring the safety, transparency, and integrity of the global food chain, one client and product at a time.
Job Description Summary
FoodChain ID’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.
Job Description
What you’ll be doing:
- 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.
Good to have
- 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.
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