Assistant General Counsel, Corporate

Company Description

You may know us as Wonderful Pistachios, FIJI Water, POM Wonderful, Halos Citrus, Teleflora and JUSTIN Wine, but we’re all Wonderful and  we have a great opportunity for an experienced corporate transactional attorney to join our team.  You will join a team of lawyers that were trained at top tier law schools and firms who continue to apply and grow their exceptional legal skills as business-minded practitioners in collaboration with our Wonderful family of businesses. 

The Wonderful legal team is a full-service law group with approximately 100 individuals (including 50 attorneys).  Our corporate team has over 15 lawyers and is a part of our broader transactional group that also includes real estate, employment, intellectual property, regulatory, education and government affairs teams.  Our lawyers actually do the legal work for our businesses instead of just managing outside counsel.  Wonderful is a vibrant and growing entrepreneurial company and, because we are privately owned, there are no cumbersome public shareholder concerns or bureaucratic decision-making.  Here you will find a unique opportunity to continue to expand and hone your legal skills in collaboration with a broad and supportive team, while developing your business acumen and learning to partner with each of our businesses in a way that meets their individual needs.  Our lawyers are highly regarded across our businesses as go-to problem solvers. 

No billable hours, no pressure to get or retain clients, we are committed to work-life balance as well as excellence. 

This position will be based at our West Los Angeles, CA office. We work a hybrid schedule with an in-office requirement Monday-Wednesday and the option to work remotely on Thursday and Friday.

Job Description

• Act as lead lawyer on a wide variety of complex business transactions involving both domestic and international issues
• Develop deep relationships with our business teams to understand their operations and goals and provide excellent legal advice with a business-minded, solution-oriented approach
• Manage all aspects of corporate transactions from the initial stages of the deal through post-closing integration, including structuring transactions, drafting and negotiating agreements, running due diligence, and managing teams of attorneys, paralegals and business people
• Structure, negotiate and draft purchase and sale agreements, equipment purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, financing documents, distribution agreements, license agreements, service agreements, supply agreements, sponsorship agreements, partnership agreements, transportation agreements and many more
• “Own” projects – ask questions, take responsibility, think outside the box and make risk-appropriate judgment calls with limited supervision
• Manage, train and develop other lawyers and staff with intentionality and thoughtfulness
• Proactively identify, and actively participate in improving, inefficiencies or waste within the department and across our businesses

Qualifications

• 15+ years of broad-based complex corporate transactional experience, including significant experience practicing corporate law in a top-tier law firm
• Demonstrated ability to run complex M&A transactions as the lead attorney is strongly preferred
• Ability to communicate complex business and legal issues to top-level executives in a succinct and straightforward manner
• Experience working as a lead attorney on large and small projects including managing other lawyers
• Experience drafting and negotiating complex deal documents (background with foreign transactions is a plus)
• Ability to make judgment calls based on varying risk tolerances and provide business-minded legal advice to business unit executives
• Team player – willing to stretch to take on new responsibilities and roll up your sleeves to pitch in where needed
• Kind, respectful and collaborative with everyone across all levels of the organization; looking for a collegial environment where colleagues leave their doors open and stop by to chat about weekend plans
• Strong academic credentials, excellent analytical, organizational, verbal and written skills required
• JD from top tier law school
• Must be a member in good standing of the State Bar of California or registered as in-house counsel

Pay Range: $320,000 - $330,000 and may include a discretionary bonus. Final compensation will be dependent upon skills & experience.

Additional Information

• Thriving Wellness Community: Access to top-notch medical coverage comprehensive vision and dental plans, and a 401k with match eligibility to secure your financial future and including: 
  • 24/7 online physician consultations 
  • virtual mental health resources 
  • life