Corporate Compliance Counsel

TEAM Enterprises•Fort Lauderdale, FL

23h

About The Position

The Corporate Compliance Counsel is the sole in-house attorney for Stagwell Experiential’s affiliated experiential marketing agencies and serves as the primary legal advisor to each agency’s executive leadership. The role owns the full lifecycle of commercial agreements, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating client, vendor, sponsorship, venue, and contractor agreements. It leads regulatory compliance for field marketing programs in regulated industries, advises on employment, intellectual property, privacy, and real estate matters, and manages disputes and claims. The role works closely with senior leadership, Finance, Client Service, and Production to identify and manage legal risk while supporting the agencies’ work. The position also maintains contract execution and records, develops templates and negotiating playbooks, builds compliance training and resources, supports client RFPs and procurement reviews, and responds to legal questions from agency teams and leadership. Stagwell Experiential describes its team as fun, collaborative, and hard-working, with a supportive office environment. The company is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations during the application and employment process.

Requirements

Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
Active bar admission in good standing; Florida admission is preferred.
At least 1 year of experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, in-house or at a law firm.
Sound legal judgment and ability to give clear, practical advice to business leaders on tight timelines.
Analytical, flexible problem-solving skills, including the ability to address unexpected issues during live activations.
Ability to work independently as the sole attorney while collaborating closely with multiple departments and agencies.
Strong negotiation skills and ability to protect the company’s position while preserving client and vendor relationships.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including translating legal risk into business terms.
Highly organized and able to manage a high volume of matters across multiple entities with local and remote teams.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, e-signature platforms, and contract management and document storage tools.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of alcoholic beverage regulation, including tied-house rules, sampling, and licensing.
Marketing, advertising, or experiential agency experience.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate master services agreements, statements of work, amendments, and change orders with clients across affiliated agencies.
Draft and negotiate vendor, sponsorship, venue, charter, licensing, and independent contractor agreements, and adapt client and vendor contract forms to agency standard terms.
Negotiate key risk provisions with major brand clients, including indemnification, limitation of liability, intellectual property ownership, warranties, acceptance, exclusivity, and AI use.
Advise agency executive leadership on contract interpretation, client demands, and business decisions involving legal risk.
Lead regulatory compliance for field marketing programs in regulated industries, including tied-house rules, product sampling regulations, consumer rebate approvals, and third-party marketing agency licensing.
Prepare and file license applications, permits, ownership disclosures, and program approvals with state regulatory agencies.
Manage disputes, claims, and insurance incidents; develop strategy and coordinate with parent-company legal and outside counsel.
Review insurance requirements in client and vendor contracts and identify coverage gaps before activations.
Advise on intellectual property matters, including trademark clearance and IP risk allocation in creative and live-event work.
Advise on privacy and data governance for consumer-facing programs, and draft privacy policies and terms as needed.
Review and negotiate commercial real estate leases and related guaranties.
Draft intercompany agreements and coordinate with parent-company legal on corporate, governance, and escalated matters.
Own contract execution and records, including e-signature workflows, the central contract repository, and organized legal files for each agency.
Develop and maintain templates, playbooks, and standard negotiating positions to speed up contract review and keep terms consistent across agencies.
Build compliance training and resources for corporate staff and the part-time field workforce, such as state-by-state regulatory guides.
Support client RFPs and procurement reviews, including client terms, compliance questionnaires, and formal company responses.
Respond to ad hoc legal questions from Client Service, Production, Finance, the field, and senior leadership.