Corporate Legal Counsel - Generalist (Transactional Focus)

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores•Oklahoma City, OK

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Corporate Counsel will provide legal advice and counsel to executives, directors, and other business clients, exercising independent judgment across contract and commercial law, general corporate transactions, and adversarial matters. They will proactively identify potential legal issues and advise clients accordingly. The role involves drafting, reviewing, revising, and negotiating various legal documents across numerous areas of commercial law and corporate transactions. The counsel will research and analyze legal issues presented by clients and relevant to business operations, delivering practical, business-oriented recommendations, including options, guidance, and rationale, concisely and responsively to serve as a strategic partner to the business. This position will also serve as a liaison between the Legal Department and assigned business units, acting as the primary legal contact, and representing the department on various task forces and committees.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school.
Licensed to practice law in Oklahoma in good standing, or licensed in good standing in another state and willing to immediately pursue Oklahoma licensure.
Minimum of 3 years of experience practicing transactional law at a regional or national law firm and/or as corporate counsel.
Strong judgment, discretion, risk assessment, and contract drafting and negotiation skills.
Exceptional communication skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective professional relationships; practical business acumen and the ability to drive pragmatic, business-oriented solutions.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and online legal research platforms.

Nice To Haves

Experience reviewing, revising, and drafting IT software licensing and SaaS agreements.
Experience with legal technology platforms, including matter management, contract management, or document management systems.
Prior in-house corporate legal department experience.
Industry experience in transportation, logistics, retail, energy, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience leveraging AI and generative AI tools to improve the quality and efficiency of legal work.

Responsibilities

Provide legal advice and counsel to executives, directors, and other business clients, exercising independent judgment across contract and commercial law, general corporate transactions, and adversarial matters.
Proactively identify potential legal issues and advise clients accordingly.
Draft, review, revise, and negotiate varied legal documents across numerous areas of commercial law and corporate transactions.
Research and analyze legal issues presented by clients and relevant to business operations; deliver practical, business-oriented recommendations - including options, guidance, and rationale - concisely and responsively to serve as a strategic partner to the business.
Serve as liaison between the Legal Department and assigned business units, acting as primary legal contact.
Represent the department on various task forces and committees.
Pursue continuing legal education on industry developments, evolving business operations, and company strategies.
Assist in educating business clients on the role of Legal and legal processes.
Assist in managing outside counsel and other legal service providers for assigned business units and matters; ensure accurate and timely billing on a project-specific basis.
Timely and accurately maintain matter status, contract information, time logs, and other required data in the department's legal technology systems.
Perform various other tasks, as assigned.
Exercise independent professional judgment and provide candid, accurate advice to clients and third parties.
Promptly escalate ethical concerns, conflicts of interest, or professional responsibility issues through appropriate channels.
Maintain strict confidentiality of all client communications, legal advice, and sensitive business and personnel information consistent with attorney-client privilege and applicable professional standards.
Work within the department’s established structure, reporting relationships, and matter assignment processes; accept and diligently pursue work as assigned by senior attorneys; maintain a full and productive workload; and communicate capacity proactively to the supervising attorney.
Adhere to department workspace and availability expectations.
Provide consistent, equitable service to all assigned clients; mentor paralegals and legal staff; and demonstrate the organizational skills and collaborative approach needed to manage multiple priorities in a team environment.
Accepting and equitably managing work assigned by supervising attorneys, including matters outside preferred practice areas.
Working within the department's established structure, reporting relationships, and matter assignment processes.
Maintaining a full and productive workload and proactively communicating capacity to supervising attorneys.
Leverage the department's legal technology platforms - including matter management, contract management, document management, and other systems as adopted - to support efficient delivery of legal services.
Utilize AI and generative AI tools to enhance legal research, drafting, document review, and other attorney workflows, consistent with applicable professional responsibility rules, company policies, and confidentiality requirements.
Support evaluation and rollout of new legal technology by participating in piloting and providing substantive feedback to inform adoption decisions across the department.
Stay current on emerging legal technology and AI trends relevant to legal practice and proactively identify opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and client service in day-to-day work.