Manager, Business – Legal Affairs

Role Overview

• Administer overall legal strategy and governance.
• Proactively provide solutions to key stakeholders/lines of business.
• Support senior legal staff members as needed with special projects, liquor licensing, and other legal matters.
• Support transactional due diligence and provide legal analysis in connection with potential mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and other strategic transactions as needed.
• Draft, negotiate, analyze, summarize, or oversee to completion various types of agreements, including but not limited to hospitality agreements, venue level agreements, merchandise contracts, sponsorship agreements, sales and marketing agreements.
• Prepare and negotiate location agreements, subcontractor and licensing agreements, independent contractor, temp staffing, consulting and services agreement forms.
• Support the negotiation and documentation of vendor and supplier relationships at the venue level, including any purchasing and procurement agreements.
• Draft and negotiate IT agreements, including payment processing agreements, order forms, and DPAs.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations and advise internal stakeholders on contract interpretation.
• Advise on intellectual property matters, including trademark usage, IP licensing, advertising/marketing matters, and brand protection, particularly in connection with licensing, sponsorship, and white-label arrangements.
• Efficiently manage department workflow and day-to-day tasks or assignments.
• Efficiently research items related to Legends’ operations as needed and concisely provide internal memos summarizing applicable issues and offer recommendations based on analysis.
• Evaluate the need for and periodically draft and revise Company policies.
• Assist with filing and administration of various statutory and local license requirements.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school; licensed to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 3–5 years of experience as a practicing attorney, ideally with transactional and in-house experience
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements, preferably in hospitality, venue management, sponsorship, merchandise, licensing, and other service contracts.
• Preferred experience and background on emerging laws such as GDPR, PCI Compliance, and liquor license compliance.
• Familiarity with intellectual property concepts, including trademark protection, IP licensing, franchise/licensing agreements and brand management, is preferred.
• M&A due diligence is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid vacation
• 401k plan