In-House Counsel (Attorney)

Florida | Full-Time | Hybrid

We're a privately-held group of companies spanning professional services, technology/SaaS, and consumer-facing marketing, with a growing multi-entity corporate structure and international operations. We're hiring our **first in-house attorney** to be the legal backbone of the organization — the person who keeps every entity clean, every contract sound, and every filing on time, while coordinating specialized outside counsel on the matters that need deeper expertise.

This is a rare opportunity to build the legal function from the ground up, report directly to ownership, and get broad exposure across corporate, IP, contracts, compliance, and international coordination — without the billable-hour grind of firm life.

What You'll Do

Corporate & Entity Management

• Manage formation, governance, and ongoing maintenance for a multi-entity corporate group (Articles/bylaws, board and member consents, annual reports, registered agents, cap table and stock issuance records)
• Maintain the compliance calendar across all entities and jurisdictions — nothing slips
• Support entity restructuring projects (new subsidiaries, ownership reorganizations, intercompany transfers) alongside outside corporate/tax counsel

Contracts & Transactions

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements: vendor contracts, NDAs, service agreements, licensing agreements, employment-related documents, and intercompany agreements between affiliated entities
• Own the contract lifecycle — templates, redlines, execution tracking, renewal management

Intellectual Property

• Manage the trademark portfolio's routine filings, monitoring, and renewals
• Coordinate with outside IP counsel on prosecution, office actions, and enforcement matters
• Support IP assignment and chain-of-title documentation for proprietary technology and brand assets

Compliance & Risk

• Own corporate separateness practices across affiliated entities (documentation discipline that protects liability walls between businesses)
• Support HR/employment compliance across multiple jurisdictions, working with local counsel where needed
• Flag emerging legal/regulatory risk before it becomes a problem

Outside Counsel & Specialist Coordination

• Serve as the point person who identifies when a matter needs specialized outside counsel (tax structuring, international law, complex litigation, M&A) and manages that relationship end-to-end
• Translate specialist advice into plain-language recommendations for leadership
• Manage outside counsel budgets and engagement scope

What We're Looking For

• Active member of the Florida Bar in good standing
• 1–3 years of experience — corporate, transactional, or compliance-focused practice preferred; litigation backgrounds with strong writing/research skills also considered
• Sharp contract drafting and legal research skills
• Comfortable saying "this needs a specialist" — knowing the edges of your expertise is a strength here, not a weakness
• Highly organized self-starter, comfortable owning a broad and genuinely varied docket
• Interest in a generalist corporate practice with international exposure

Why This Role

• Real ownership from day one— you're not reviewing documents for a partner, you're running the legal function
• Broad exposure — corporate, IP, contracts, compliance, and international coordination, across genuinely different industries under one roof
• Direct access to leadership — no bureaucracy between you and the decision-makers
• Mentorship by proxy — regular exposure to senior specialist counsel across tax, IP, and international law as you coordinate those engagements
• Growth path — a clear trajectory toward a General Counsel role as the organization scales

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary $75,000–$95,000, commensurate with experience
• Performance bonus tied to measurable outcomes (compliance milestones achieved, clean filings, documented efficiencies)
• Health insurance, PTO
• Professional development support (bar dues, CLE)

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