Corporate Counsel

Job description

Restaurant365 is transforming how restaurants run their businesses. Today, we help more than 50,000 restaurant locations manage their finances, operations, and people. As AI changes what's possible, we’re reimagining how restaurant back offices operate—automating routine work, helping teams make better decisions, and giving restaurant leaders more time to focus on growing their businesses.​ We're transforming how we work, too. AI is changing how we build products, solve problems, and deliver results for our customers. We're embracing new ways of working, moving faster, and creating opportunities for our people to make a greater impact.​ At Restaurant365, our culture is built on ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We believe in challenging ourselves, learning every day, and working together to achieve great results. We’re looking for people who are curious, take initiative, and want to grow while helping shape the future of an industry​ The Corporate Counsel will report to the Head of Legal and will be the second member of the company’s legal team. We are looking for an outstanding entry-level corporate attorney to handle routine and emerging issues which arise in our company and require legal advice and counsel, as well as to contribute to the administration of our small corporate law department. ### How you'll add value: Working under the supervision of the Head of Legal: - Personally negotiate, draft, review and advise on key company agreements, including without limitation customer, vendor and partner contracts and NDAs. - Work with the company’s Deal Desk to improve company’s contracting processes, select a contract management systems and create automation in the sales contract process. - Contribute to legal team’s handling of issues relating to: - Data privacy and security - Legal consideration of products - Litigation and disputes - Internal investigations - Ethics and compliance - HR/Employment law - M&A diligence and integration - Assist Head of Legal with corporate governance, financing and equity issues. - Collaborate effectively with colleagues throughout the company and with outside counsel. - Research, anticipate, and guard the company against emerging legal risks - Be a trusted advisor to the leadership team on legal matters critical to the growth of the business - Provide pragmatic advise and recommendations - Understand R365’s industry, operations, products, and sales model to help mitigate risks and find creative and cost-effective solutions to legal issues. - Maintain knowledge of the organization’s operations and legal documents. - Selects when AI adds value, double‑checks its outputs, and can clearly describe their AI workflow to others. - Find opportunities to automate and improve how work gets done across your role with approved AI and other tools, choosing the right tool for each task, refining your prompts, and reviewing outputs for quality and time saved. ### What you'll need to be successful in this role: - The ideal candidate will have about 1 – 3 years of corporate legal experience with a law firm or in-house legal department. - Juris Doctor Degree from ABA Accredited University and Bachelors Degree Required. - Licensed to practice law in one of U.S. States or District of Columbia. - Experience negotiating, drafting, reviewing and advising on contracts. - Possess outstanding verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the proven ability to work collaboratively. - Be proficient in AI tools and comfortable utilizing AI to maximum efficiency within the small legal team. - Curiosity and eagerness to use AI in your daily work, backed by hands-on experience, a good sense of what generative AI can and can't do, and the judgment to verify its outputs.