General Counsel

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General Counsel

The candidate will lead all strategic legal initiatives including leases, joint venture agreements, restaurant management agreements, franchising agreements, licensing agreements fundraising entity structuring and/or restructuring asset purchases and/or sales corporate governance and compliance and significant litigation. Manage the following and serve as main point of contact for all day-to-day legal initiatives with internal departments (operations, brand/marketing, strategy/finance/accounting/tech and human resources) and restaurant management. Serve as legal department representative to Home Base departments, restaurant leadership, and outside restaurant vendors on day-to-day restaurant management; negotiate restaurant and office level contracts for existing restaurants, prepare contract termination notices, field any day to day contract questions from Home Base and restaurant management; lead restaurant specific projects requiring significant legal input (e.g., obtaining sidewalk seating license) and research and respond to general legal questions from Home Base staff and/or restaurant management (re: ABC Laws, FDA laws, general business inquires); assist with resolving restaurant level violations (FDNY/DOH); maintain liquor licenses. Serve as legal department representative for restaurant opening task force team; lead negotiations of new vendor agreements and construction related legal documents for restaurants in development; structure new business (e.g. catering consulting, etc.); prepare and present summaries of deals and vendor agreements to Home Base and restaurant management; serving as point of contact for all inbound opportunities and LOIs in negotiation. Create contract templates, lead revisions of templates; organize and maintain legal file system; maintain entity tracking chart; maintain contract and vendor summary chart; maintain lease, joint venture and restaurant management agreement summary chart; negotiate nondisclosure agreements; facilitate agreement signings by coordinating the collection of fully executed documents and sending to all parties; obtaining tax & vendor forms for contractual payment processing; work with company’s registered agent to create, maintain, and dissolve legal entities (articles of organization, EINs and state tax IDs, annual reports, business licenses, certificates of authority, DBAs, name changes, etc.); apply for and maintain liquor licenses; draft board minutes and resolutions; prepare subsidiary operating agreements. Lead trademark portfolio applications and maintenance with outside counsel; lead portfolio dispute resolution and/or enforcement efforts with outside counsel; review and assess trademark search results and draft emails to executive team relating to search results and potential risk of use; maintain and update intra-company license agreements. Track and manage the day to day on all litigation (liaise with outside counsel and insurance broker/risk manager, coordinate discovery); draft litigation holds and legal memos; liaise with risk manager; insurance procurement. Legal Budget. Manage the legal budget; review all invoices for accuracy, prepare for approval; drive efficiencies and cost savings with outside counsel.

Additional Information

Ref#: HOMEB01824

Company info

Momofuku
171 First Avenue btwn 10th 11th street
New York
New York
United States 10003
Website : https://momofuku.com/