Want to hear something crazy? Cars only spend 5% of their time driving. Where do they spend the other 95%? PARKED!

LAZ Parking is one of the largest and fastest growing parking companies in the country. LAZ operates hundreds of thousands of parking spaces across the country. When it comes to parking, we’re the experts!

We are also a PEOPLE FIRST company. We often say “parking is our industry but people are our passion.” Our mission is to “create opportunities for our employees and value for our clients”. If you’re looking to join a growing company led by passionate people committed to being the best – contact us today!

The Spirit of the Position:

The General Counsel, Commercial reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer and is responsible for mitigating legal risk across the company in contract compliance oversight/prevention, and merger and acquisition activity. Working in tandem with the General Counsel, Employment and Risk, s/he serves as a hands-on primary legal contact for external counsel on referenced commercial matters including contracts, licensing, and acquisitions and s/he manages these relationships. As an integral part of the Company’s leadership team, the General Counsel, Commercial provides advice on a wide variety of legal-related matters, including contractual and regulatory issues; and potential acquisitions; and vendor and client contracts. matters, as well as establishing processes and best practices for the Legal Department.

Principal Job Duties:

• Drafts, reviews and negotiates a variety of complex commercial documents contracts including master service agreements, partnership deals, NDAs, and a wide array of other agreements with clients, vendors and other business partners.
• Manage relationships with outside counsel related to commercial and M&A activity and oversee billable hours spent by attorneys hired to represent the company.
• Manages real estate transactions including office leases and other license agreements
• Provide guidance/advice and interpretation in situations that arise as needed related to obtaining necessary permits, contracts or any other legal-related matters.
• Participate in legal due diligence for potential acquisitions and assist in contract drafting and document preparation for closing(s) as appropriate.
• Ensure contractual and regulatory compliance on a wide variety of topics including privacy laws, CCPA, and other pertinent regulatory matters.
• Prepares and manages budget on internal and external matters for legal department.
• Establishes templates and/or other processes, standards and best practices for contract formation, review and maintenance.
• Develops and implements an annual strategic plan for the Legal department aligned to the company’s overall business initiatives.
• Liaises to insurance brokers and carriers as needed on cases related to cyber insurance, umbrella coverage and/or any other insurance-related matters.
• Creates and maintains ongoing reports for the Executive Committee about legal issues including open/pending litigation.
• Lead/manages various members of he Legal department and partners with General Counsel, Litigation, Employment and Risk and Chief Operating Officer on the strategi plan for the Department as the Company grows.
• Reviews and analyzes legal and regulatory developments and trends and determines potential impact and applicability as necessary.
• Acts as Corporate Secretary for board meetings and actively participates in Executive Committee planning.
• Manages oversight and compliance to leases, operating and management agreements and other complex commercial arrangements.
• Manages corporate finance documents including banking agreements and other legally binding financial arrangements.
• Other duties as needed.

Requirements:

Travel

• Up to 10%, based on business needs.

Education

• Juris Doctor Degree required.
• Member of CT Bar Association required.

Experience

• At least 7-15 years of corporate law practice with a focus on transactional commercial law including contract negotiations, review and drafting.
• Experience in negotiating contracts and closing deals
• Experience leading M&A full-cycle activity including complex deal structures such as asset purchases
• Intellectual property issue oversight.

Skills

• Change management savvy and ability to drive strategies that change employee behavior/culture.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects in high-growth organization
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to encourage open expression of ideas and opinions.
• Ability to influence results in a multi-site, multi-state environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively manage up.
• Ability to document policies, procedures and standard business practices.
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and timeliness.
• Knowledge of Word, Power Point and General Microsoft Office Applications.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to lift, push and pull at least 10 pounds.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualified disabilities to perform the essential duties/functions.

FLSA Status: Exempt

LAZ Parking is an equal opportunity employer. In all our employment practices, including hiring, we are firmly committed to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetics, Vietnam era, special disabled, recently separated and other protected veterans, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. No question in our application process is used for the process of limiting or excluding any applicant's consideration for employment on such grounds.

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