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General Counsel

Skills
E-CommerceConsumer LawConsumerCorporate Venture CapitalGeneral Corporate CounselHealthcareU.S. Food And Drug Administration
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of legal experience with significant support for consumer-facing businesses
  • J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership
  • Experience advising high-growth consumer healthcare wellness subscription ecommerce or regulated businesses
  • Deep understanding of CLIA CAP HIPAA FDA marketing and consumer protection regulations
  • Strong experience managing claims substantiation and regulatory review processes
  • Experience overseeing litigation class action matters and outside counsel
  • Strong commercial contracting and negotiation experience
  • Ability to operate as a strategic business partner to founders and executive teams
  • Excellent judgment and ability to balance legal risk with business objectives
  • Comfortable operating autonomously in fast-paced evolving environments
  • Strong communication skills for non-legal audiences
  • Experience as General Counsel or Associate General Counsel at a high-growth consumer brand
  • Experience supporting healthcare diagnostics wellness supplements or health technology companies
  • Experience navigating M&A transactions and corporate development initiatives
  • Experience supporting venture-backed startups through rapid growth
  • Prior experience at a top law firm

Nice to have

  • Commercially minded
  • Founder-friendly
  • Strategic thinker
  • Autonomous
  • Fast-paced mindset
  • Business oriented

Day to day

  • Serve as the company's primary legal advisor across the business and partner closely with founders and executive leadership on strategic decisions
  • Lead compliance efforts across CLIA CAP FDA HIPAA advertising privacy marketing and broader regulatory requirements while helping the company move quickly
  • Oversee litigation strategy dispute resolution outside counsel relationships intellectual property trademark protection and commercial contract negotiations
  • Develop scalable legal processes policies and frameworks that support growth while balancing business opportunity risk and innovation