Job Description
Sr Corporate Counsel-291461
Description
Primary responsibilities include drafting and negotiating contracts for the company’s national account business, handling all commercial real estate matters for owned and leased properties, responding to questions regarding customer bankruptcy filings, record retention, customer litigation matters, and general contract interpretation and path forward advice.
Essential Job Functions
80%- National Accounts/Key Accounts/Special Accounts
• Agreements, G&K and customer forms – drafting and negotiating
• RFPs and RFIs – review for exceptions, revisions, and assist in responses in keeping company policies
• Addendums, revisions, and renewals – drafting and negotiating
• Non-disclosure agreements – drafting and reviewing
• Subcontract agreements – preparing and revising for national account customers and dealing with local subcontract agreements that may impact business or require input or negotiation for consistency with national account customers
• Quits, audits, pricing, vendor forms, safety, insurance, and issues regarding interpretation of responsibilities – review agreements and advise
• Update forms for optimal usage, including direct purchase
10% – Real Estate
• Leases – review, negotiate, draft/ revise, draft addendums
• Review and edit listing agreements for sales, purchase agreements, review title work, and draft closing documents for owned properties for sale
• Review, edit, negotiate, and advise regarding all leased and owned properties regarding construction, tenant improvements, payment responsibilities, closeout/move out requirements, and purchases/exchanges
• Draft, review, edit subleases and listing agreements for subleases, parking agreements, month-to-month agreements, etc.
5% – Customer Quits
• Support paralegals and junior department counsel with questions regarding enforceability of contracts, position on pursuit or non-pursuit of breach of contract scenarios, as backup/assistance to junior department counsel
• Negotiate settlement on larger quit cases or where prior involvement, attend mediation/negotiation sessions, customer meetings
• Respond to questions regarding ability to collect, positions to take with customers, likelihood of success and timing from the field via telephone
• Assist in outside counsel responses for litigation, discovery responses, and transition of outside counsel firm and process
• Negotiating and making revisions to subcontracts, agreements of rights and responsibilities, letters of intent, and non-disclosure/confidentiality agreements
3% – Bankruptcy
• Responsibility for Financial Policy and Procedures on customer bankruptcies, and assisting Treasury in updating the bankruptcy tracking spreadsheet for customers to show claims filed, important dates, and deadlines for preference claim liabilities (for turnover to Treasury to maintain)
• Answer field questions regarding situation for continuance of service, discontinuance, pickup, filings and dates required, and enforceability of agreements
• Negotiate contract rejection or cure and acceptance with customers, gather information, file claims for large customer accounts, and respond to preference lawsuits and receivership demands
2% – Record Retention
• Maintain schedule for retention period in accordance with applicable laws
• Coordinate annual activities at corporate
• Roll-out annual destruction process and deadlines to corporate and to the field annually in the spring, prior to fiscal year-end
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
J.D. from an accredited law school; be licensed to practice law in Minnesota and be in good standing
Minimum five years in practice, including solid performance in general corporate, commercial and contract law, with significant experience in negotiation, drafting, and litigation management. Prior law firm experience will be strongly considered.
• Enthusiastic, confident, innovative and resourceful
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills
• High level of integrity
• Independent thinker with evidence of decisions that show balance and judgment
• Team player; enjoys and functions well in a complex and diversified corporate environment
• Proven ability to thrive under pressure
• Concise, articulate and forthright, in speech and in writing; an excellent communicator and evaluator, with solid drafting and editing skills and attention to detail
• Knowledgeable in a range of legal issues, with particular emphasis in matters of contract negotiation and drafting.
• Ability to understand business issues and initiatives to ensure integration with legal issues and obtain the ultimate result of effective and profitable contracts.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of both the corporate and field operations and personnel of the company.
• Develop effective working relationships with legal colleagues, internal clients, and employees of all levels.
Limited domestic travel required (0-10%)
Primary Location
US-Minnesota-Minnetonka-Minnetonka-090
Schedule
Full-time
Contact Information
Kelly J. Shannon
Senior Corporate Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
G&K Services
5995 Opus Parkway
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Phone: (952)912-5829 Direct (612)220-4729 Cellular
Fax: (952)912-5788
www.gkservices.com