Paralegal, Franchise Support

7 days ago

St Louis, United States Rawlings Sporting Goods Company , Inc. Full time
Job Title: Paralegal, Franchise Support
Supervises: None
Reports to: SVP, General Counsel
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Corporate Office, St. Louis, MO
Work Schedule: Hybrid - 3 days in office/2 days from home

General Summary: The Paralegal, Franchise Support is responsible for the legal compliance and contract lifecycle of franchise agreements to support the growth of franchise locations domestically and internationally and to perform general paralegal duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  • Prepare and revise franchise agreements, amendments, and related documents.
  • Analyze and summarize key contract terms and compile pertinent information about franchise agreements to support franchise growth and compliance.
  • Facilitate full execution of documents by franchisees and ensure executed originals are returned and filed appropriately.
  • Manage the annual disclosure document (domestic and international) update and process, which includes developing a project plan, task and responsibilities list, and a timeline for the project.
  • Prepare, update, and maintain disclosure document (domestic and international) and related documents for use in the United States, Canada, and other jurisdictions.
  • Deliver and track distribution of Franchise Disclosure Documents.
  • Ensure compliance with franchise agreements relating to insurance, leases, tri-party agreements; identify and manage or participate in the resolution of franchisee non-compliance.
  • Maintain centralized records for franchise agreement materials and manage production of data or documentation upon request from auditors.
  • Manage correspondence on behalf of the legal department to assist with franchise development, operations, or litigation matters.
  • Maintain high quality relationships with internal clients to ensure applicable departments are working with current information regarding policies and franchise agreement information.
  • Maintain high quality relationships with each franchisee's counsel or key legal contact to communicate with franchisees effectively and clearly regarding policy details.
  • Assist in refining processes and documentation necessary to support consistent application of internal franchise documentation policies.
  • Undertake special assignments, including research, review, and analysis of franchise documents.
  • Draft, review, redline and negotiate a wide variety of contracts and agreements.
  • Support contract lifecycles including template development, maintenance, management and roll-out; drafting, revising, redlining, and negotiating contracts; managing contract execution and filing, together with all phases of the contract management processes.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
  • Bachelor's degree and/or Paralegal Certificate or completion of paralegal degree program preferred.
  • Minimum of 5 years of franchise paralegal experience. Candidates with in-house corporate legal department experience preferred, especially with a consumer products company.
  • Advanced skill level with Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Relentless attention to detail with the ability to process and execute multiple tasks simultaneously, ensuring a keep focus on completion of individual tasks without close supervision.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality at all levels (internally and externally).
  • Strong organizational, analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to prioritize, organize, and perform a challenging workload under tight deadlines.
  • Proven dependability and flexibility regarding time management, work assignments, and deadlines.
  • A keen ability to navigate "getting to yes" while mitigating corporate risk and risk to revenue.
  • Ability to function well and be comfortable in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills.
Core Competencies: The successful candidate will be:
  • Action-Oriented.
  • Solution-Oriented.
  • An outstanding communicator - both written and oral.
  • A self-starter who is comfortable working independently.
  • A creative innovator.
  • A leader that is comfortable interacting with and influencing others at all levels within the organization.
  • Personally responsible with a high degree of integrity that is comfortable speaking out when necessary.
  • Customer-focused & consumer-orientated (to both internal and external customers).
  • A decision-maker.
  • A highly organized, detail-oriented subject matter expert.

Working Conditions: General office working conditions. This is an "on-site" position working in Rawlings' St. Louis' headquarters (subject to local policies, guidelines, and procedures). Occasional travel may be necessary.

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. Position may be required to perform other duties as needed.

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