Associate General Counsel

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $220k - $270k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

⚖️ Legal Counsel / General Counsel

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SanMar

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1971

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

🛒 Retail

Logistics • Manufacturing • Retail

SanMar is a leading supplier of wholesale apparel, offering a wide array of products such as T-shirts, outerwear, caps, activewear, and accessories. They offer products from various renowned brands like Nike, The North Face, and Carhartt. SanMar serves new and existing customers through detailed catalogs, custom apparel options, and numerous marketing tools. The company also emphasizes sustainability and offers compliance and safety solutions for its products. SanMar provides integrated services for custom apparel and uniforming solutions, catering primarily to businesses and organizations requiring branded or decorated apparel.

📋 Description

• Serve as a strategic legal advisor to business leaders and senior leadership • Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial agreements, independently managing high-value matters from inception through resolution • Advise on domestic and international operations, sourcing, supply chain, logistics, freight and shipping, manufacturing, distribution, cross-border trade, import/export compliance, and government relations • Provide legal counsel on investments, financings, joint ventures, acquisitions, and corporate restructurings • Lead cross-functional projects including new market entry, product launches, and operational expansions • Manage disputes, investigations, claims, and pre-litigation matters • Oversee outside counsel relationships, legal budgets, and legal resource use • Advise on employment and labor matters, including workplace policies, wage and hour compliance, leave administration, and employment litigation • Advise on commercial credit operations, customer credit policies, risk assessment, secured transactions, collections, and recoveries • Oversee corporate governance, entity formation and maintenance, subsidiary management, and organizational structuring • Advise on intellectual property, branding, marketing, advertising, product commercialization, data privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and technology matters • Advise on product safety and regulatory compliance and monitor legal developments • Build and maintain contract templates, negotiation playbooks, legal policies, and operational best practices • Lead process improvement initiatives and deliver legal training • Comply with policies and standards and perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school • Active bar membership in good standing • 7–9 years of corporate legal experience • Licensed Attorney (varies by state) • Strong foundation in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including licensing, manufacturing, distribution, and technology arrangements • Experience managing disputes, investigations, and outside counsel relationships • Familiarity with employment and labor law, including employee relations, workplace investigations, and employment-related disputes • Background in corporate governance and entity management • Experience with international operations, cross-border transactions, trade compliance, customs, import/export regulations, supply chain, government relations, or cross-border regulatory matters is a meaningful plus • Ability to translate complex legal issues into practical business guidance • Comfortable working independently, exercising substantial judgment on high-value matters, and managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment • Strong communicator who builds trust with business partners across all levels of the organization • Experience in the apparel, retail, wholesale, or consumer products industry is preferred but not required • Exposure to intellectual property, data privacy, technology transactions, product regulatory matters, or corporate transactions is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus up to 20% of base salary • Paid time off accrued bi-weekly, up to 152 hours per year to start • 8 paid holidays • 1 paid family day off • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits • 401k plan with $1-for-$1 match up to 4% of earnings, matched and vested every pay cycle • Life insurance • Short-term and long-term disability coverage • Paid maternity/paternity leave • Pet insurance • Periodic travel may be required • Reasonable accommodations may be available for individuals with disabilities