Corporate Legal Counsel (Transactional Focus) - Loves Travel Stops & Country Store

Req ID: 446316 

BASIC PURPOSE: Demonstrate proficiency in the legal practice, sound judgment and the provision of reasoned legal opinions, with minimal supervision.  Keep General Counsel and Sr. Corporate Counsel apprised of current legal matters, initiatives and concerns of import being handled.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Transactional

• Draft, review, revise and negotiate varied legal documents in numerous areas of contract and commercial law and corporate transactions, including but not limited to service, storage and transportation agreements, confidentiality agreements, commercial leases, and while working with business unit leaders and other interested parties.
• Review and analyze company responses to requests for proposals, bids, and offers, and provide guidance to business clients regarding related to such transactions and opportunities.

General

• Provide legal advice and counsel to business clients, using discretion and exercising independent judgment in numerous areas of contract and commercial law, general corporate transactions, and adversarial matters.
• Research and analyze various legal issues presented by clients and/or pertinent to business operations or matters and present results through preparation of legal memoranda and/or interaction with clients.
• Serve as liaison between Musket’s legal department and certain business clients and representing the department on assigned task forces and committees.
• Anticipate and identify potential legal issues and develop and recommend company policies and positions on same.
• Administrative duties.
• Pursue continuing education on industry, evolving business operations, and company business strategies.
• Be able to work independently and with little supervision.
• Various other tasks as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree and Juris Doctorate Degree from an accredited law school
• Licensure: Licensed to practice law in Texas

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a law firm and/or as corporate counsel, with experience in transactions, contract review, contract drafting skills.
• Experience with compliance and credit and finance law a plus

      SKILLS AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office and in on-line legal research, with ability to learn new software applications and programs, ability to type efficiently and prepare own documents and correspondence without reliance on dictation, and strong drafting, negotiation and oral communication

Typical Physical Demands:

• Requires prolonged stationary positions and some positioning of self to access under desk storage or low filing drawers
• Occasional moving of equipment and/or lifting up to 50 pounds
• Continuous operation of office equipment, e.g. computer keyboard, copy machine, printer, and calculator
• Ability to perceive sound at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, and extensive reading
• Occasional evening or weekend work
• Possible infrequent overnight travel

Job Function(s): Corporate 

Love’s has been fueling customers’ journeys since 1964. Innovation and perseverance continue to lead the way for the family-owned and -operated business headquartered in Oklahoma City with more than 40,000 team members in North America and Europe. The company’s core business is travel stops and convenience stores with more than 630 locations in 42 states. Love’s continues its commitment to offer products and services that provide value for professional drivers, fleets, four-wheel customers, RVers, alternative fuel and wholesale fuel customers. Giving back to communities Love’s serves and maintaining an inclusive and diverse workplace are hallmarks of the company’s award-winning culture.

The Love’s Family of Companies includes:

• Gemini Motor Transport, one of the industry’s safest trucking fleets.
• Speedco and Love’s Truck Care, the largest oil change and preventive maintenance and total truck care network.
• Musket, a rapidly growing, Houston-based commodities supplier and trader.
• Trillium, a Houston-based alternative fuels expert.
• TVC Pro-driver, a commercial driver’s license (CDL) protection subscription service.