# Associate Corporate Counsel

**Company:** [ezCater](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/ezcater)
**Location:** Boston, MA
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $147k – $210k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** commercial contracts, contract drafting, Contract Negotiation, Contract Management, legal research, contract templates, legal risk analysis, confidentiality agreements, indemnity, contract termination, representations and warranties, legal training
**Posted:** 2026-08-04

> Provides commercial legal support by drafting and negotiating vendor and inbound contracts, improving contracting processes, and advising cross-functional teams on legal risk and business objectives. Requires 3–5 years of legal experience and admission to at least one state bar.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Draft, negotiate, review, and interpret commercial agreements, including vendor and other inbound contracts.
- Build and improve contract templates, playbooks, talk tracks, and legal processes.
- Develop, deliver, and refresh training on legal issues, contract best practices, and key negotiating points.
- Provide practical legal analysis, strategy, and guidance to internal clients and cross-functional teams while balancing business objectives and legal risk.
- Manage assigned legal projects through completion.
- Assist with legal research, strategic transactions, and legal escalations.

## Requirements
- 3–5 years of legal experience in a law firm or in-house, including commercial contracts experience.
- Membership in at least one state bar.
- Strong drafting skills, both from forms and from scratch, with knowledge of confidentiality, indemnity, termination, representations, and other common contract provisions.
- Excellent negotiation skills, including in non-confrontational and adversarial situations.
- Ability to communicate the implications of legal requirements to internal clients.
- Strong work ethic, high standards, integrity, analytical skills, judgment, and ability to balance risk with business objectives.
- Ability to work independently, identify when to escalate issues, multitask, and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a reliable, self-starting, positive, inclusive, and team-oriented approach.

## Compensation and Benefits
- National total target cash compensation, including base salary and bonus target: **$147,157–$210,477 annually**.
- Stock options.
- 12 paid holidays and flexible PTO.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Health, dental, and FSA benefits.
- Long-term disability insurance.
- Mental health and family planning resources.
- Remote-hybrid work from the Boston office, home, or a combination of both.

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