Corporate Counsel

Job Title: Corporate CounselDepartment: Legal DepartmentReports To: Assistant General CounselLocation: Remote Optional, Irvine, CA or Novi, MI preferredAbout the Company:Lineage Logistics was started by Bay Grove Capital when they acquired their first frozen food warehouse in December 2008 in the heart of the financial crisis. Since then, they have made more than 70 acquisitions to create the largest temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics company globally. The companies that form Lineage were built by entrepreneurs and families over decades and generations. In most cases, the owners of these companies have taken an ownership stake in Lineage and continue to be active in the business as advisors and mentors.Today, Lineage operates over 370 facilities in 18 countries with over 22,000 dedicated employees. The North American region includes over 250 facilities across 38 states and is supported by over 14,000 employees. Lineage serves customers across the food and perishable industries from Fortune 500 companies to growing regional food producers. The company handles and stores an assortment of products while also acting as a distribution partner for some of the largest and fastest-growing food retailers. Lineage''s transportation division provides integrated transportation solutions to solve some of the country''s most complicated supply chains. Lineage is also active in other value-added areas of the temperature-controlled supply chain.Since late 2008, Bay Grove has executed its owner-operator vision and approach with Lineage Logistics. Currently, the team devotes all its time to the growth and success of this platform. They have honed the process of buy and build with the exceptional team at Lineage and by focusing on incremental improvements that benefit their customers, culture and systems. Today, Lineage is continuing to explore new acquisitions while increasing its domestic facility footprint through organic expansions. As a result of several investments in talent and capabilities, such as a 1 ranked Data Science function (Fast Company Magazine, April 2019), Lineage is also developing a broader suite of logistics services to deliver more solutions to customers.The Company believes it is only in the early stages of building the leading temperature-controlled logistics company globally. Opportunities abound to connect ever-greater lengths ofthe supply chain and support growing demand for perishable products domestically and abroad. In fact, Lineage''s Purpose Statement is: Transform the food supply-chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world.To learn more about Lineage Logistics, please visit is seeking a Corporate Counsel to join a dynamic, growing in-house legal team in supporting a company in high growth mode. The ideal candidate would have strong prior experience and proven skills in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts. Additionally, the Corporate Counsel may be exposed to numerous new areas of law and will work directly with Lineage business leaders on a variety of projects.Duties and Responsibilities:1. Draft, review, and negotiate vendor and customer contracts, legal documents, files and correspondence, and work with the business line to ensure that projects are completed on a timely basis;2. Work directly with operations and sales to provide legal advice and guidance in order to solve problems, minimize risk and drive results;3. Develop a working understanding of federal, state and local permit and license requirements related to Lineage warehousing, transportation and other supply chain services, and work with the legal and business team to ensure compliance;4. Assist the Assistant General Counsel and General Counsel with documenting, negotiating, managing and closing sophisticated finance, M&A and real estate transactions;5. Manage outside counsel for certain corporate, finance or real estate transactions;6. Work collaboratively, proactively and responsively with a broad range of colleagues locally and internationally on a variety of legal and strategic projects, ensuring good relationships between legal, human resources, finance, IT, operations, and other corporate departments of Lineage and its affiliates to facilitate a coordinated team approach; and7. Provide effective strategic leadership for specific projects, including coordinating and directing third-party advisors and colleagues from other Lineage functional groups.8. Travel one or two times per quarter. Additional travel possible as desired.QualificationsEducation:Must have a Juris Doctor degree from a nationally recognized, accredited law school. Must be a member in good standing with a state bar. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.Licensure:A member in good standing with a bar of any state.Experience:• At least two years of experience in transactional law and/or commercial contracting.• Must be able to demonstrate the ability to manage multiple projects.• Experience analyzing and interpreting legal issues and contracts.• Experience drafting commercial agreements or other transactional documents.• Experience navigating complex business organizations across functional groups.• Experience interacting and clearly stating legal strategies and goals with company leadership, outside counsel, opposing counsel, and claimants.Special Skills:Candidate must demonstrate effective managerial/leadership skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to translate legal complexities into terms readily understood by management and line personnel. Must be able to demonstrate strong client management and relationship and project management skills as well as the ability to work successfully both independently and within a team. Lineage is a fast-paced, growing company, and a successful candidate must be willing to directly perform hands-on work as needed, while effectively building a trusted team of internal and external resources.LLPR Why Lineage?This is an excellent position to begin your career path within Lineage! Success in this role enables greater responsibilities and promotions! A career at Lineage starts with learning about our business and how each team member plays a part each and every day to satisfy our customers'' requirements. Beyond that, you''ll help us grow and learn on our journey to be the very best employer in our industry. We''ll ask you for your opinion and ensure we do our part to keep you developing and engaged as we grow our business. Working at Lineage is energizing and enjoyable. We value respect and care about our team members.Lineage is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful harassment and retaliation. Lineage will not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability or any other protected status under federal, state and local law.BenefitsLineage provides safe, stable, reliable work environments, competitive pay, excellent Health and Dental benefits, 401K, and Paid Time Off and Sick Days

Created: 2025-10-04