Corporate Counsel

Corporate Counsel

Daisy Brand is seeking an experienced Corporate Counsel to establish an in-house legal and risk function. The Corporate Counsel will handle a wide range of legal and risk matters, including contract review and negotiation, regulatory compliance, and risk management. This role will also liaise between Daisy leadership and external counsel.

Principal Duties

• Contract Review and Negotiation: Draft, review, and negotiate agreements between Daisy and its suppliers, customers, agents, employees, and other partners.
• Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management: Advise on best practices for compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, including but not limited to those related to food production and certification, employment, safety, data privacy, and environmental issues. Create and manage a risk register to proactively assess the business interruption, legal and liability implications of business decisions and ensure key stakeholders understand associated risks and mitigation strategies.
• Insurance Management: Managing insurance procurement, claims, and relationships with insurance providers.
• Legal Liaison: Act as a key point of contact between Daisy leadership and external counsel, ensuring mutual understanding and providing an additional legal perspective to Daisy Brand.
• Litigation & Dispute Management: Represent the company in legal disputes where appropriate and oversee litigation handled by external counsel, including but not limited to litigation involving product liability and commercial disputes.
• Intellectual Property Management: Ensure protection of Daisy Brand's intellectual property, including but not limited to trademarks, patents, and trade secrets.
• Crisis Management: Lead legal response to product recalls, contamination claims, or other crises, coordinating with regulatory bodies and external counsel as needed.
• Policy Development: Draft, review, and maintain internal legal policies and procedures to mitigate risk and ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
• Legal Research and Training: Stay up-to-date with legal developments relevant to the business and keep stakeholders apprised of such changes. Responsible for creating and maintaining practical legal tools and resources (e.g. contract templates, compliance checklists) for the company.

Work Schedule and Travel

Work schedule will be hybrid, with time between at the Dallas headquarters and working remotely. Business needs will periodically require additional in office days and travel.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Active license to practice law in Texas with ability to obtain in-house counsel registration where required.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant legal experience.
• Strong background in contracts, risk management, litigation management, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with a wide range of audiences.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Sound judgement and critical thinking.
• Ability to prioritize competing needs.
• Proficiency in legal drafting and research.
• Strong ethical standards and professional integrity.

For five generations spanning over a century, Daisy Brand has been a family-owned company committed to providing the freshest, most wholesome dairy products. The company is headquartered in Dallas, Texas with manufacturing facilities in Garland, Texas (1998), Casa Grande, Arizona (2008), Wooster, Ohio (2015), and starting to build Boone, Iowa.

Daisy is the market leader in two billion-dollar categories, sour cream and cottage cheese, and generates over a billion in revenue annually. Daisy Sour Cream represents 1 out of every 2 sour cream purchases in the United States and is the largest sour cream brand in food service, military, and club. It is recognized by consumers for A Dollop of Daisy, a tagline that put this once small brand on the map. Daisy Cottage Cheese is Americas #1 cottage cheese brand and continues to bring new consumers into the category with its innovative single serve packaging and consistent high quality. Daisy recently expanded into a new category with the launch of two dip products and is in the process of expanding distribution.

Daisy's core values, Clean and Trust, resonate in all aspects of our business operations. In 2008, the Foundation for Financial Service Professionals awarded Daisy the prestigious American Business Ethics award.

While maintaining a strong culture of curious and innovative problem-solvers, Daisy Brand has more than doubled employment over the last 15 years and is continuing to grow. Currently, we are proud to employ over 850 full-time staff across more than 20 states throughout the United States.

At Daisy Brand, we value longevity and aim to foster a working environment where employees can envision a long-term career. Companywide, the average employee tenure stands at over seven years. Our corporate office and sales team each boast an average tenure exceeding eleven years, while our manufacturing facilities also demonstrate strong employee retention with tenures averaging over seven years.

Daisy Brand offers an industry leading benefits package that includes:

• A no-deductible, $0 premium option for employee-only health coverage.
• 401(k) with 50% company match on first 8% of earnings you contribute.
• Safe harbor and profit-sharing company contributions to 401(k).
• Company paid short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Company paid 2X annual salary life and AD&D insurance.
• 4 weeks annual paid time off.
• Extra time off for volunteering.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Fitness membership reimbursement.
• And more

Daisy Brand is a nicotine-free company. Daisy Brand is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans and disabled encouraged to apply.