Blank Street - Global Head of Legal

• JD from an accredited law school and active bar admission (US required) • 5+ years of legal experience, ideally combining law firm training with public or in-house experience in a high-growth, high-paced, commercial environments. • Broad generalist legal expertise across commercial contracts, corporate governance, employment law, and real estate, with the judgment to know when to escalate to specialized outside counsel. • Experience supporting multi-jurisdiction operations (US multi-state, and/or UK or the EU) and new market entry. • A builder's mindset — comfortable being the first legal hire, creating processes, templates, and playbooks from scratch, and flexing between high-level strategy and hands-on execution. • Strong commercial instincts — able to balance legal risk with the speed and pragmatism a fast-growing business needs. • Excellent communication skills, able to translate complex legal matters clearly for non-legal stakeholders, from store operators to executives. • Ability to work independently, manage a high volume of competing priorities, and own outcomes end-to-end with minimal oversight. • A team-first, discreet, and trustworthy approach to handling sensitive company, employee, and legal matters. • What You'll Own: • Serve as Blank Street's in-house legal counsel, owning all legal matters across our US and UK footprint (and future international expansion), advising the executive team on legal risk and strategy. • Draft, review, and negotiate a high volume of commercial agreements, including vendor, supplier, technology, marketing, and partnership contracts, balancing legal protection with commercial speed. • Support real estate legal matters, alongside external counsel, including store lease review, negotiation, and renewals, partnering closely with the Real Estate and New Store & Facilities teams on new market and location openings. • Lead employment law matters across jurisdictions, alongside external counsel, partnering with the People team on policies, disputes, terminations, and compliance with local labor and employment regulations. • Own corporate governance and entity management across all Blank Street entities and jurisdictions, including resolutions, and equity/cap table matters in partnership with Finance. • Manage litigation, disputes, and regulatory inquiries end-to-end, engaging and directing outside counsel where needed while retaining ownership of strategy and outcomes. • Advise on intellectual property matters, including trademarks, brand protection, and licensing across markets. • Partner with Product and Digital teams on legal considerations for the app, subscriptions, and e-commerce, including terms of service, privacy, and data protection compliance. • Support new market entry and expansion, researching jurisdiction-specific legal and regulatory requirements alongside Finance and Tax. • Develop and maintain a library of contract templates, playbooks, and legal policies to scale legal support efficiently as the company grows. • Build and manage relationships with outside counsel across jurisdictions, owning budget, scope, and quality of external legal spend. • Proactively identify legal and regulatory risk as Blank Street scales, and design practical mitigation strategies before issues arise. • Take a major role in Blank Street’s financing processes, alongside external counsel, advising the execute team.