Staff Counsel

Vistage Worldwide, Inc. is the world’s largest CEO coaching and peer advisory organization for small and midsize business leaders. The Staff Counsel role is a key contributor within Vistage’s Law Department, providing high-quality legal guidance across various matters while partnering closely with senior in-house counsel and business leaders to manage risk and ensure compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide responsive, practical legal guidance to internal stakeholders across departments on a wide variety of legal matters
• Develop a strong understanding of Vistage’s business model, strategic priorities, and risk tolerance to deliver actionable legal recommendations
• Partner cross‑functionally to scope legal needs, assess risk, prioritize requests, and support business initiatives
• Review, draft, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including vendor, services, technology, and confidentiality agreements
• Ensure contracts appropriately mitigate risk while supporting business objectives and timelines
• Assist with all phases of litigation and dispute management, demand letters and other including pre‑litigation correspondence, discovery support, subpoena responses, and coordination with outside counsel
• Directly manage collections‑related litigation and related legal processes, as applicable
• Support compliance with U.S. and international privacy and data protection laws, including GDPR, CPRA, and similar regulations
• Partner with internal teams to implement and maintain privacy‑related policies, processes, and training
• Holding the IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) credential is a plus. Otherwise, the candidate must be willing to earn this credential within the first year of employment (costs to be paid by the company). Regional specializations may be subsequently required
• Under the direction of senior counsel, Support trademark and copyright matters, including filings, monitoring, and enforcement, as needed
• Under the direction of the Chief Legal Officer, assist with insurance‑related matters and general corporate risk management initiatives
• Collaborate with and manage outside counsel in the U.S. and internationally to ensure effective, cost‑efficient legal support
• Maintain clear, timely, and professional communication between the Law Department and business partners
• Contribute to continuous improvement of legal processes, templates, and internal workflows
• Perform other duties as assigned to support the Law Department and broader organization

Skills

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school
• Active member of the California Bar or registered as California In House Counsel
• 1–5 years of experience practicing law, and commitment to a career as in-house counsel
• Strong legal judgment with the ability to assess risk and provide clear, actionable guidance
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate legal concepts into business friendly language
• High sense of urgency and commitment to meeting deadlines and commitments
• Proven ability to manage multiple matters simultaneously while meeting deadlines in a fast paced environment
• Collaborative mindset with a demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships across functions
• High level of integrity, professionalism, and discretion
• Servant-leader mindset
• Self motivated problem solver with enthusiasm for continuous learning
• Business-related undergraduate degree is a plus
• Experience or exposure to several of the following areas is preferred: commercial contracts, litigation management, privacy and data protection, corporate compliance, trademarks, labor and employment
• Comfortable working with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) and leveraging AI resources
• Experience working with legal-specific software programs is a plus
• Holding the IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) credential is a plus
• Willing to earn the CIPP credential within the first year of employment

Benefits

• Fully-paid healthcare is provided for employees through Aetna, along with access to dental, vision, and life insurance coverage available to employees at very low rates.
• Eligibility for 401(k) matching funds after your first month as an employee.
• 16 days of paid time off + 12 paid holidays per year to allow you to relax and recharge.
• Employees receive additional annual paid days off based on tenure.

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