Fuels Marketing Counsel, Strategic & Risk‑Aware

Global Partners LP; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 136,200 - 204,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k match

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

Global Partners LP seeks an Associate General Counsel to provide legal support for its fuels marketing business. The role involves drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements, advising on credit risk, and ensuring regulatory compliance while advancing the company’s commercial objectives.

Based in Newton, MA, the candidate will collaborate with cross‑functional teams including compliance, finance, operations, and procurement to mitigate risk and drive strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Law Degree (J.D.) and member of the Bar in at least one state where Global operates its businesses (preferably Massachusetts).
• At least 4–7 years of in‑depth experience in a corporate or transactional law firm and/or in‑house working directly with operations, legal and finance teams.
• Experience in fuels marketing, petroleum distribution, commercial contracting, secured lending, commercial real estate, or retail operations strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of Article 2 and Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Responsibilities

• Drafts, reviews, negotiates, and manages a broad range of commercial agreements, including dealer sales agreements, mortgages, guaranties, notes, subordination agreements, assignments, branded wholesale agreements, vendor contracts, confidentiality agreements, and other commercial contracts.
• Advise internal credit and finance teams regarding credit risk mitigation, security interests, perfection of liens, default remedies, collection strategies, and coordinates with outside counsel on the same.
• Provides practical, business-focused legal advice to fuels marketing, supply, operations, procurement, and other business teams on commercial transactions and day-to-day legal matters.
• Partners with business leaders to identify legal risks and develop practical solutions that support strategic and operational objectives while protecting the Company's interests.
• Assists with the resolution of commercial disputes, customer claims, contract interpretation issues, and pre-litigation matters, coordinating with the litigation team when appropriate.
• Collaborates on the development of contract templates, policies, legal processes, and related process documentation to improve efficiency, consistency, and risk management, and procedural documentation, where applicable, to support knowledge transfer, future training, and the development of departmental standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Skills

J.D. & Bar

Transactional law

Fuels marketing

Negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

J.D. degree

Job description

Global Partners LP seeks an Associate General Counsel to provide legal support for its fuels marketing business. The role involves drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements, advising on credit risk, and ensuring regulatory compliance while advancing the company’s commercial objectives.

Based in Newton, MA, the candidate will collaborate with cross‑functional teams including compliance, finance, operations, and procurement to mitigate risk and drive strategic initiatives.