In-House Counsel: Licensing & IP Strategy

ADP, Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bio World Merchandising, Inc. in Irving, TX, seeks an Associate Corporate Counsel to provide practical legal support across licensing, commercial, IP, corporate, employment, and compliance matters.

You will draft and negotiate agreements, advise business teams, coordinate with outside counsel, and strengthen contract management in a fast-paced, international consumer-products environment. The ideal candidate has strong commercial contracting skills, sound judgment, and the ability to balance

Qualifications

• Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• Eligibility to practice as in-house counsel in Texas.
• 2–5 years of relevant legal experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, or both.
• Experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and identifying legal and business risks.
• Excellent legal research, writing, drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and interpret merchandise license agreements, amendments, nondisclosure agreements, vendor and service agreements, software agreements, staffing and consulting agreements, leases, and other commercial contracts.
• Advise Licensing, Finance, Human Resources, Sales, Creative, Product Development, Sourcing, Operations, and executive leadership on contractual obligations, legal risks, and business alternatives.
• Review intellectual-property rights, royalties, minimum guarantees, distribution rights, exclusivity, indemnification, insurance, confidentiality, data security, audit rights, termination, and compliance provisions.
• Manage the contract lifecycle from intake and negotiation through internal approval, execution, implementation, renewal, and termination.
• Support domestic and international trademark and IP matters, including clearance, prosecution, portfolio management, enforcement, oppositions, and outside-counsel coordination.
• Advise on advertising, marketing, product development, copyright, trademark, patent, and right-of-publicity issues involving licensed and proprietary products.
• Support corporate governance, entity management, intercompany matters, acquisitions, due diligence, and domestic and international filings.
• Coordinate litigation, threatened claims, regulatory inquiries, privacy complaints, employment matters, and commercial disputes with outside counsel and stakeholders.
• Advise on product safety, consumer protection, labeling, supplier compliance, privacy, and other regulatory requirements.
• Review insurance and indemnification requirements and assist with claims, coverage matters, brokers, carriers, and outside counsel.
• Support HR on employment agreements, staffing arrangements, investigations, policies, and employment-related claims.
• Prepare legal analyses, contract summaries, risk assessments, settlement recommendations, and executive updates.
• Select and supervise outside counsel, including scope, strategy, budgets, and invoices.
• Improve legal templates, policies, playbooks, training, contract-lifecycle-management systems, and legal operations.
• Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments and communicate practical guidance to business teams.

Skills

Commercial contracting

Negotiation

Legal drafting

Contract lifecycle

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Confidentiality

Risk assessment

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) degree

Job description

Bio World Merchandising, Inc. in Irving, TX, seeks an Associate Corporate Counsel to provide practical legal support across licensing, commercial, IP, corporate, employment, and compliance matters.

You will draft and negotiate agreements, advise business teams, coordinate with outside counsel, and strengthen contract management in a fast-paced, international consumer-products environment. The ideal candidate has strong commercial contracting skills, sound judgment, and the ability to balance