Real Estate Counsel, CloudKitchens - Sao Paulo

Who we are 

CloudKitchens helps restaurateurs around the world succeed in online food delivery - our goal is to make food more affordable, higher quality and convenient for everyone. We take underutilized properties and transform them into smart kitchens so they can better serve restaurateurs, customers and the neighborhoods in which they’re located. 

We're changing the game for restaurateurs, whether they’re entrepreneurs opening their first restaurant or your favorite global quick-service restaurant chains. 

As Commercial and Real Estate Counsel, you’ll provide strategic legal support across diverse areas of business law, helping to ensure compliance, mitigate risk, and drive impactful decision-making. 

What You’ll Do: 

• Negotiate and draft real estate and commercial contracts and documents. 
• Provide expert legal advice and counsel to our business, with a focus on commercial and operational matters. 
• Structure, negotiate, and draft documents related to partnerships with restaurants and procurement. 
• Structure, negotiate, and draft documents related to SaaS partnerships, API integrations, and technology service orders.
• Provide advice and guidance on a wide range of operational, commercial, and product counseling matters, with a focus on municipal regulatory demands, commercial contracts and consumer disputes. 

Negotiate commercial contracts with our customers, which include large enterprises. Help set up and maintain corporate entities in Latin America markets. Find creative and pragmatic legal and regulatory solutions for our rapidly-growing business. Collaborate cross-functionally with a wide variety of business units. Manage outside counsel work and efficiently manage outside counsel spend. Support all legal needs of the LatAm business, which includes commercial, corporate, litigation, employment, and real estate issues.  At a startup like ours, you will face all kinds of legal issues, not just those confined to your area of expertise.  Strong candidates face these questions with an open mind and are willing to work outside their comfort zone to address challenges efficiently and quickly.

At a startup like ours, you will face all kinds of legal issues, not just those confined to your area of expertise.  Strong candidates face these questions with an open mind and are willing to work outside their comfort zone to address challenges efficiently and quickly.

What We’re Looking For 

• Law Degree (LL.B or equivalent) and admission to the Brazilian Bar (OAB); LLM is preferred but not required.
• Advanced or Fluent English and Intermediate Spanish levels are required. An advanced Spanish level is a plus.
• Strong background, with 4-6 years of relevant experience, in Real Estate and Technology industries in a law firm and/or in-house role within a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Solid experience in drafting and negotiation of agreements across the Real Estate and SaaS areas in both Portuguese and English. Experience in drafting and negotiation in Spanish is a plus.
• Knowledge of employment law and HR demands, including responses to Governmental fiscalizations, inquiries, and investigations. 
• Experience in the coordination and control of litigation cases, both civil and employment, including drafting of court documents and defenses. 
• Experience with corporate law, drafting and executing corporate acts with São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Minas Gerais Commercial Boards. Knowledge of further Latin America-based corporate law is a plus.
• Interest in regulatory aspects of launching a disruptive product in the Brazilian market, ensuring compliance with lawful standards and timely escalation of risks.
• Interest in working closely with Latin America's Spanish-speaking markets, coordinating local demands according to business needs and procedures. 
• Skills: Strong analytical, research, and drafting skills, with the ability to navigate complex legal matters and present information directly to key business stakeholders in a professional manner. 

Cultural Fit

• Entrepreneurial and take active ownership of your areas of responsibility and see tasks through to completion. 
• Comfortable with ambiguity and risk.
• A quick and flexible learner.
• Experienced at communicating with senior leadership.
• Keen to connect with, build, and maintain relationships with colleagues at all levels and across geographies.
• Flexible about working varying hours as needed, working at times with global teams in other time zones.

Why join us 

• Growing market: You’ll be focused on an $80 billion market that’s projected to reach at least $500 billion by 2030 in the US alone. 
• Changing the restaurant industry: You’ll be part of a team that helps restaurants succeed in online food delivery. 
• Positively impact local neighborhoods: You will ensure our facilities have incredible operators who will serve neighborhoods with a mouth-watering range of cuisines.

What else you need to know 

This role is based in our Sao Paolo office location. As a company driven by innovation and continuous change, close collaboration is essential. We’re constantly reimagining our industry, creating new products, and refining our processes, and we do our best work together. That’s why all of our office-based teams work onsite, five days a week. 

Ready to join us as we serve those who serve others? 

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