In-house Legal Counsel

Trove Brands is a privately-held house of brands including BlenderBottle®, Owala™, Avana®, and Whiskware™. Our patented and best-selling products are designed to simplify and improve everyday life with leading-edge innovation, incomparable quality, and aspirational style.

A career at Trove Brands is not about punching the clock. It’s about embracing exciting and fast-paced opportunities that sharpen your skills, drive innovation, and play an integral role in growing our global reach. Your work will not only impact the company, it will impact the lives of millions of people around the world. When you step up to a career at Trove, you step up to cutting-edge excellence. You sign up for bold action and invigorating synergy. You agree to face—and break through—new challenges every single day.

Every role at Trove Brands is critical to our success. As In-house Legal Counsel you will provide creative and proactive legal guidance as part of a dynamic, highly engaged legal team that loves working at Trove Brands. The right person for this role must have a strong entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to contribute to a constantly evolving, growing business. The ideal candidate will be energetic, business-minded, smart, emotionally intelligent, and contribute to the positive culture that is so important to our company. Your specific responsibilities as a part of our team will be based on the business’s needs as well as your expertise. Title will be determined based on level of experience. Your responsibilities will include:

1. Collaborate and build relationships with internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
2. Assesses, manage, and anticipate organizational risk and support the company’s business with prompt, sound legal advice.
3. Contribute to process improvement.
4. Stay on top of changing laws, regulations, and industry standards.
5. Develop and implement practices and standards that support innovation and growth while maintaining appropriate commercial risk.
6. Communicate potential issues clearly and concisely to stakeholders, to resolve in a timely manner.
7. Anything else that arises to support a fast-pace, innovative company.

We seek employees who are adept at contributing their personal expertise to a collaborative work environment. For this role, we’re looking for someone with the following qualifications, skills and experience:

1. JD from an accredited U.S. law school.
2. Member of the Utah State Bar in good standing or eligible for admission as House Counsel in Utah. 
3. 3-7 years of relevant post-law school legal experience, with a strong preference for experience in an in-house legal department.
4. Demonstrated ability to independently perform and advise in one or more of the following areas:
   1. Advise the company on product safety, product liability, and regulatory compliance.
   2. Review and negotiate sales, marketing, supply chain, and other company agreements.
   3. Counsel regarding the company’s global privacy practices.
   4. Manage global patent and trademark portfolios as well as oversee outside counsel handling patent and trademark preparation, prosecution, and enforcement. Assist with invention harvesting, assessing patentability, developing and implementing global patent strategy, and advising the company on avoidance of others’ patents.
   5. Oversee trademark portfolio, including counseling on trademark selection, assessing registrability and ability to use, and developing and implementing global trademark strategy.
   6. Manage company litigation.
   7. Advise on questions and issues related to global expansion.
5. Excellent negotiation, written and verbal communication, and research skills.
6. Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
7. Deadline driven, capable of managing multiple critical projects; excellent organization and time management skills.
8. Quick thinking with superior analytical ability and strong attention to detail.
9. Robust computer skills.
10. Be a positive, can-do team player; remain positive, professional, calm and focused; create associations of trust and respect with key stakeholders.
11. Strong record of sound business judgment while representing clients under tight timeframes.
12. Experience providing legal services to a consumer products company preferred.

Our culture is passionate, entrepreneurial, and energetic. We value innovation through collaboration. And while we work smart and hard, we also connect and celebrate with equal gusto. We host team-building activities, athletic events, and seasonal celebrations to foster community and reward accomplishments. Bottom line? You’ll love it here.

Among the many benefits our team members enjoy are:

• 401k package with employer matching
• Maternity/Paternity leave
• Full indoor basketball/volleyball court
• Fully equipped fitness center (cardio, weights, functional fitness area, lockers and showers, etc.)
• Yoga studio
• Meditation/Nap room
• And much more!

Trove Brands is an equal opportunity employer.

Phone calls regarding this position are not accepted.