Global Head of Legal

New Yorkfull time

On Site

senior

H1B: no

BlankStreet Global Head of Legal at Blank Street responsible for all legal matters including corporate governance, cap table management, and commercial contracts across US and UK. This role partners with executive teams and external counsel to build a scalable legal function.

Responsibilities

JD from an accredited law school and active bar admission (US required)
5+ years of legal experience, ideally combining law firm training with public or in-house experience in a high-growth, high-paced, commercial environments.
Broad generalist legal expertise across commercial contracts, corporate governance, employment law, and real estate, with the judgment to know when to escalate to specialized outside counsel.
Experience supporting multi-jurisdiction operations (US multi-state, and/or UK or the EU) and new market entry.
A builder's mindset — comfortable being the first legal hire, creating processes, templates, and playbooks from scratch, and flexing between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
Strong commercial instincts — able to balance legal risk with the speed and pragmatism a fast-growing business needs.
Excellent communication skills, able to translate complex legal matters clearly for non-legal stakeholders, from store operators to executives.
Ability to work independently, manage a high volume of competing priorities, and own outcomes end-to-end with minimal oversight.
A team-first, discreet, and trustworthy approach to handling sensitive company, employee, and legal matters.
Serve as Blank Street's in-house legal counsel, owning all legal matters across our US and UK footprint (and future international expansion), advising the executive team on legal risk and strategy.
Draft, review, and negotiate a high volume of commercial agreements, including vendor, supplier, technology, marketing, and partnership contracts, balancing legal protection with commercial speed.
Support real estate legal matters, alongside external counsel, including store lease review, negotiation, and renewals, partnering closely with the Real Estate and New Store & Facilities teams on new market and location openings.

Qualification

Support new market entry and expansion$200Blank StreetEquity packageThree health plan optionsCommuter benefits

Required

Partner with Product and Digital teams on legal considerations for the app, subscriptions, and e-commerce, including terms of service, privacy, and data protection compliance.
Support new market entry and expansion, researching jurisdiction-specific legal and regulatory requirements alongside Finance and Tax.
Develop and maintain a library of contract templates, playbooks, and legal policies to scale legal support efficiently as the company grows.
Build and manage relationships with outside counsel across jurisdictions, owning budget, scope, and quality of external legal spend.
Proactively identify legal and regulatory risk as Blank Street scales, and design practical mitigation strategies before issues arise.
Take a major role in Blank Street’s financing processes, alongside external counsel, advising the execute team.
$200,000-250,000 annual salary
Blank Street, in good faith, believes that the posted salary range is accurate for this role in New York City at the time of posting. Our salary ranges are rooted in the desire to pay competitively relative to our organization size and industry, reflecting just one part of the total compensation package. Blank Street may pay more or less than the posted range based on factors such as relevant experience and skills, qualifications and location, among others. This range may be modified in the future.
Equity package
15 days of paid annual leave (on top of company-observed holidays and sick time)
Three health plan options, with full coverage available for two employee-only tiers
Commuter benefits