Legal In-House Counsel (Finance)

Legal In-House Counsel

Tampa, FL, USA Req #46966

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Who We Are:

• Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned independent Coca-Cola bottler that is the third largest privately-held and the sixth largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States.
• Coke Florida sells, markets, manufactures and distributes over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies including Monster Beverage Corporation and BODYARMOR.
• In 2024, for the 3rd year in a row, Coke Florida was named as a US Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal. This program recognizes outstanding U.S. private companies and the achievements of their management teams in four key areas: strategy, ability to execute, corporate culture, and governance/financial performance.

What We Offer:
Eligible full time Coke Florida Associates can participate in our Total Rewards Program which includes:

• Total Wellness Programs including health, dental and vision plans
• 401K program with healthy company match
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Three weeks of vacation pay, and 10 company paid holidays*
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Competitive compensation

Coke Florida is searching for an In-House Attorney to work out of our Tampa HQ area office.

What you will do:

• Be a member of a dynamic, fun, supportive and talented in-house legal team with a wide range of experience and capabilities
• Act as a trusted cross-functional partner who understands the business , provides practical solutions, and actively participates in achiev ing company's objectives while ensuring legal compliance and risk mitigation
• Draft, negotiat e , interpret, and advise as to commercial contracts of all types, including customer and supplier contracts (e.g., commercial goods and services, professional services, consulting, technology , licensing, SaaS, and construction services agreements).

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Drafting, negotiating, interpreting, and advising as to commercial contracts of all types
• Dispute management, including relating to contract relationships
• Developing and improving templates, processes, and tools
• Developing and conducting legal training to business associates on a variety of topics to educate teams on legal matters and foster a culture of risk awareness and ethical business practices

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Juris Doctor Degree
• Admitted to the Florida bar and in good standing
• Approximately 5+ years of experience in transactional legal matters
• Ability to determine and understand the company's priorities, strategies, objectives , cultural norms, and risk tolerance, and to incorporate the information in making business and legal recommendations and decisions
• Ability to draft, negotiate and interpret contracts, including to synthesize business terms and legal protections into contracts
• Knowledge of the proper content of contracts and ability to understand and evaluate provisions proposed by counterparties to determine which items are and are not acceptable to the company and ability to explain and discuss same with internal colleagues and determine course of action, and communicate same to counter parties
• Ability to e nsure business teams understand key business and legal implications of contracts during negotiations
• Knowledge of negotiation strategies and tactics, including the ability to apply appropriate strategies during negotiations
• Ability to understand the company's contractual relationships with customers, suppliers, and other parties, including knowledge of the implications that such relationships have on the company's strategic decision-making and freedom to act
• Ability to devise legal solutions that mitigate liability, costs, and negative publicity to acceptable levels
• Ability to g ather and analyze research data, such as statutes, case law, relevant documents
• Ability to conduct and analyze legal research to determine applicable legal principles, and apply such principles to the company's business and matters
• Ability to recognize and communicate material legal issues to internal stakeholders
• Knowledge of and ability to analyze effect of company policies on business activities
• Ability to anticipate and manage legal risks
• Ability to supervise outside counsel hired to assist the company with specialized legal services
• Ability to m aintain professional demeanor and focus on objectives in confrontational negotiations
• Ability to c learly and concisely articulate ideas, opinions, and information, in spoken and written form
• Ability to work effectively and autonomously
• Ability to adapt behavior in dealing with changing situations and people
• Ability to adjust priorities in response to unanticipated events
• Ability to pay c lose attention to detail
• Ability to manage a variety of projects in an organized manner
• Ability to work efficiently and quickly, while maintaining good work product
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive issues with maturity and professionalism
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with employees at all levels

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Coke Florida reserves the right to revise the job description at any time and to assign additional duties and responsibilities as needed.

Employment with Coke Florida is at-will. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Other details

• Job Family Legal
• Job Function Legal
• Pay Type Salary

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initStaticMap(true); Coke Florida is searching for an In-House Attorney to work out of our Tampa HQ area office. What you will do: Be a member of a dynamic, fun, supportive and talented in-house legal team with a wide range of experience and capabilities Act as a trusted cross-functional partner who understands the business, provides practical solutions, and actively participates in achieving company's objectives while ensuring legal compliance and risk mitigation Draft, negotiate, interpret, and advise as to commercial contracts of all types, including customer and supplier contracts (e.g., commercial goods and services, professional services, consulting, technology, licensing, SaaS, and construction services agreements). Roles and Responsibilities: Drafting, negotiating, interpreting, and advising as to commercial contracts of all types Dispute management, including relating to contract relationships Developing and improving templates, processes, and tools Developing and conducting legal training to business associates on a variety of topics to educate teams on legal matters and foster a culture of risk awareness and ethical business practices For This Role, You Will Need: Juris Doctor Degree Admitted to the Florida bar and in good standing Approximately 5+ years of experience in transactional legal matters Ability to determine and understand the company's priorities, strategies, objectives, cultural norms, and risk tolerance, and to incorporate the information in making business and legal recommendations and decisions Ability to draft, negotiate and interpret contracts, including to synthesize business terms and legal protections into contracts Knowledge of the proper content of contracts and ability to understand and evaluate provisions proposed by counterparties to determine which items are and are not acceptable to the company and ability to explain and discuss same with internal colleagues and determine course of action, and communicate same to counter parties Ability to ensure business teams understand key business and legal implications of contracts during negotiations Knowledge of negotiation strategies and tactics, including the ability to apply appropriate strategies during negotiations Ability to understand the company's contractual relationships with customers, suppliers, and other parties, including knowledge of the implications that such relationships have on the company's strategic decision-making and freedom to act Ability to devise legal solutions that mitigate liability, costs, and negative publicity to acceptable levels Ability to gather and analyze research data, such as statutes, case law, relevant documents Ability to conduct and analyze legal research to determine applicable legal principles, and apply such principles to the company's business and matters Ability to recognize and communicate material legal issues to internal stakeholders Knowledge of and ability to analyze effect of company policies on business activities Ability to anticipate and manage legal risks Ability to supervise outside counsel hired to assist the company with specialized legal services Ability to maintain professional demeanor and focus on objectives in confrontational negotiations Ability to clearly and concisely articulate ideas, opinions, and information, in spoken and written form Ability to work effectively and autonomously Ability to adapt behavior in dealing with changing situations and people Ability to adjust priorities in response to unanticipated events Ability to pay close attention to detail Ability to manage a variety of projects in an organized manner Ability to work efficiently and quickly, while maintaining good work product Ability to handle confidential and sensitive issues with maturity and professionalism Excellent time management and organizational skills Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with employees at all levels

• Tampa, FL, USA