General Counsel
Acuity Eye Group · Santa Ana, California, US
Description SUMMARY: The Associate General Counsel provides strategic and operational legal support across the Company, partnering closely with the Chief Leg...
Job description
Description SUMMARY: The Associate General Counsel provides strategic and operational legal support across the Company, partnering closely with the Chief Legal Officer and cross-functional leaders. This role delivers expert guidance on corporate, regulatory, employment, healthcare, and real estate matters, ensuring legal compliance, mitigating risk, and supporting business objectives. A significant portion of this role includes providing in-house real estate legal services to reduce outside counsel costs and strengthen internal expertise. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation. General Legal Responsibilities: - Legal Advisory & Strategy: Provide expert counsel on employment law, healthcare regulation, litigation, corporate governance, contract law, and general business matters. - Contract Negotiation & Review: Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements to ensure legal compliance and alignment with Company interests. - Litigation Management: Assist in managing litigation, including strategy development, coordination with outside counsel,...