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About NewCold
NewCold is the world’s third-largest refrigerated food logistics provider, offers advanced temperature-controlled supply chain solutions. With 25 state-of-the-art, highly automated, and energy-efficient warehouses across three continents, NewCold offers a combined capacity of more than 1.9 million pallet positions. With a growing transport fleet, NewCold provides end-to-end supply chain solutions to leading food companies powered by proprietary technology and backed by a team of 2,700 people from over 40 cultures.
About the job
NewCold is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated Legal Counsel to join its North American legal team at the company’s regional headquarters in Chicago, IL. This role offers a rare and exciting opportunity for an attorney to gain broad, hands-on experience across a wide range of legal disciplines within a fast-paced, high-growth, and global organization. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Legal, North America, the Legal Counsel will serve as a strategic legal partner to the business, supporting the development and expansion of NewCold’s state-of-the-art, automated, temperature-controlled logistics facilities across North America.
This role will provide critical legal support for the company’s North American operations, with responsibilities spanning commercial contracts, M&A, construction, labor & employment, finance, corporate governance, and particularly, construction matters—including site acquisition and development. This is a high-impact position for an attorney eager to play a central role in the continued growth of an innovative and mission-driven organization.
Position Responsibilities
- Strategic Legal Partnership. Serve as a trusted legal advisor to NewCold’s North American leadership and operational teams, delivering practical, business-oriented legal guidance across a wide range of matters.
- Commercial Contracts. Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including vendor, customer, logistics, and technology contracts to support daily operations and growth initiatives.
- Real Estate Acquisition & Development. Manage the full legal process for site acquisition and development of new automated cold storage facilities, including land purchase agreements, zoning, title, and permitting.
- Construction & Infrastructure. Provide legal oversight on construction-related matters, including the negotiation of design-build agreements and EPC contracts for large-scale infrastructure projects.
- Mergers & Acquisitions. Support strategic transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, with a focus on due diligence, and post-closing integration.
- Labor & Employment. Advise on employment-related issues such as workplace safety, compliance, internal investigations, policy modernization, and dispute resolution in close collaboration with HR.
- Corporate Governance & Compliance. Support governance and compliance efforts, including entity formation and maintenance in collaboration with global legal teams.
Required Skills
- Business Savvy & Pragmatism. Strong commercial awareness and the ability to provide practical, solutions-oriented legal advice that aligns with business goals and operational realities.
- Ownership Mentality . A proactive, self-starting mindset with the confidence to take initiative, own workstreams end-to-end, and drive matters forward with limited oversight.
- Effective Communication. Clear and confident communicator, capable of translating complex legal concepts into accessible guidance for non-legal stakeholders at all levels.
- Project Management & Organization. Proven ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, track key deadlines, and work efficiently under pressure in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Client-Service Orientation . Internal client-focused with a strong desire to build trust, anticipate needs, and deliver timely, actionable legal guidance tailored to the audience.
- Attention to Detail with Commercial Focus . Strong drafting skills with the ability to simplify, clarify, and negotiate contractual terms in a way that safeguards the business without over-lawyering.
Required Experience
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and active license to practice law in Illinois.
- 2–5 years of post-JD legal experience, ideally with a combination of in-house and law firm experience.
- Meaningful exposure to construction and real estate transactional law, particularly in the context of infrastructure development, is strongly preferred.
NewCold provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), or service in the military. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.
Seniority level
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
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Full-time
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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