Legal Specialist

**About Veho**

Veho’s mission is to power the future of commerce by making shopping, shipping and returns seamless for everyone.
We are building a modern, end-to-end logistics infrastructure designed entirely for the ever-evolving needs of ecommerce brands and everyday consumers.
Powered by next-generation technology and a vertically integrated supply chain, Veho gives brands and their customers unprecedented control over their deliveries and removes the pain from the ecommerce post-purchase experience. We make delivery the ‘extension of the brand’ and leverage it to create deeper loyalty and trust between brands and their customers, driving customer retention and lifetime value. Our rapidly growing client list includes leading consumer brands like Hello Fresh, Zara, Macy’s, Sephora, and more.
To truly build an iconic company, we strongly believe that our people and values must be aligned with our mission. As such, we take pride in our championship team, merit-based culture. We seek team players who want to compete, win, make an impact and build a legacy, and we reward performance and impact players with generous equity and incredible career growth opportunities.

**About the Role**

Veho is seeking a detail-oriented **Legal Specialist** to streamline litigation support, support contract negotiation and redlining, drive contract lifecycle excellence, and coordinate real estate and insurance workflows. You’ll partner closely with Legal, Trust & Safety (T&S), Procurement, Finance, Real Estate/Facilities, and external counsel to move fast without sacrificing compliance. Depending on your **experience, expertise, and interests**, there is significant **opportunity to grow** as Veho scales. This role is ideal for a legal ops professional or senior paralegal who loves building process, owns the details, and communicates crisply.
**What You’ll Do (Key Responsibilities)**

**Litigation Support**
- Respond to subpoenas, including intake, prep, coordination with stakeholders, and production support.
- Review and approve standard **Releases/Settlement** agreements within established guardrails.

**Contracts (Commercial & Vendor)**
- Review and negotiate **NDAs** (both mutual and one‑way) in line with Veho’s NDA playbook; escalate exceptions per playbook.
- Review and negotiate **vendor agreements** per the Vendor Agreements playbook; route redlines and approvals as needed.
- Maintain **contract hygiene within Veho’s contract management platform**: complete smartfields, ensure metadata accuracy, run compliance checks, and organize/sync executed contracts to the proper folders.
- Serve as a **signature approver** for client contracts within delegated authority.
- Oversee **pre‑signature compliance checks** and the **final execution process** (routing, DocuSign/CLM steps, counter‑signature, and distribution).

**Real Estate & Insurance Coordination**
- Review **leases, estoppels, and SNDAs**; provide initial legal judgment and readiness checks before attorney coordination.
- Coordinate **letters of credit** (communications with landlords and banks) and track status through issuance/renewal.
- After attorney review, coordinate **estoppels, SNDAs, and lease drafts** with counterparties to signature.
- Send draft leases to the insurance broker to review insurance provisions; obtain updated **Certificates of Insurance (COIs)** from landlords and brokers per the COI SOP.

**Documents & Filings**
- Manage the Legal Google Drive (or designated DMS): notices, filings, sanctions reports, executed contracts, and other records; ensure foldering/permissions align with policy.
- Coordinate notarization, signing, and mailing/courier of physical documents.

**Other Responsibilities**
- Conduct and document **sanctions checks** for each new partner; save reports to the designated repository.
- Perform **light Westlaw research** as requested and summarize findings for attorneys/stakeholders.
- Manage legal tickets: monitor open/pending status, triage, send reminders, and drive to closure against SLAs.
- Support miscellaneous **legal ops projects** (process mapping, SOP updates, tooling rollouts, audits) and draft internal/external communications as needed.

**What You’ll Bring (Qualifications)**
- 3-6+ years in legal operations, contracts management, or paralegal roles (in‑house preferred; mix of commercial, litigation support, and real estate a plus).
- Demonstrated experience reviewing **NDAs**, **vendor agreements**, and coordinating **lease** documents.
- Working knowledge of **litigation workflows** (subpoenas, pleadings, discovery logistics) and document management best practices.
- Familiarity with **insurance provisions** in commercial leases and COI requirements.
- Strong writing/redlining skills; comfort with playbooks and SOP‑driven workflows.
- Tools: Google Workspace, **Zendesk**, CLM/DocuSign (e.g., **SpotDraft** or similar), Westlaw or equivalent legal research tools.
- High ownership, impeccable organization, and the abi