Deputy General Counsel

Job Description

Job Description

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The Deputy General Counsel is responsible for assisting the General Counsel in executing duties to protect the Home Vestors’ brand and ensuring a best-in‑class experience for our independently owned franchises and their customers. This position will work closely with Home Vestors’ senior leadership, compliance, sales, accounting, IT, and operations teams, as well as with outside advertising vendors and franchisees.

This position requires a seasoned attorney with strong business acumen and problem‑solving skills who can simultaneously support day‑to‑day legal functions while also interacting with leadership, ownership, franchisees, vendors, and consumers to meet company needs.

This is a hybrid position requiring three days per week at our North Dallas office. Occasional travel to company events may be required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Manage the work of Legal Department staff, with the assistance of General Counsel and Corporate Counsel.

Assist in developing and driving litigation strategy, management of litigation and outside counsel.

Assess and proactively address laws that affect the Home Vestors’ business, including data privacy and security, franchise, advertising, employment, and real estate laws.

Responsible for company agreements with franchises necessitated by the events in a franchise life cycle, including franchise agreements, franchise renewals, changes to franchise agreements, defaults, terminations, and related documentation.

Create and present training for franchisees and development agents. This includes new franchise training class presentations, webinar presentations to development agents and franchisees, and presentations at conventions.

Assist with updates to the annual Franchise Disclosure Document, franchise agreement, system standards documents, and other compliance rules and documentation.

Oversee Legal’s role in advertising copy and marketing strategies and execution and where appropriate, design and delegate review of advertising copy after conducting training on same.

Assist General Counsel with regular reports to company stakeholders and ownership.

Provide routine guidance to senior leadership on franchisee contractual obligations, including Systems & Standards.

Structure and provide final review of commercial contracts (e.g., vendor, real estate, licensing, consulting, and other agreements with third parties).

Complete other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

License to practice law in Texas and degree from an accredited law school.

Minimum 8 years of experience in franchise, real estate, intellectual property, litigation, consumer protection or corporate law.

Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks daily.

Excellent oral and written communication skills and legal judgment.

Must be able to work well with corporate teammates at all levels of the organization.

Company Description

Home Vestors of America, Inc., the We Buy Ugly Houses® people, is a real estate investment franchisor headquartered in Dallas, TX. Home Vestors trains and supports its franchisees in building businesses based on buying, rehabbing, selling, and holding residential properties. Home Vestors strives to make a positive impact in more than 170 markets nationwide.

Home Vestors of America, Inc., the We Buy Ugly Houses® people, is a real estate investment franchisor headquartered in Dallas, TX. Home Vestors trains and supports its franchisees in building businesses based on buying, rehabbing, selling, and holding residential properties. Home Vestors strives to make a positive impact in more than 170 markets nationwide.