General Counsel

General Counsel Position Overview

The General Counsel (GC) serves as the firm's senior legal leader, responsible for the direct oversight, management, and execution of all legal matters across the enterprise. This role provides hands‑on legal leadership while acting as a trusted advisor to the CEO, Executive Team, and Board of Directors.

The GC ensures the firm's legal posture protects enterprise value, supports disciplined growth, and enables informed decision‑making. This role is both strategic and operational, requiring active involvement in litigation oversight, contracts, governance, employment matters, and risk management. The GC is expected to engage deeply in the work setting direction, making judgment calls, and personally handling complex legal matters while building legal infrastructure that scales with the firm.

• Serve as the primary legal advisor to the CEO and a key advisor to the Executive Team and Board of Directors
• Deliver independent, confidential, and candid legal advice, including when that advice requires saying "no" or slowing initiatives that exceed acceptable risk
• Establish, document, and actively manage the firm's enterprise legal risk profile
• Exercise legal judgment and go/no‑go authority on contracts, pursuits, and strategic initiatives

• Directly manage all litigation, claims, and dispute matters, with particular depth in South Carolina and the Southeast
• Manage professional liability, construction disputes, and other material legal exposures
• Lead strategy, selection, and performance management of outside counsel, maintaining control over scope, cost, and outcomes
• Collaborate strategically with insurers and brokers to reduce long‑term risk and improve predictability
• Focus on systemic risk reduction, consistency, and defensibility not reactive case‑by‑case decision‑making

• Advise the Board and executive leadership on fiduciary duties, governance standards, and corporate compliance
• Maintain working expertise in the South Carolina Business Corporation Act and applicable multi‑state corporate law
• Support governance processes that are rigorous yet practical, enabling timely and well‑informed decisions
• Act as a steady legal presence in sensitive, high‑stakes, or confidential matters

• Advise leadership on corporate entity structure, alignment, and long‑term organizational evolution
• Support legal readiness for acquisitions, reorganizations, ownership transitions, and strategic partnerships
• Maintain working fluency with financial statements and P&Ls to inform legal, contractual, and risk decisions
• Provide hands‑on guidance on equity‑related matters, including equity offerings, ownership structures, and compliance with applicable Blue Sky laws across the Southeast

• Establish and enforce enterprise‑wide contract standards, review protocols, and escalation frameworks
• Personally review and approve high‑risk, non‑standard, or strategically significant contracts and commercial agreements
• Balance legal protection with commercial practicality, ensuring risk is understood and intentionally accepted where appropriate
• Serve as a thought partner to leadership on risk‑adjusted opportunity

• Partner closely with HR leadership on compliance, policy development, and complex employee relations issues
• Provide direct legal guidance on disciplinary actions, terminations, investigations, and workforce risk

• Build, lead, and actively manage a scalable internal legal function, including Assocate…