General Counsel

The Opportunity

Tsunami Express is building the future of express car washing — powered by people, automation, and smart technology. With 75+ locations across the Midwest and aggressive expansion ahead, we are building the infrastructure needed to support continued growth toward 100, 150, and beyond.

Tsunami Express is building the future of express car washing — powered by people, automation, and smart technology. With 75+ locations across the Midwest and aggressive expansion ahead, we are building the infrastructure needed to support continued growth toward 100, 150, and beyond.

As General Counsel, you will serve as Tsunami’s first in‑house legal leader and a strategic partner to the CEO and executive team. This is an opportunity to build the legal function from the ground up while helping a rapidly growing, multi‑state organization move quickly and confidently without taking on unnecessary risk.

This role is designed for a business‑minded legal leader who can balance sound legal judgment with the realities of a fast‑moving operation. You’ll lead legal strategy across M&A, real estate, commercial contracts, employment law, litigation, regulatory compliance, consumer programs, corporate governance, and enterprise risk while building scalable processes for Tsunami’s next stage of growth.

The ideal candidate thinks like an operator, drafts like a lawyer, and approaches legal challenges with a solutions‑oriented mindset — providing clear options, practical recommendations, and an understanding of business risk rather than simply identifying roadblocks.

• Serve as a trusted legal advisor to the CEO, executive team, and other senior leaders
• Manage corporate governance, entity structure, governance filings, and equity documentation
• Support board, investor, financing, and private equity matters
• Translate complex legal issues into clear business options, recommendations, and risk considerations

• Lead the legal workstream for acquisitions from LOI through diligence, documentation, and closing
• Manage outside counsel on complex transactions while maintaining accountability for strategy, cost, and execution
• Lead post‑acquisition legal integration, including entity cleanup and contract and license transfers
• Negotiate and advise on leases, site development, zoning, entitlements, land use, construction contracts, and other real estate matters

• Own the contract lifecycle across vendor, equipment, technology, marketing, and other commercial agreements
• Develop scalable contract templates, playbooks, approval processes, and signature authority standards
• Establish and oversee contract lifecycle management and the company’s contract repository
• Partner with business leaders to negotiate agreements that protect Tsunami while supporting operational needs

• Partner with HR and Operations on multi‑state employment and wage‑and‑hour compliance
• Advise on policies, investigations, employee relations matters, terminations, and reductions in force
• Provide guidance related to discrimination, harassment, ADA, FMLA, leave, and restrictive covenants
• Manage employment litigation, agency charges, and outside employment counsel

• Manage Tsunami’s litigation portfolio and provide legal oversight for customer and operational claims
• Oversee pre‑litigation demands, settlements, mediation, litigation holds, and outside counsel
• Develop and manage enterprise legal risk and support incident response and crisis management
• Advise on environmental, facilities, licensing, permitting, data privacy, PCI, and other regulatory requirements

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