Legal In-House Counsel - Transactional

Posted Friday, January 2, 2026 at 5:00 AM

• Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned independent Coca-Cola bottler that is the third largest privately-held and the sixth largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the United States.
• Coke Florida sells, markets, manufactures and distributes over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies including Monster Beverage Corporation and BODYARMOR.
• In 2025, for the 4th year in a row, Coke Florida was named as a US Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal. This program recognizes outstanding U.S. private companies and the achievements of their management teams in four key areas: strategy, ability to execute, corporate culture, and governance/financial performance.

• Eligible full time Coke Florida Associates can participate in our Total Rewards Program which includes:
• Total Wellness Programs including health, dental and vision plans
• 401K program with healthy company match
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Three weeks of vacation pay, and 10 company paid holidays*
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Competitive compensation

Coke Florida is searching for an In-House Attorney based out of our Tampa HQ area office, working Monday - Friday with occasional nights and weekends.

• Be a member of a dynamic, fun, supportive and talented in-house legal team with a wide range of experience and capabilities
• Act as a trusted cross-functional partner who understands the business, provides practical solutions, and actively participates in achieving company’s objectives while ensuring legal compliance and risk mitigation
• Draft, negotiate, interpret, and advise as to commercial contracts of all types, including customer and supplier contracts (e.g., commercial goods and services, professional services, consulting, technology, licensing, SaaS, and construction services agreements).

• Drafting, negotiating, interpreting, and advising as to commercial contracts of all types
• Dispute management, including relating to contract relationships
• Developing and improving templates, processes, and tools
• Developing and conducting legal training to business associates on a variety of topics to educate teams on legal matters and foster a culture of risk awareness and ethical business practices

• Juris Doctor Degree
• Admitted to the Florida bar and in good standing
• Approximately 5+ years of experience in transactional legal matters
• Ability to determine and understand the company’s priorities, strategies, objectives, cultural norms, and risk tolerance, and to incorporate the information in making business and legal recommendations and decisions
• Ability to draft, negotiate and interpret contracts, including to synthesize business terms and legal protections into contracts
• Knowledge of the proper content of contracts and ability to understand and evaluate provisions proposed by counter parties to determine which items are and are not acceptable to the company and ability to explain and discuss same with internal colleagues and determine course of action, and communicate same to counter parties
• Ability to ensure business teams understand key business and legal implications of contracts during negotiations
• Knowledge of negotiation strategies and tactics, including the ability to apply appropriate strategies during negotiations
• Ability to understand the company's contractual relationships with customers, suppliers, and other parties, including knowledge of the implications that such relationships have on the company's strategic decision-making and freedom to act
• Ability to devise legal solutions that mitigate liability, costs, and negative publicity to acceptable levels
• Ability to gather and analyze research data, such as statutes, case law, relevant documents
• Ability to conduct and analyze legal research to determine applicable legal principles, and apply such principles to the company’s business and matters
• Ability to recognize and communicate material legal issues to internal stakeholders
• Knowledge of and ability to analyze effect of company policies…