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Kasa is a tech-enabled hotel and apartment hotel brand that manages multifamily and boutique hospitality properties across 85+ locations in the US and internationally. The company combines automation, AI-driven pricing, and data-driven decision-making to optimize revenue and guest experiences.
As Senior Director, Legal, you will serve as Kasa's chief commercial legal officer, reporting directly to the CEO and sitting on the leadership team. You will be responsible for protecting and enabling the business across commercial contracts, litigation, risk management, employment law, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance.
Key responsibilities include:
**Commercial Contract Negotiation**: Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements (software, hardware, vendor, group sales, corporate rate, event space). Develop and maintain contract templates and self-service workflows in Ironclad to enable efficient contracting at scale. Maintain the company's contract procurement and approval framework, enforcing controls for stakeholder approvals, signatory policies, and centralized tracking.
**Litigation and Dispute Management**: Manage the company's litigation and pre-litigation disputes, setting strategy and evaluating exposure. Select, supervise, and direct outside litigation counsel to ensure cost-effective outcomes aligned with risk tolerance and business objectives.
**Risk and Insurance**: Design and manage the company's insurance portfolio and risk transfer strategy in partnership with operations and commercial teams.
**Employment Counsel**: Advise HR and leadership on workforce risk across 25+ states, maintaining defensible employment practices and reducing litigation exposure.
**Corporate and Transactional Leadership**: Manage entity governance, support financing transactions, and lead internal legal workstreams on strategic asset deals.
**IP and Privacy**: Oversee the company's trademark portfolio and ensure compliance with applicable privacy and data protection laws.
**Team Leadership**: Lead the company's regulatory team and manage outside counsel relationships with a focus on cost-effective, high-quality outcomes.
You will be a business-first legal thinker who approaches legal work as a strategic partner, identifying risk, recommending solutions, and enabling decisions. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in commercial contracts, litigation strategy, and risk management, with the ability to operate as a true business partner across multiple legal disciplines in a fast-moving, tech-enabled environment.
