Lead Counsel, Corporate
Lead corporate counsel advising on securities disclosures, SEC filings, board governance, and M&A for a high-growth public tech company. Requires 12+ years corporate law experience and California Bar membership.
General Counsel
First General Counsel to build and lead the legal function for a fast-growing AI infrastructure company. Serve as strategic advisor to the executive team and Board while managing risk, enterprise contracting, compliance, and corporate governance.
United StatesLegalRemote10+ YOE
About the role
Responsibilities
Executive Leadership & Strategy
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO, COO, executive team, and Board
- Help leadership identify, prioritize, and manage legal, regulatory, and business risk
- Build the legal function from the ground up
- Translate legal complexity into practical business judgment
- Help the company move quickly while making better, more informed decisions
Commercial & Enterprise Contracting
- Own legal support for customer contracts, especially complex enterprise agreements
- Partner with GTM, finance, product, security, and operations teams to accelerate enterprise deals
- Help legal become a force multiplier for revenue rather than a bottleneck
Provider, Vendor & Strategic Partner Agreements
- Support contracting with model providers, infrastructure providers, labs, vendors, and other strategic partners
- Help standardize agreements across a large and growing provider ecosystem
- Partner with business teams to manage legal risk across both supply and demand sides of the platform
- Oversee vendor, technology, software, infrastructure, and other third-party commercial agreements
Compliance, Trust & Safety & Platform Governance
- Own the high-level legal and compliance roadmap for a rapidly evolving AI platform
- Partner with Trust & Safety, Security, Product, and Operations on platform policies and enforcement frameworks
- Oversee terms of service, privacy, acceptable use policies, sanctions/export controls, jurisdictional restrictions, and related compliance matters
- Build practical compliance processes that fit the company's stage, speed, and risk profile
- Monitor emerging AI regulatory developments and convert them into operational guidance
Corporate, Financing, Governance & M&A
- Manage corporate governance, Board matters, subsidiary structure, and investor-related legal work
- Lead internal coordination on future financings and strategic transactions
- Oversee legal aspects of acquisitions, including diligence, negotiation, closing, and integration
Employment & People Operations
- Serve as the primary legal partner to the People team and leadership
Legal Operations & Team Building
- Create a clear intake, prioritization, and ownership model for legal work
- Manage existing contractors and outside counsel
- Build a team and legal culture that is responsive, trusted, practical, and deeply embedded in the business
Requirements
- J.D. and active bar membership
- 10+ years of relevant legal experience
- Significant experience with technology companies, venture-backed companies, commercial contracting, corporate transactions, M&A, or financing
- Experience advising executives on strategic legal and business issues
- Strong commercial judgment and ability to balance speed, risk, and business outcomes
- Ability to manage multiple legal domains without needing a large team on day one
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build trust across functions
Nice-to-Haves
- Prior experience as a General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, or senior in-house legal leader
- Experience building or scaling a legal function
- Experience with AI, software infrastructure, marketplaces, developer platforms, cloud, data, or other emerging technologies
- Experience managing complex enterprise customer negotiations
- Experience with provider, vendor, or platform ecosystem agreements
- Familiarity with trust & safety, privacy, sanctions/export controls, AI regulation, or platform compliance
- Experience with M&A, venture financings, Board governance, and post-acquisition integration
Skills
J.D.Commercial ContractingCorporate TransactionsM&AFinancingVenture FinancingsBoard GovernanceTrust & SafetyPrivacySanctions/Export ControlsAi RegulationPlatform Compliance
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