Overview
This full-time Associate General Counsel role is for a remote position in the USA.
The organization is seeking an exceptional corporate lawyer to join its legal team and own corporate legal matters for a company operating in the frontier of voice AI. The role reports directly to the General Counsel and will lead corporate governance, financing and M&A transactions, IPO readiness, corporate governance, and international structure.
Responsibilities
- Direct corporate governance by building habits and systems that enable clear, confident decision-making.
- Drive the legal roadmap for IPO readiness, including compliance frameworks, future SEC reporting structures, and internal governance policies required for public companies.
- Prepare for, structure, and execute financings that support company ambitions.
- Lead M&A legal work from conversation through integration to expand what the company can build.
- Partner with Finance and People on employee equity, including compensation programs, cap table, and secondaries.
- Design the legal and business processes required to scale globally with international subsidiaries.
- Track worldwide regulatory developments impacting corporate structure and governance, and translate them into positions the organization can act on.
- Build AI-native corporate practice workflows and systems that scale the team’s impact.
- Handle the full breadth of legal issues associated with being a fast-growing startup.
Requirements
- JD from a U.S. accredited law school.
- 7–15 years of experience in legal practice (or more), in-house, at a firm, or both.
- Demonstrated strength working with private, venture-backed companies on a high-growth trajectory, including IPO readiness.
- Fluency in IPO readiness, financings, M&A, governance, Board matters, employee equity, and international structures.
- Depth of experience in at least some of the listed areas, with willingness to learn the rest.
- Comfort operating in “grey areas” of law while providing clear, actionable advice.
- Exceptional writing—precise, plain, and compelling.
Preferred Qualifications
- In-house experience taking a company public, including knowledge of what good looks like and how to build legal infrastructure that accelerates the roadmap.
- Hands-on experience with corporate and legal issues in the AI space.
Compensation & Benefits
- Compensation details were not provided.
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