Overview
This role is a General Counsel position for a rapidly expanding organization with a complex and growing legal structure. The legal function encompasses a core AI consultancy, an investment fund, an operating company, a portfolio of companies, nonprofits, and political entities. The General Counsel will be responsible for owning the entire legal function end-to-end, including entity architecture, transactions, governance, and compliance, working directly with senior leadership.
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain a coherent legal entity structure across consulting, fund, operating, portfolio companies, nonprofits, and political entities, optimizing for tax efficiency, liability containment, ownership clarity, and operational transparency.
- Structure and establish the investment fund and related vehicles, including drafting and negotiating partnership agreements, subscription documents, and side letters; manage securities compliance and investor onboarding.
- Lead legal execution of acquisitions and roll-ups, including purchase agreements, due diligence, financing, and integration.
- Manage tax-aware structuring including entity selection, inter-company arrangements, related-party transactions, equity and incentive design, and multi-state exposure; coordinate with tax advisors as needed.
- Draft and negotiate commercial contracts such as master service agreements, vendor and partner contracts, licensing, and confidentiality agreements; protect intellectual property including trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, and AI-generated work product.
- Maintain corporate governance and compliance across all entities, including corporate formalities, ownership records, board materials, tax-exempt requirements for nonprofits, and campaign finance and lobbying rules for political entities.
- Utilize AI tools to enhance legal work efficiency and quality, build repeatable workflows to support a lean legal function, and advise on legal issues related to AI products and services.
Requirements
- 4-6+ years of substantive corporate and transactional legal experience with depth in fund formation, M&A, entity structuring, commercial contracts, and corporate governance.
- Deep fluency in Delaware law and working knowledge of New York, Massachusetts, and Missouri law.
- Proven ability to structure entities and transactions with tax implications in mind.
- Experience owning legal matters from strategy through drafting and filing independently.
- Practical, working fluency with AI tools integrated into legal practice.
- Experience in at least one of the following areas: fund formation and securities, nonprofit governance, political or campaign finance law, or litigation and dispute resolution.
- Background in startup, holding company, private equity, search fund, or roll-up environments requiring building legal infrastructure.
Preferred Traits
- Builder mindset: eager to own work, design legal architecture, and ensure it withstands operational pressures.
- Operates with low oversight and high accountability; comfortable with ambiguity.
- Clear communicator to non-lawyers, including senior leadership, maintaining precision.
- Treats legal risk as a business problem and advises accordingly.
- Enthusiastic about AI as a fundamental shift in legal work, already integrating AI tools into practice.
- Committed to the mission and stewardship of a meaningful enterprise.
Compensation & Benefits
- Fully remote position based in the United States.
- Full-time employment with competitive compensation discussed during the interview.
- Performance-based incentives tied to company outcomes with potential for significant upside.
- Comprehensive benefits including health insurance and retirement plans.
- Some travel required for closings, key meetings, and in-person matters.
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Equal Opportunity
The organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to building inclusive, high-performing teams that value diverse perspectives.