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About the Role
As a key member of a lean, collaborative legal team reporting to Checkr’s Vice President, Corporate & Commercial, you will deliver corporate legal work crucial for Checkr’s next stage of growth, including IPO readiness, M&A, securities, and corporate governance. You will own defined corporate and transactional workstreams, providing risk-based advice and collaborating with Finance and Corporate Strategy teams to scale the legal function.
Responsibilities
- Provide hands-on support across corporate transactional work, including M&A and other strategic transactions, deal structure and LOI input, due diligence, drafting and negotiating deal agreements, and post-closing integration.
- Support IPO readiness, including cross-functional readiness planning and assisting with S-1 drafting.
- Execute equity and debt financing transactions and maintain ongoing compliance.
- Coordinate with legal, finance, and corporate strategy teams and external corporate counsel to keep transactions and workstreams on track.
- Advise on and support corporate governance matters, including board and shareholder logistics and governance policies.
- Handle general corporate work, including corporate registrations and filings, entity administration, leases, and intercompany agreements.
- Manage stock administration, equity matters, securities filings, and employee equity education.
- Help manage Checkr’s insurance and enterprise risk programs.
- Assist sales leadership on variable compensation plans.
- Build and improve processes and workflows that scale with Checkr’s growth, and identify opportunities to make the legal team more efficient.
Requirements
- JD degree and active membership in good standing of a state Bar.
- 5–8 years of corporate and securities law experience; a mix of top law firm and in-house experience is a plus.
- Hands-on M&A transactional experience, with exposure to IPO readiness or public-company matters a strong plus.
- Solid working knowledge of corporate, securities, and transactional matters, with the judgment to spot and triage key issues and know when to escalate or engage outside counsel.
- A pragmatic problem-solver who provides crisp, timely, risk-based advice and communicates it clearly to non-lawyers.
- Strong collaborator with excellent written and verbal communication skills who builds trust across teams and represents Checkr well with external parties.
- Highly organized, able to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment, with strong attention to detail and discretion handling confidential information.
- An A-player mindset with a strong bias for action: you raise the bar, move with urgency, stay resilient through ambiguity, and take ownership to deliver meaningful outcomes.
Skills
- Corporate law
- Securities law
- M&A transactional experience
- IPO readiness
- Public-company matters
- Corporate governance
- Stock administration
- Equity matters
- Securities filings
- Risk management
- Process improvement
- Communication skills
- Collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Attention to detail
Location
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5-8 years
Education Level
- JD degree
Salary/Compensations
- $229,000—$269,000 USD
Benefits
- Learning and development allowance
- Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
- Flexible PTO policy
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Lunch five times a week
- Commuter stipend
- Relocation stipend may be available
About the Company
- Checkr is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions.
- Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on Checkr for AI verification.
- Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, and Anthropic.
- Checkr is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.
Equal Opportunity
- Checkr is committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences.
- Checkr believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.