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About the Role
Our client, a well-funded deep technology company, is seeking a General Counsel to lead its legal function through a significant stage of growth. This is a highly visible executive role reporting directly to the CEO and working closely with other C-Level executives and the Board. The General Counsel will serve as a trusted business partner to senior leadership and the Board, lead a legal team of approximately six, and build the capabilities needed to support continued growth.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the CEO’s senior legal advisor and partner closely with the CFO and executive team on business strategy, financing and execution.
- Lead and develop the legal function, assessing the current team, clarifying responsibilities, mentoring colleagues and building additional capabilities.
- Advise the Board and its committees on corporate governance, fiduciary matters and the processes required for an increasingly complex business.
- Lead venture capital and other complex financing transactions, coordinating investors, financial advisors and outside counsel.
- Negotiate strategic partnerships and sophisticated commercial agreements with major technology companies.
- Support data center and infrastructure development, including site arrangements, project agreements and financing.
- Advise on the structure and development of new business initiatives, including opportunities to commercialize optical switching technology.
- Oversee intellectual property matters in collaboration with internal specialists and outside counsel, aligning protection and licensing with business objectives.
- Guide government contracting, public-sector relationships and applicable compliance and security requirements.
- Build policies, contract processes, playbooks and legal technology that improve responsiveness and help the business move quickly.
- Manage outside counsel and legal spending, ensuring the company receives appropriate expertise while building internal capacity.
Requirements
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
- Substantial legal leadership experience in technology businesses, preferably semiconductors, computing, networking or another deep technology sector.
- Meaningful experience in a startup or similarly fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment, with the ability to work hands-on through ambiguity and changing priorities.
- Experience advising executives and Boards on corporate governance and significant business decisions.
- Prior General Counsel experience is preferred; senior deputies with comparable scope and demonstrated executive credibility will also be considered.
- Strong experience leading complex commercial negotiations and strategic partnerships with sophisticated counterparties.
- Experience with venture financing or other substantial corporate financing transactions.
- Infrastructure, project or data center financing experience is especially valuable.
- Ability to advise on business structuring and commercialization, working across corporate, commercial and intellectual property considerations.
- Experience leading, developing and assessing legal teams and deploying specialist resources effectively.
- Government contracting, defense technology or experience with sensitive technology and security obligations is a strong plus.
- Strong business acumen, sound judgment and the ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-legal colleagues.
- A collaborative, approachable leadership style, with the confidence to identify problems, propose solutions and drive initiatives across functions.
- The ideal candidate is a business-minded legal leader who can become a close thought partner to the CEO and CFO.
- This person will bring enough experience to recognize the needs of a sophisticated company, combined with the creativity and resourcefulness to build workable solutions in a lean environment.
- They should be comfortable leading major negotiations personally, developing their team and helping colleagues reach decisions without unnecessary process.
Skills
- Business strategy
- Financing
- Execution
- Corporate governance
- Venture capital
- Commercial agreements
- Data center development
- Infrastructure development
- Intellectual property
- Government contracting
- Legal technology
- Negotiations
Location
- Bay Area
Work Type
- Regular engagement at company offices
- Flexibility in office schedule
Experience Level
- Executive role
- Substantial legal leadership experience
- Meaningful experience in a startup or similarly fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment
- Prior General Counsel experience preferred
- Senior deputies with comparable scope and demonstrated executive credibility will also be considered
Education Level
- J.D. from an accredited law school
- Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar
Salary/Compensations
- $425,000-$450,000
- Annual bonus
- Meaningful stock option grant
About the Company
- A well-funded deep technology company
- Company working on a consequential new technology