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OpenAI's Legal team is seeking a Corporate Counsel to support and lead a broad range of corporate matters at the forefront of AI technology. This role reports to the Associate General Counsel, Corporate, and is based in San Francisco with a hybrid work model (3 days in office per week).
Key responsibilities include:
- Advise on corporate governance matters including governance frameworks, board and committee preparation, minutes, resolutions, governance charters, organizational documents, and corporate policies.
- Support and drive capital markets and financing activities, including equity and debt transactions, liquidity events, and strategic transactions.
- Structure, negotiate, and draft transaction documents; provide strategic counsel throughout transaction phases from structuring and term sheet negotiation through due diligence, execution, and closing.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (Finance, Investor Relations, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Equity, People, and other Legal teams) to support corporate and strategic initiatives.
- Support securities compliance and disclosure matters in connection with financings, governance initiatives, investor engagement, and corporate activities, including development and maintenance of related processes and controls.
- Develop and scale legal processes and frameworks for general corporate matters, including subsidiary governance, entity management, international expansion, equity matters, and corporate compliance, leveraging AI tools.
Ideal candidates have:
- 4+ years of combined legal experience at fast-paced technology companies and technology-focused law firms.
- Experience advising on corporate governance, capital markets transactions, and securities-related matters for late-stage private and/or public companies.
- Strong sense of ownership, curiosity about technology, comfort with continuous challenge, and sound judgment in ambiguous situations.
- Humility, thoughtfulness, and highest level of integrity.
- Exceptional analytical, communication, organizational, and project management skills; ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
- Demonstrated interest in designing and improving legal workflows and processes through AI.
- JD and license or qualification to practice in California.
