SlipstreamJobs tracks this role from the company's public career site. Apply directly on the employer's site.
Salary: USD 168,000 - 285,600 / annual
GitLab is seeking a Lead Legal Counsel, Corporate to own securities, public company reporting, and corporate governance work for the company as a senior individual contributor. You will report to the Senior Director, Associate General Counsel, Corporate & Compliance within the Legal & Corporate Affairs (LACA) team.
In this role, you will bring a strong securities law foundation and broad corporate perspective to a small team. Your responsibilities will span quarterly reporting and earnings, annual proxy statements and stockholders meetings, board and committee matters, equity plans, subsidiary governance, and support for mergers and acquisitions and other strategic initiatives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Owning securities and public company reporting matters, working with internal stakeholders and external auditors on SEC filings, quarterly reports, earnings releases, proxy statements, investor presentations, and public disclosures
- Advising on corporate governance, including board and committee processes, stockholders meetings, corporate approvals, equity plan matters, executive compensation, and related compliance requirements
- Providing legal guidance on complex entity matters across jurisdictions, including formation, maintenance, reorganizations, intercompany agreements, and wind-downs
- Supporting M&A and strategic transactions through diligence, documentation, approvals, signing, closing, and post-closing integration
- Engaging and managing outside counsel across jurisdictions to ensure practical, high-quality, and cost-effective advice
- Identifying legal and business risks, presenting clear options to senior stakeholders, and monitoring legal developments to keep policies, processes, and controls current
- Building and improving playbooks, checklists, templates, and workflows for recurring corporate legal work, and training junior legal team members and cross-functional partners
You will work closely with Accounting, Corporate Development, Finance, Investor Relations, People, Product, Stock Administration, Tax, and Treasury teams, translating complex legal issues into clear recommendations while balancing legal risk with business objectives.
GitLab is a public technology company with more than 50 million registered users and over 50% of the Fortune 100 trusting the platform. The company embraces AI as a core productivity multiplier and operates as a globally distributed, remote-first organization.
Requirements:
- 6+ years of demonstrated relevant legal experience, including law firm experience advising US-listed public companies on securities law, corporate governance, and public company reporting (prior in-house experience is a plus)
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active admission to a US state bar
- Ability to independently manage complex legal matters and cross-functional projects, prioritize competing needs, and drive work to completion with limited direction
- Clear written and verbal communication, including ability to explain technical legal issues to non-lawyers and senior leaders, and build trusted working relationships
- Ability to investigate unfamiliar legal questions, weigh risks against business objectives, and turn recommendations into action
- Experience improving legal processes, templates, policies, or other scalable resources
- Ability to collaborate in a remote, globally distributed team across time zones and cultures, and willingness to use GitLab tools in day-to-day work
- Helpful but not required: in-house work at a public SaaS, software, or open core company; M&A experience; cross-border corporate matters; outside counsel management; or legal technology experience
