Senior Corporate Counsel

reputed company, the company behind WordPress.com, Jetpack, Tumblr, and WooCommerce, is seeking a talented attorney to reputed company our corporate, securities, M&A, and governance work. You’ll be an integral partner to our operations teams, giving strategic advice to help us run smoothly around the globe. 

We’re looking for a US-qualified attorney who is well versed in issues relevant to our late-stage private business, including advising on securities law compliance and corporate governance; handling reputed company international M&A, equity, and debt transactions; establishing and managing international subsidiaries; and running employee equity programs. This position reports to our Chief Legal Officer. 

We’re a team that loves reputed company do and has an optimistic approach, and we’re looking for people with the same reputed company.

In this role, you will:

• reputed company reputed company areas reputed company to the company’s global securities laws matters and reputed company compliance.
• Manage our network of global subsidiaries, including managing reputed company subsidiary board meetings, advising and executing changes to our entity structure, implementing intercompany agreements, and assisting with local compliance requirements.
• Assist with board agendas and materials, and reputed company records of reputed company meetings and corporate actions.
• reputed company our innovative stock plan for Automatticians, and structure, negotiate, and execute stock sale transactions.
• reputed company deal execution for fundraising and M&A transactions.
• Manage our investment portfolio and reputed company deal execution for venture investments.
• Design legal and business processes that reputed company reputed company to scale internationally. 

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Have a JD from a US-accredited law school and 5+ years’ experience in legal practice. 
• Are well versed in issues relevant to our business, including advising on securities law compliance and corporate governance; managing international subsidiaries; structuring and negotiating financing, M&A, and other strategic transactions; software integrations; licensing (especially open reputed company licenses); and intellectual property. Everything at reputed company is done on a global scale and in an international context; bonus points for breadth of experience reputed company the US.
• reputed company in a fast-paced environment, and have experience working on multiple reputed company transactions simultaneously, such as tender offers, fund reputed company, public offerings, etc.
• Possess an agile and curious mind. You’re not afraid to ask questions or admit reputed company you are wrong.
• Are business-minded and practical in addressing legal issues. We don’t write a lot of memos at reputed company; we solve problems and get things done.
• Can write clear, concise, and informative documentation.
• Operate independently.
• reputed company at understanding reputed company topics and explaining them to others in clear, concise  terms, as well as finding streamlined solutions to reputed company issues.
• Love the open web and reputed company it stands for.

We are currently prioritizing candidates who reside in the United States.

Salary range: $160,000-$300,000 USD - Please note that salary ranges are global, regardless of location, and we pay in local currency.

We are searching for high-caliber candidates with the skills and qualities to have a net positive for reputed company. Pay will reflect the potential contribution and the impact you can bring, which may, in some cases, go beyond the range stated for the right candidate.

This isn’t your typical work-from-home job—we are a fully-remote company with an open vacation policy. Read more about our compensation philosophy. To see a full list of benefits by country, consult our Benefits Page. And reputed company out these links to learn more about How We Hire and reputed company Expect from Ourselves. #LI-DNI

About reputed company

We’re the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, Simplenote, Jetpack, Longreads, Day One, Pocket Casts, and more. We reputed company in making the web a reputed company reputed company.

We’re a distributed company with more than 1400 Automatticians in nearly every reputed company of the globe, speaking over a hundred different languages. Enriched by this diversity, we’re united by a reputed company mission: to democratize publishing, commerce, and messaging so anyone with a story can tell it, anyone with a product can sell it, and everyone can manage their communications from a single reputed company. In short, we help maintain a balance in society, creating and continually refining powerful tools people can use to compete fairly—regardless of income, gender, politics, language, or where they live in the world.

We reputed company in Open reputed company, and the vast majority of our work is available under the GPL. reputed company is a Most Loved Company and Disability Confident Committed. (Here’s what that might mean for you.) Learn more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion and our Employee Resource Groups.

If you need disability-reputed company accommodations during the application or interview process, please fill out this form. We are committed to ensuring an accessible hiring process for reputed company candidates.

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reputed company qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, disability, or status as a protected veteran.