# Principal Counsel, Corporate

**Company**: Perplexity AI
**Location**: San Francisco, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $250K - $350K
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124333951

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## Description

Perplexity AI is seeking a Principal Counsel, Corporate to serve as the company's primary lawyer for corporate governance, equity, and financing matters. The successful candidate will own the full corporate legal lifecycle, from board and stockholder governance and equity administration to financings, secondary transactions, and entity management as the company scales globally.

The role involves working closely with the Finance, Accounting, Tax, and People teams, as well as with the executive team and investors. The ideal candidate has deep private-company corporate and securities experience, precision with cap-table and equity mechanics, and the judgment to make principled calls independently.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading corporate governance for Perplexity and its subsidiaries

- Structuring, drafting, and negotiating equity and debt financings

- Managing secondary transactions and liquidity programs

- Partnering with Finance, Accounting, Tax, and People on equity compensation and cap-table administration

- Supporting M&A, acquihires, strategic investments, and other corporate transactions

- Building and scaling corporate legal infrastructure

- Monitoring legal and market developments affecting private-company governance, equity, and securities matters

The qualifications for this role include:

- A JD and active US state bar membership

- At least 9+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience

- Experience leading venture or growth equity financings, secondary transactions, and corporate governance for high-growth private technology companies

- Familiarity with cap-table mechanics, equity compensation administration, and charter and stockholder agreement provisions

- Strong business acumen and ability to partner with finance, accounting, people, and executive stakeholders

- Clear communication skills and ability to translate legal concepts for non-lawyers

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## Skills

### Required
- corporate governance
- equity
- financing
- securities law
- cap-table mechanics
- equity compensation administration

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