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Senior Counsel, Corporate (M&A)

OpenAI San Francisco Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$297K - $330K per year

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Description

Job Title: Senior Counsel, Corporate (M&A)

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Counsel, Corporate (M&A) to join our Legal team in San Francisco. As a key member of our team, you will support and lead mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, warrants, infrastructure financings and other corporate transactions through the full lifecycle.

About the Role

As a Senior Corporate Counsel, M&A, you will:

  • Lead and support mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, partnerships and other strategic transactions through the full lifecycle, including opportunity assessment, deal structuring, negotiation, due diligence, and execution
  • Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents, including definitive agreements, letters of intent, and ancillary documents
  • Provide strategic advice to the corporate development team, senior management and other internal stakeholders regarding transactions and M&A strategy and deal execution
  • Work collaboratively with multiple cross-functional teams across the company, including on post-transaction and integration matters
  • Support the corporate legal team on a broad range of corporate matters, including financings, liquidity events, corporate governance and international expansion

Requirements

  • 8+ years of combined, transactional-focused legal experience with fast-paced technology companies and law firms
  • JD and license or qualification to practice in CA
  • Strong sense of ownership, inquisitive and enthusiastic about technology, enjoy being continually challenged, and can demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations

Why Join Us?

At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

Compensation Range: $297K - $330K

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Skills

Required

  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Joint Ventures
  • Investments
  • Warrants
  • Infrastructure Financings

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