# Legal Counsel

**Company**: Ritual
**Location**: Remote
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ritual/jobs/4635587007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
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## Description

## About the Role

As the first in-house legal hire, you will be responsible for setting up and managing all aspects of the legal framework for Ritual. This is a hands-on role requiring a proactive problem-solver with a deep understanding of corporate, employment, and regulatory legal matters, especially in Web3 and AI.

### Key Responsibilities:

- **Legal Strategy and Operations**: Build the legal function from the ground up, including creating policies, processes, and templates to support the company's growth. Serve as a trusted advisor to the executive team and board on legal, regulatory, and business matters.

- **Corporate Governance**: Oversee corporate governance, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and best practices. Draft and manage board resolutions, minutes, and shareholder agreements.

- **Contract Management**: Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements, including commercial, vendor, partnership, and employment contracts. Establish a contract management system to streamline workflows and improve efficiency.

- **Regulatory Matters**: Stay updated on regulatory developments that impact the company, particularly within blockchain/AI. Partner with cross-functional teams to address compliance risks proactively.

- **Risk Mitigation**: Identify potential legal and regulatory risks and recommend risk mitigation strategies. Handle disputes, litigation, and external counsel engagement as needed.

- **Equity and Fundraising**: Support fundraising activities by providing legal guidance on term sheets, stock issuance, and investor agreements. Oversee equity administration in partnership with internal teams.

### Requirements:

- J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar.

- 3+ years of relevant legal experience, including time at a top-tier law firm and/or as in-house counsel.

- Experience working with early-stage or high-growth companies, particularly in web3/AI.

- Strong expertise in corporate governance, contract law, regulatory compliance, and risk management.

- Familiarity working with web3 teams.

- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

- Ability to work independently and proactively in a fast-paced environment.

- Strong business acumen with the ability to balance legal and business priorities.

### Why Join Us:

- Join a team on a mission to build the next generation of AI infrastructure.

- Highly competitive compensation package, including annual discretionary bonus & optimized tax structure.

- Top 1% of benefits across the web3 startup space.

- 100% of premiums covered on highest quality healthcare.

- Aggressive company 401k match.

- Fully remote and/or hybrid, up to you!

- Participate in virtual and in-person events.

## Skills

### Required
- corporate governance
- contract law
- regulatory compliance
- risk management
- Web3
- AI

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