Assistant General Counsel
Remote
United States, Canada
$210,000 - $280,000/yearly
JobCard.seniorityLevels.mid_level
About the role
Who you are
- 8-12 years of experience, with a minimum of 4 years at a top law firm as a corporate associate, ideally followed by time working in-house supporting an business development group as their client
- Solid experience being primary attorney on transactions from diligence to close (including joint ventures, project financings, credit agreements, and purchase and sale agreements)
- Excellent drafting and contracts skills
- Strong desire and ability to provide leverage, support, and partnership to the CLO and DGC
- Interest in working in a global company and learning many different foreign legal systems and business environments
- Interest in working in a company that requires high levels of collaboration and communication among teammates working remotely across many time zones and continents
- Strong desire and ability to develop relationships throughout the company and beyond
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Interest in working in a science-based company where most colleagues are scientists and science is the focus of many company meetings and documents
- Strong ability to learn new tools and solve new problems continuously
- An optimistic attitude toward work, people and problem-solving bespoke problems of first instance
- Strong ability to be a leader in setting a high standard of ethics
- Ability and desire to travel periodically (roughly 1x per quarter)
- J.D. (from a top law school a plus) and active admission to a state bar
- French language skills a plus
- Experience in other areas such as tax restructurings; subsidiary management; commercial contracts (vendor, consulting, services, SaaS, licensing, IT); and/or employment-related agreements a plus
- It is not necessary to have experience with mining or mineral exploration; the successful candidate will be able to learn what’s needed about the industry on the job
What the job involves
- This in-house corporate attorney will play an important role in building a global AI-driven clean-tech company that invents breakthrough technology, discovers billions of dollars of minerals, and helps to stop climate change
- Be an integral part of an in-house legal team in a technology and mineral exploration company growing rapidly around the world
- Provide leverage and support to the CLO and DGC so that they are more effective at advancing the company’s priorities
- Develop major parts of the company’s legal function with a particular focus on M&A, project and debt financing, and transactions
- Have many opportunities to be involved in other areas as the company and its legal functions grow
- Create processes and policies to help build a high-functioning legal department
- Represent the company in negotiations throughout the U.S. and abroad with mining companies, tech companies, governments, universities, vendors, and individuals
- Review, draft, and advise on complex transactions spanning multiple jurisdictions
- Lead due diligence efforts when the company is conducting diligence about an opportunity and when we are responding to diligence requests
- Provide immediate legal and business advice to internal clients who include senior executives, finance, corporate development, HR and talent acquisition, geologists, data scientists, and software engineers
- Write, revise, and review documents regarding every part of the business
- Guide and support the company’s global business operations using legal and business skills, such as management of confidential information, tax structuring, and building organizational processes
- Work across the company to set and meet high standards of ethics, with a focus on safety, anti-corruption, community support, environmental protection, anti-discrimination, and integrity
- Hire and supervise outside counsel across many subject areas and jurisdictions
- Work on whatever needs to be done
Assistant General Counsel
Remote
United States, Canada
$210,000 - $280,000/yearly
JobCard.seniorityLevels.mid_level
About the role
Who you are
- 8-12 years of experience, with a minimum of 4 years at a top law firm as a corporate associate, ideally followed by time working in-house supporting an business development group as their client
- Solid experience being primary attorney on transactions from diligence to close (including joint ventures, project financings, credit agreements, and purchase and sale agreements)
- Excellent drafting and contracts skills
- Strong desire and ability to provide leverage, support, and partnership to the CLO and DGC
- Interest in working in a global company and learning many different foreign legal systems and business environments
- Interest in working in a company that requires high levels of collaboration and communication among teammates working remotely across many time zones and continents
- Strong desire and ability to develop relationships throughout the company and beyond
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Interest in working in a science-based company where most colleagues are scientists and science is the focus of many company meetings and documents
- Strong ability to learn new tools and solve new problems continuously
- An optimistic attitude toward work, people and problem-solving bespoke problems of first instance
- Strong ability to be a leader in setting a high standard of ethics
- Ability and desire to travel periodically (roughly 1x per quarter)
- J.D. (from a top law school a plus) and active admission to a state bar
- French language skills a plus
- Experience in other areas such as tax restructurings; subsidiary management; commercial contracts (vendor, consulting, services, SaaS, licensing, IT); and/or employment-related agreements a plus
- It is not necessary to have experience with mining or mineral exploration; the successful candidate will be able to learn what’s needed about the industry on the job
What the job involves
- This in-house corporate attorney will play an important role in building a global AI-driven clean-tech company that invents breakthrough technology, discovers billions of dollars of minerals, and helps to stop climate change
- Be an integral part of an in-house legal team in a technology and mineral exploration company growing rapidly around the world
- Provide leverage and support to the CLO and DGC so that they are more effective at advancing the company’s priorities
- Develop major parts of the company’s legal function with a particular focus on M&A, project and debt financing, and transactions
- Have many opportunities to be involved in other areas as the company and its legal functions grow
- Create processes and policies to help build a high-functioning legal department
- Represent the company in negotiations throughout the U.S. and abroad with mining companies, tech companies, governments, universities, vendors, and individuals
- Review, draft, and advise on complex transactions spanning multiple jurisdictions
- Lead due diligence efforts when the company is conducting diligence about an opportunity and when we are responding to diligence requests
- Provide immediate legal and business advice to internal clients who include senior executives, finance, corporate development, HR and talent acquisition, geologists, data scientists, and software engineers
- Write, revise, and review documents regarding every part of the business
- Guide and support the company’s global business operations using legal and business skills, such as management of confidential information, tax structuring, and building organizational processes
- Work across the company to set and meet high standards of ethics, with a focus on safety, anti-corruption, community support, environmental protection, anti-discrimination, and integrity
- Hire and supervise outside counsel across many subject areas and jurisdictions
- Work on whatever needs to be done