A leading ride-sharing platform is seeking an experienced Corporate and M&A Counsel to assist the team on a Full time (40 hours per week), interim (6 months) basis.
Title: Corporate Counsel (Secondment)
Experience: 7+ Years
Location: Hybrid (San Francisco, CA, USA) Preferred, though Remote candidates will be considered
Hours: 40 Hours/Week
Duration: 6 Months (From 5/26/2025 until 11/26/2025)
Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401k
Pay Rate: $100 - $120/hr
Responsibilities
- Serve as a key driver of a wide range of corporate initiatives, including complex M&A, divestitures, strategic investments, joint ventures, corporate and tax structuring, capital markets transactions, financing matters, equity matters, and other strategic corporate projects.
- Partner closely with Corporate Development team and Treasury team as well as advise company leadership and cross-functional stakeholders (eg people, accounting, tax, treasury, operations, etc.) on novel corporate legal issues and risks of corporate transactions.
- Run transactions from origination to closing to integration.
- Responsible for drafting and negotiating NDAs, LOIs/term sheets and definitive transaction agreements.
- Shape and improve our legal processes that enable both legal and business functions to scale effectively.
- Assist other teams with projects on an as-needed basis.
Experience & Skills
- Senior Counsel ( 5+ years of experience) practicing corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on M&A and strategic transactions; experience at a top-tier law firm required; in-house experience at a public company is required.
- Degree from top-tier law school.
- Preferably, member of the California bar (or Registered In-House Counsel) in good standing
- Significant experience directly advising senior executives.
- Rock solid foundation working on corporate and securities matters; must have deep experience running an end to end transaction process: leading the negotiation, process management and strategy underpinning complex buy and sell side M&A and related transactions (mergers, asset purchases, spinouts, JVs, partnerships and acqui-hires); cross-border M&A experience a plus.
- Experience assisting with integration process and strategy a plus.
- Resourceful self-starter with excellent problem-solving capabilities, judgment, communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
- Adept at thinking creatively (and strategically.) on your feet; proven ability to manage complex workloads, multiple stakeholder demands and ever-shifting priorities all while instilling confidence. Sense of humor, positive attitude, and a willingness to dive into new areas.
Location
- Candidates who can work in the Bay Area on a hybrid basis are preferred
- Strong remote candidates will be considered