Principal Counsel, Corporate
PerplexityConversational AI company
San Francisco, United StatesLead
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About the role
TL;DR
Lead corporate governance, equity, and financing matters for Perplexity AI.
- •Perplexity AI is looking for a Principal Counsel, Corporate to serve as the company’s primary lawyer for corporate governance, equity, and financing matters.
- •In this role, you’ll own the full corporate legal lifecycle, from board and stockholder governance and equity administration to financings, secondary transactions, and entity management as we scale globally.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead corporate governance for Perplexity and its subsidiaries, including board and committee meeting preparation, agendas, minutes, resolutions and written consents, charters, organizational documents, corporate policies, and the corporate records that keep the company well-governed as it scales.
- •Structure, draft, and negotiate equity and debt financings from term sheet through closing, including preferred stock financings, credit facilities, convertible instruments, and related diligence and closing deliverables.
- •Own secondary transactions and liquidity programs, including tender offers, company repurchases, direct secondaries, transfer approvals and the related stockholder communications and consents.
- •Requirements JD and in good standing with an active US state bar membership, or eligible to register as in-house counsel in California.
- •At least 9+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience.
- •Track record leading venture or growth equity financings, secondary transactions, and corporate governance for high-growth private technology companies.
Required skills
Contract ManagementM&AVenture CapitalPrivate Equity