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In-Office
Austin, TX, USA
220K-260K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
Austin, TX, USA
220K-260K Annually
Senior level
Corporate Counsel will lead and support mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, partnerships, and other strategic transactions. Responsibilities include diligence, deal structuring, negotiation, execution, post-closing integration, corporate governance, subsidiary management, entity compliance, and advising internal teams on complex corporate matters. The role is fully onsite and requires collaboration across corporate development, finance, operations, and engineering.
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SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.
SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.

CORPORATE COUNSEL

SpaceXSI's legal team plays a critical role, working closely with finance, tax, accounting, operations and engineering, to achieve our mission. This role is for someone passionate about working at the intersection of AI and law.

As a Corporate Counsel, you will support and lead mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, partnerships and other strategic transactions. You’ll also handle corporate governance and subsidiary management and provide counsel to multiple internal clients on a wide variety of complex legal and business issues.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Lead and support mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, partnerships and other strategic transactions from start to finish, including diligence, deal structuring, drafting, negotiating, executing and integrating
  • Partner closely with corporate development, finance and operation teams to execute a smooth and efficient deal process
  • Drive post-closing integration
  • Build processes, templates, and playbooks for mergers and acquisitions and strategic transactions 
  • Advise on corporate governance, including subsidiary board matters and consents 
  • Oversee subsidiary maintenance, including formations, dissolutions, and compliance across US and international entities 
  • Provide counsel on general corporate matters
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
  • J.D. from an accredited law school
  • 6+ years in corporate or M&A at a top-tier law firm or in-house company
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
  • Expertise in complex corporate structures and transactions, including diligence, structuring and negotiation
  • Experience representing mature private and public companies
  • Flexible team player, able to adapt to rapid developments and diverse projects in a fast paced organization working with novel legal issues
  • Willingness to roll up sleeves and possess a can-do attitude
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
  • Must be admitted to the bar, in good standing, in at least one U.S. State
  • Must be able to work extended hours and weekends as needed
  • This role is full time, five days a week, on-site and based in either Palo Alto, CA, Washington D.C., Austin, TX, or New York, NY
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

$220,000 - $260,000 USD

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
  • To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

SpaceXSI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

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