Corporate Counsel

About the role

Zipliens is seeking a proactive and results-driven attorney to lead the corporate legal work in-house. The ideal candidate will own commercial contracts, financing, employment matters, and corporate governance, providing direct access to the executive team and maintaining a work-life balance.

Responsibilities

• Own commercial contracts — client and law-firm agreements, vendor and supplier contracts, NDAs, business associate agreements, and SaaS/technology agreements — building templates that turn routine deals into same-day turnarounds
• Recurring financing and commercial financing work (funding and advance agreements, working-capital-adjacent contracts, intercompany terms) end-to-end; partner closely with the CFO on larger credit facilities and capital-markets matters, reviewing term sheets and loan agreements, sharpening redlines before documents go back to outside counsel
• Manage employment and HR legal work — policies, offer and separation documents, restrictive-covenant drafting and strategy, and day-to-day employment questions — partnering closely with our HR leadership, and serving as the internal advocate in our relationship with outside employment counsel by sitting in on complex matters and translating legal reasoning into a practical internal path forward
• Corporate governance — build deep, working fluency in our operating agreement, shareholder agreements, and cap table, and become the internal point of reference on governance questions such as board versus shareholder decision authority, various shareholder classes, including entity structure maintenance and board/resolution support
• Handle basic intellectual property and trademark protection, including for our technology products
• Manage all outside counsel relationships as the single point of contact — scoping and managing engagements and spend, consolidating the panel, and pulling routine work back in-house over time

Qualifications

• Approximately 4-7 years of corporate legal experience, ideally from an AmLaw 100 firm or a setting with comparable rigor and training
• J.D. and active bar membership in good standing
• A corporate, finance, or transactional background — you've actually drafted and negotiated financing and commercial agreements, not just reviewed documents
• Prior experience at a private-equity-backed company and M&A Transactions
• Strong corporate fundamentals and the range to operate as a generalist across contracts, employment, and governance — with the judgment to know when to handle something directly versus loop in the CFO or outside counsel
• A bias toward action and fast turnaround, matching effort to stakes
• Comfort operating with autonomy as the only in-house lawyer, with outside counsel as support
• A pragmatic, business-first mindset: clear answers and practical paths forward, not just lists of risks
• A genuine desire for an in-house generalist role and a sustainable pace — not simply an exit from law-firm hours

Benefits

• Private Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Company HSA contributions for HDHP participants
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health & Dependent Care)
• Company-Paid Short-Term Disability Coverage
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Life, AD&D, and Supplemental Coverage Options
• 401(k) Plan with Company Match
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick Time & Select Holidays)
• Parental Leave

Pay

$150,000 - $200,000 annually, with opportunity for a discretionary bonus. Final compensation will be determined based on skills and experience.

Schedule

Full-time, remote work.