Senior Counsel, Corporate (M&A)

About The Team

OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI and supporting OpenAI’s growth. The team comprises professionals from diverse fields, including technology, AI, privacy, IP, corporate, employment, tax law, regulatory, and litigation.

About The Role

As a Senior Corporate Counsel, M&A, you will support and lead mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, warrants, infrastructure financings and other corporate transactions through the full lifecycle and provide strategic advice to the business on a broad range of transactional matters. This is a unique opportunity to be directly involved in the forefront of the legal and technology field. This role will work closely with our Corporate Development, Finance, Product & Research, People, and other teams and report to our Deputy General Counsel, M&A, Investments and Strategic Transactions. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, partnerships and other strategic transactions through the full lifecycle, including opportunity assessment, deal structuring, negotiation, due diligence, and execution
• Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents, including definitive agreements, letters of intent, and ancillary documents
• Provide strategic advice to the corporate development team, senior management and other internal stakeholders regarding transactions and M&A strategy and deal execution
• Work collaboratively with multiple cross-functional teams across the company, including on post-transaction and integration matters
• Support the corporate legal team on a broad range of corporate matters, including financings, liquidity events, corporate governance and international expansion

Requirements

You Might Thrive In This Role If You Have 8+ years of combined, transactional-focused legal experience with fast-paced technology companies and law firms

• A strong sense of ownership, are inquisitive and enthusiastic about technology, enjoy being continually challenged, and can demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations
• A JD and license or qualification to practice in CA

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and/or securities law
• Experience working with emerging technologies and startups
• Experience in international transactions and cross-border legal matters

Skills

Desired Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Experience with contract drafting and negotiation

Benefits

OpenAI offers a competitive compensation package, including a salary range of $297K - $330K, health insurance, retirement plans, and opportunities for professional development and growth.

Pay

The base salary for this position is $297K - $330K, depending on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

This role is based in San Francisco, CA and operates on a hybrid schedule of 3 days in the office per week.

Benefits

We offer comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, and opportunities for professional development and growth.

OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.