Counsel, Corporate

About the Team

OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises professionals from diverse fields, including technology, AI, privacy, IP, corporate, employment, tax, regulatory, and litigation.

About the Role

As a Corporate Counsel, you will support and lead on a broad range of corporate matters, including governance initiatives, capital markets transactions, securities compliance, and other general corporate matters. This is a unique opportunity to be directly involved in the forefront of the legal and technology field. This role will report to our Associate General Counsel, Corporate.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week.

In this role, you will:

- Advise on a broad range of corporate governance matters, including the company’s governance framework and structure, board and committee meeting preparation, minutes, resolutions, governance charters, organizational documents, and corporate policies.

- Support and lead capital markets and financing activities, including equity and debt transactions, liquidity events, and other strategic transactions.

- Structure, negotiate, and draft transaction documents, and provide strategic counsel throughout all phases of a transaction — from initial structuring and term sheet negotiation through due diligence, execution and closing.

- Partner closely with cross-functional teams across the company, including Finance, Investor Relations, Accounting, Tax, Equity, People and other Legal teams, to support corporate and strategic initiatives.

- Support securities compliance and disclosure matters in connection with financings, governance initiatives, investor engagement and other corporate activities, including development and maintenance of related proces...