Senior Corporate Counsel - Automattic

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Jetpack, Tumblr, and WooCommerce, is seeking a talented attorney to lead our corporate, securities, M&A, and governance work. You’ll be an integral partner to our operations teams, giving strategic advice to help us run smoothly around the globe.

We’re looking for a US-qualified attorney who is well versed in issues relevant to our late-stage private business, including advising on securities law compliance and corporate governance; handling complex international M&A, equity, and debt transactions; establishing and managing international subsidiaries; and running employee equity programs.

We’re a team that works hard, enjoys a challenge, and has an optimistic approach, and we’re looking for someone with the same mindset.

What you'll do

• Lead all areas related to the company’s global securities laws matters and related compliance.
• Manage our network of global subsidiaries, including managing all subsidiary board meetings, advising on and executing changes to our entity structure, implementing inter-company agreements, and assisting with local compliance requirements.
• Assist with board agendas and materials, and keep records of all meetings and corporate actions.
• Oversee our innovative stock plan for Automatticians, and structure, negotiate, and execute stock sale transactions.
• Lead deal execution for fundraising and M&A transactions.
• Manage our investment portfolio and lead deal execution for venture investments.
• Design legal and business processes that enable Automattic to scale internationally.

What you'll bring

• A JD from a US-accredited law school and 5+ years’ experience in legal practice.
• Expertise in issues relevant to our business, including advising on securities law compliance and corporate governance; managing international subsidiaries; structuring and negotiating financing, M&A, and other strategic transactions; software integrations; licensing (especially open source licenses); and intellectual property. Experience outside the US is a bonus, as everything at Automattic is done on a global scale and in an international context.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, with experience working on multiple complex transactions simultaneously, such as tender offers, fund formations, public offerings, etc.
• An agile and curious mind. You’re not afraid to ask questions or admit when you are wrong.
• A business-minded and practical approach to legal issues. We solve problems and get things done, rather than writing many memos.
• Ability to write clear, concise, and informative documentation.
• Ability to operate independently.
• Excellence at understanding complex topics and explaining them to others in clear, concise terms, as well as finding streamlined solutions to complex issues.
• A love for the open web and all it stands for.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $180,000-$300,000 USD. Salary ranges are global, regardless of location, and paid in local currency. Pay reflects potential contribution and impact.

Automattic is a fully-remote company with an open vacation policy. Learn more about our compensation philosophy, full list of benefits by country, how we hire, and what we expect from ourselves via the links on our career page.

About Automattic

Now in our 20th year, Automattic is the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Beeper, Tumblr, Simplenote, Jetpack, Longreads, Day One, PocketCasts, and more. We believe in making the web a better place.

We’re a distributed company with more than 1500 Automatticians in nearly every corner of the globe, speaking over a hundred different languages. Enriched by this diversity, we’re united by a singular mission: to democratize publishing, commerce, and messaging so anyone with a story can tell it, anyone with a product can sell it, and everyone can manage their communications from a single source. We help maintain a balance in society, creating and continually refining powerful tools people can use to compete fairly—regardless of income, gender, politics, language, or where they live in the world.

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