General Counsel
1 week ago
Our client, a well-funded global technology company that is taking the travel industry by storm, has retained Solutus Legal Search to assist its executives in their search for a General Counsel. Led by founders with a passionate mission to make travel radically more accessible, the company is poised for an incredible corporate journey. The company’s investors are a Who’s Who in the corporate ecosystem and include Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, NEA, Dylan Field and Elad Gil.
The General Counsel will report directly to the CEO and will play an instrumental role in building the legal department as well as helping to shape the company’s hypergrowth. This role is seated in San Francisco, CA and will require hybrid office/home office attendance.
The ideal candidate will possess experience in a consumer marketplace with in-person operations, large trust & safety practice, and some regulatory considerations (e.g., Top law firm as well as experience working in a hyper-growth startup and a limited in-house team is required. Tenure in larger tech organization with an excellent legal organization (ideally public company) is a strong plus. Prior leadership experience as a General Counsel or strong #2 in a high-profile organization is required.
Creative & intellectually flexible: Capable of creative problem solving & generating ideas vs. able to clearly articulate tradeoffs and confidently recommend decisions balancing different types of risk (business risk, legal risk, brand risk) vs. only legal risk
can be effective as first legal hire without in-house team
Passionate about increasing access to travel.
strong pre-existing legal network
Structured thinker: Extremely organized, structured communicator and thinker, strong project manager
This General Counsel will be joining an intimate team and will be the first attorney in the organization. Responsibilities will be robust and will include building a world-class legal department. Develop internal capability to monitor evolving company relevant regulation internationally, implement strategies for compliance in key jurisdictions, and collaborate closely with CEO and comms team on proactive regulatory brand/comms strategy for the company’s most critical cities.
Audit current legal operations (HR, vendor contracts, terms of service, privacy, etc.) Design and partner with relevant teams to implement prioritized process changes to reduce risk while making business-minded tradeoffs as needed.
Partner closely with operations organization and Trust & Safety lead to implement a structure for providing legal input & oversight of member-facing policies and team SOPs (how does the company respond to situations of various types?). Develop strategic roadmap for Member Protection Programs, and develop any third-party partnerships required, including partnerships with insurance companies.
Drive legal work stream within the company’s internationalization and localization efforts. Prioritize critical legal efforts (i.e. localizing terms of service or contracts, developing international corporate entity strategy, deep diving into tax strategy, etc.)
Build the company’s legal function from the ground up, establishing a network of global firms and external legal & policy resources as well as internal resources, while shrewdly and strategically managing cost to make their dollars stretch
Base salary range is $325,000 - $350,000 to start and includes stock and benefits.
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