Trust & Will is hiring a
Assistant General Counsel

Summary

Join our mission to help every family leave their legacy with a fast, easy, and secure way to create, manage, and distribute their estate plan online. As an Assistant General Counsel, you will support key legal functions, focusing on strategic aspects of the company including products, transactions, and compliance.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school
• 10+ years of legal experience in transactional, product counseling, or related fields (in-house experience is a plus)
• Strong experience in contract drafting, review, and negotiations
• Experience with regulatory compliance and risk management
• Knowledge of corporate governance, product development, and policy implementation
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Ability to provide practical, business-focused legal advice
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with experience working across teams
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working with and managing outside counsel and external subject matter experts

Responsibilities

• Support Business Development and Product with deal negotiations and contract drafting, review, and implementation
• Support People Ops with compliance with employment laws
• Support end-to-end product development lifecycle (innovation, implementation, and maintenance of product offerings)
• Support data strategy including privacy compliance and AI focus
• Support corporate and product compliance (contracting, policies, enterprise risk, management, etc.)
• Opportunities to get involved in industry advocacy and legislative affairs
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to identify and implement solutions on day-to-day initiatives and product expansion; represent the legal perspective and help identify risk mitigation measures to enable unimpeded growth
• Implement strategic and operational solutions to achieve company-wide goals based on broader team input and general legal direction
• Collaborate on building enterprise-grade processes and systems to help enable and promote scalable growth
• Provide counsel, advice, and recommendations on business and legal items in consideration of company goals
• Legal operations including contract management and managing outside counsel

Benefits

• Compensation - Salary + Equity: $163,000 - $200,000
• PTO. Unlimited time off that you are encouraged to use
• Quarterly company-wide breaks (think Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall break)
• Monthly friends & family days
• 4 days/year to volunteer in your community
• Health and Wellness Benefits. Fantastic health benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and generous parental leave
• Financial wellness benefits (Equity & tax advisory support, savings options, and employee-sponsored 401k)
• Guest speakers & reimbursement for learning opportunities
• Flexible work schedule + hours
• Family-friendly work environment. We support the complexity of a remote world with the needs of families
• Optional company-sponsored events and travel throughout the year
• $500 Work from home stipend + mac & Apple accessories