Corporate Counsel

Summary

Join Stripe's Corporate Transactions Team as a corporate generalist to provide critical support for corporate strategic transactions, including M&A, venture investments, debt financings, and real estate. You will serve as corporate counsel, partnering with cross-functional teams and key stakeholders to support a broad range of strategic transactions, corporate governance, and other corporate matters. The ideal candidate enjoys working on diverse projects, collaborating with various teams, and adapting to changing environments. This role involves evaluating, structuring, negotiating, and drafting legal advice on various transactions. You will also assist with employee equity matters, investor relations, and real estate transactions. The position requires a high volume of tasks and projects, demanding flexibility and the ability to prioritize effectively.

Requirements

• A juris doctorate degree from an accredited law school
• 5+ years of corporate legal experience, including deal work on M&A and investments
• Significant experience independently running, negotiating and drafting complex strategic transactions
• Strong communication (both written and verbal) skills and excellent legal and business judgment
• Experience working with senior management and ability to work well with various teams in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Comfortable with a daily high volume of tasks and projects, and can quickly shift priorities as needed
• Humble, responsive, proactive, resourceful, highly organized, with great attention to detail and a strong ability to execute and flexibility to handle a variety of projects / tasks, both low and high

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, structure, negotiate, draft and provide advice on venture investments, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate development transactions
• Assist and partner with cross-functional legal teams on transaction diligence and integration
• Partner to lead cross-functional teams and manage outside counsel to complete transactions
• Provide legal support and advice on employee equity matters, investor matters and real estate transactions
• Assist with other corporate matters, including corporate governance, company liquidity management and other strategic matters

Preferred Qualifications

• In-house experience and experience with financial technology or payments industry
• Experience with equity compensation programs