KoBold Metals

KoBold Metals discovers the battery minerals containing Ni, Cu, Co, and Li critical for the electric vehicle revolution.

Assistant General Counsel, Transactions

General CounselGeneral CounselFull TimeRemoteTeam 51-200Since 2019H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

42 days ago

Salary

$210K - $280K / year

8 yrs expEnglish

Job Description

• Be an integral part of an in-house legal team in a technology and mineral exploration company growing rapidly around the world • Provide leverage and support to the CLO and DGC so that they are more effective at advancing the company’s priorities • Develop major parts of the company’s legal function with a particular focus on M&A, project and debt financing, and transactions • Have many opportunities to be involved in other areas as the company and its legal functions grow • Create processes and policies to help build a high-functioning legal department • Represent the company in negotiations throughout the U.S. and abroad with mining companies, tech companies, governments, universities, vendors, and individuals • Review, draft, and advise on complex transactions spanning multiple jurisdictions • Lead due diligence efforts when the company is conducting diligence about an opportunity and when we are responding to diligence requests • Provide immediate legal and business advice to internal clients who include senior executives, finance, corporate development, HR and talent acquisition, geologists, data scientists, and software engineers • Write, revise, and review documents regarding every part of the business • Guide and support the company’s global business operations using legal and business skills, such as management of confidential information, tax structuring, and building organizational processes • Work across the company to set and meet high standards of ethics, with a focus on safety, anti-corruption, community support, environmental protection, anti-discrimination, and integrity • Hire and supervise outside counsel across many subject areas and jurisdictions • Work on whatever needs to be done

Job Requirements

  • 8-12 years of experience, with a minimum of 4 years at a top law firm as a corporate associate, ideally followed by time working in-house supporting an business development group as their client
  • Solid experience being primary attorney on transactions from diligence to close (including joint ventures, project financings, credit agreements, and purchase and sale agreements)
  • Excellent drafting and contracts skills
  • Strong desire and ability to provide leverage, support, and partnership to the CLO and DGC
  • Interest in working in a global company and learning many different foreign legal systems and business environments
  • Interest in working in a company that requires high levels of collaboration and communication among teammates working remotely across many time zones and continents
  • Strong desire and ability to develop relationships throughout the company and beyond
  • Strong organizational and communication skills
  • Interest in working in a science-based company where most colleagues are scientists and science is the focus of many company meetings and documents
  • Strong ability to learn new tools and solve new problems continuously
  • An optimistic attitude toward work, people and problem-solving bespoke problems of first instance
  • Strong ability to be a leader in setting a high standard of ethics
  • Ability and desire to travel periodically (roughly 1x per quarter)
  • J.D. (from a top law school a plus) and active admission to a state bar
  • French language skills a plus
  • Experience in other areas such as tax restructurings; subsidiary management; commercial contracts (vendor, consulting, services, SaaS, licensing, IT); and/or employment-related agreements a plus.

Benefits

  • 401k matching

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