Job Description

A leading ride-sharing platform is seeking an experienced Corporate and M&A Counsel to assist the team on a full-time (40 hours per week), interim (6 months) basis.

Title: Corporate Counsel (Secondment)

Experience: 7+ Years

Location: Hybrid (San Francisco, CA, USA) Preferred, though Remote candidates will be considered

Hours: 40 Hours / Week

Duration: 6 Months (From 5/26/2025 until 11/26/2025)

Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401k

Pay Rate: $100 - $120 / hr

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key driver of a wide range of corporate initiatives, including complex M&A, divestitures, strategic investments, joint ventures, corporate and tax structuring, capital markets transactions, financing matters, equity matters, and other strategic corporate projects.
• Partner closely with Corporate Development team and Treasury team as well as advise company leadership and cross-functional stakeholders (e.g. people, accounting, tax, treasury, operations, etc.) on novel corporate legal issues and risks of corporate transactions.
• Run transactions from origination to closing to integration.
• Responsible for drafting and negotiating NDAs, LOIs/term sheets and definitive transaction agreements.
• Shape and improve our legal processes that enable both legal and business functions to scale effectively.
• Assist other teams with projects on an as-needed basis.

Experience & Skills

• Senior Counsel (~5+ years of experience) practicing corporate and securities law, with an emphasis on M&A and strategic transactions; experience at a top-tier law firm required; in-house experience at a public company is required.
• Degree from top-tier law school.
• Preferably, member of the California bar (or Registered In-House Counsel) in good standing
• Significant experience directly advising senior executives.
• Rock solid foundation working on corporate and securities matters; must have deep experience running an end to end transaction process: leading the negotiation, process management and strategy underpinning complex buy and sell side M&A and related transactions (mergers, asset purchases, spinouts, JVs, partnerships and acqui-hires); cross-border M&A experience a plus.
• Experience assisting with integration process and strategy a plus.
• Resourceful self-starter with excellent problem-solving capabilities, judgment, communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Adept at thinking creatively (and strategically!) on your feet; proven ability to manage complex workloads, multiple stakeholder demands and ever-shifting priorities all while instilling confidence. Sense of humor, positive attitude, and a willingness to dive into new areas.

Location

• Candidates who can work in the Bay Area on a hybrid basis are preferred
• Strong remote candidates will be considered

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