Associate General Counsel Corporate

The role

This person will own the corporate function and lead legal work for financing, M&A, IPO readiness, and corporate governance. They will build AI-native workflows and design legal processes to support global scaling.

What you will do

• Direct corporate governance at Deepgram.
• Drive the legal roadmap for IPO readiness.
• Prepare, structure and execute financings.
• Lead M&A legal work from conversation through integration.
• Partner with Finance and People on employee equity.
• Design legal and business processes for global scaling with international subsidiaries.
• Track worldwide regulatory developments regarding corporate structure and governance.
• Build the AI-native corporate practice using scalable workflows and systems.
• Handle the full breadth of legal issues for a fast-growing startup.

Required qualifications

• JD from a U.S. accredited law school
• 7–15 years of experience in legal practice (or more), in-house, at a firm, or both
• Demonstrated strength in working with private, venture backed companies on a high growth trajectory, including on IPO readiness
• Fluency in IPO readiness, financings, M&A, governance, Board matters, employee equity, and international structures
• Ability to give clear and actionable advice in grey areas
• Exceptional writing: precise, plain, and compelling

Nice to have

• Experience taking a company public as an in-house lawyer
• Hands-on experience with corporate and legal issues in the AI space

About the company

Deepgram is a research company that productizes voice AI. Their speech models and real-time infrastructure power AI systems for more than 5,000 organizations.