Principal Counsel, Corporate

The role

The Principal Counsel, Corporate will serve as the primary lawyer for corporate governance, equity, and financing matters. You will own the corporate legal lifecycle including board governance, equity administration, and financings.

What you will do

• Lead corporate governance for Perplexity and its subsidiaries.
• Structure, draft, and negotiate equity and debt financings.
• Own secondary transactions and liquidity programs.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Tax and People on equity compensation and cap-table administration.
• Support M&A, acquihires, strategic investments, and other corporate transactions.
• Build and scale corporate legal infrastructure.
• Support corporate readiness workstreams.
• Monitor legal and market developments affecting private-company governance, equity, and securities matters.

Required qualifications

• JD and in good standing with an active US state bar membership, or eligible to register as in-house counsel in California
• At least 9+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience
• Track record leading venture or growth equity financings, secondary transactions, and corporate governance for high-growth private technology companies
• Deep familiarity with cap-table mechanics, equity compensation administration, and charter and stockholder agreement provisions
• Strong business acumen and ability to partner with finance, accounting, people, and executive stakeholders
• An ability to communicate clearly with business and technical audiences and effectively translate legal concepts for non-lawyers
• Hands-on attitude to tackle projects large and small, low-ego approach to working across the organization
• Positive collaborative attitude, comfort with change and a fast pace, high level of integrity, and intellectual curiosity
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

About the company

Perplexity AI is one of the most consequential AI companies in the world.