Corporate Counsel, Governance and Finance

The role

The Corporate Counsel will handle all areas of corporate law and governance. This includes board support, corporate transactions, subsidiary management, and regulatory compliance.

What you will do

• Support corporate governance framework and Board of Directors activities
• Prepare board and committee meeting materials and maintain corporate records
• Provide legal support for strategic corporate transactions and financing events
• Assist with due diligence and drafting transaction documents
• Manage company subsidiaries and affiliated entities
• Coordinate formation of new entities or dissolution of inactive ones
• Monitor evolving laws and regulations in corporate and securities law
• Develop, implement, and maintain internal corporate policies
• Work with cross-functional teams like Finance, HR/People, Stock Administration, and Compliance
• Take on special projects and ad hoc legal tasks

Required qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant experience at a law firm or in-house counsel
• JD degree required
• US Bar admission in at least one state
• Strong communication skills
• Excellent legal and business judgment
• Experience working with senior management
• Ability to work well with various teams in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable with a daily high volume of tasks and projects
• Ability to quickly shift priorities
• Humble, proactive, resourceful, highly organized, with great attention to detail

Nice to have

• Strong interest in fintech

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)

About the company

Plaid builds tools and experiences that developers use to create products. The company's network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe.