Lead Legal Counsel, Corporate

The role

You will own securities, public company reporting, and corporate governance work for GitLab. You will manage SEC filings, board matters, equity plans, and support M&A and strategic initiatives.

What you will do

• Own securities and public company reporting matters including SEC filings and quarterly reports
• Advise on corporate governance, board processes, and equity plan matters
• Provide legal guidance on complex entity matters across jurisdictions
• Support M&A and other strategic transactions
• Engage and manage outside counsel
• Identify legal and business risks and present options to senior stakeholders
• Build and improve playbooks, checklists, templates, and workflows
• Train junior legal team members and cross-functional partners

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of demonstrated relevant legal experience
• Law firm experience advising US-listed public companies on securities law, corporate governance, and public company reporting
• Juris Doctor (JD) degree
• Active admission to a US state bar
• Ability to independently manage complex legal matters and cross-functional projects
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Ability to investigate unfamiliar legal questions and weigh risks
• Experience improving legal processes, templates, policies, or other scalable resources
• Ability to collaborate in a remote, globally distributed team
• Willingness to use GitLab in your day-to-day work

Nice to have

• Prior in-house experience
• In-house work at a public software-as-a-service (SaaS), software, or open core company
• M&A
• Cross-border corporate matters
• Outside counsel management
• Legal technology that helps scale legal work

Benefits

• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental leave
• Home office support

About the company

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. It enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation.