Corporate Counsel
Corporate Counsel
SpaceX
SpaceX is seeking a Corporate Counsel to provide legal counsel on complex business issues, supporting various internal teams, particularly in Finance and Engineering. The role involves managing corporate legal affairs, drafting agreements, and ensuring compliance with legal standards. The position is based in Hawthorne, CA and requires onsite presence.
Qualification
- JD from an ABA-accredited law school
- 5+ years of corporate law experience
- In-house counsel experience
- Ability to register as in-house counsel in California
- Experience working for a top-tier law firm
- Experience representing mature private and public companies
- Experience with complex corporate structures and transactions, including cross-border transactions
- Must be admitted to the bar, in good standing, in at least one U.S. State
Responsibility
- Support Finance and Engineering teams on corporate transactions and strategic investments by owning all legal aspects of such transactions, including legal diligence, negotiation, deal execution, and integration planning
- Draft and implement transaction playbooks and integration checklists
- Manage the company’s and its subsidiaries’ corporate legal affairs domestically and internationally
- Draft, negotiate, and review a broad range of commercial agreements
- Collaborate with the company’s stock administration team on employee stock plan documents, award agreements, and related communications
- Support training efforts to educate internal teams on legal standards and regulatory expectations
- Work cross functionally with business teams across the company to analyze legal risks, devise creative solutions and develop strong, trusted advisor relationships
