Perplexity AI

Perplexity AI

Principal Counsel, Corporate

San Francisco · Principal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 60 days ago
NegotiationAccountingM&ACorporate LawCommunicationInternal Audit

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About the role

  • Summary of Role Perplexity AI is looking for a Principal Counsel, Corporate to serve as the company's primary lawyer for corporate governance, equity, and financing matters.
  • You'll work closely with our Finance, Accounting, Tax and People teams, as well as with our executive team and investors.
  • The ideal candidate brings deep private-company corporate and securities experience, precision with cap-table and equity mechanics, and the judgment to make principled calls independently.

Responsibilities

  • Lead corporate governance for Perplexity and its subsidiaries, including board and committee meeting preparation, agendas, minutes, resolutions and written consents, charters, organizational documents, corporate policies, and the corporate records that keep the company well-governed as it scales.
  • Own secondary transactions and liquidity programs, including tender offers, company repurchases, direct secondaries, transfer approvals and the related stockholder communications and consents.
  • Support M&A, acquihires, strategic investments, and other corporate transactions, including structuring, diligence, definitive agreement negotiation, closing, and post-closing integration, and manage outside counsel to budget and schedule.
  • Support corporate readiness workstreams, including audit support, internal controls over corporate approvals, subsidiary governance, and the sequencing of policies and processes that position the company for future financing or public-company requirements.

Requirements

  • At least 9+ years of law firm and/or in-house experience
  • An ability to communicate clearly with business and technical audiences and effectively translate legal concepts for non-lawyers
  • JD and in good standing with an active US state bar membership,, or eligible to register as in-house counsel in California
  • 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, with the precision to reconcile numbers before they reach the board
  • Strong business acumen and ability to partner with finance, accounting, people, and executive stakeholders
  • 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

Compensation

  • Partner with Finance, Accounting, Tax and People on equity compensation and cap-table administration, including option and RSU grant processes, 409A valuations, pool sizing and refreshes, fully diluted share reconciliation, and Carta hygi

Benefits

  • Monitor legal and market developments affecting private-company governance, equity, and securities matters, and translate them into practical guidance for the executive team and the board.
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