Oklo

Senior Counsel, Corporate

Santa Clara, CA or Remote · Senior · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$200k-$225kDetected 51 days ago

M&ASupply ChainCorporate LawResearchCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

Position Description The Senior Counsel, Corporate will play a critical role supporting the Company's continued growth across the business.
As a high growth company, you will also help out with ad hoc commercial contracting, legal research, and other legal needs across the company as they arise.
If you are someone who thrives in exciting and fast-moving environments, and are eager to grow and push yourself, this role may be for you.

Comfortable supporting a range of legal needs, with a primary focus on securities filings, corporate governance, NYSE compliance, M&A and strategic transactions, financing support, and commercial contracts
A systems thinker that is comfortable both building for the long-term and rolling their sleeves up to get things done in the short term
We bring diverse perspectives, listen actively, and build trust through transparency and respect.
Oklo is also developing advanced fuel recycling technologies in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. National Laboratories.
About Oklo Inc.: Oklo Inc. is developing fast fission power plants to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy at scale; establishing a domestic supply chain for critical radioisotopes; and advancing nuclear fuel recycling to convert nuclear waste into clean energy.

3-5 years of corporate, securities, or transactional experience at a large law firm or in-house legal department
Experience supporting a public company with SEC filings and board- and committee-related governance needs, including proxy preparation
Experience with NYSE listing standards and related public company compliance matters
Experience supporting strategic transactions, including M&A diligence, M&A integration, capital markets, and/or financing transactions
You don't need or expect to have a lot of guidance but you enjoy working in a fast-paced team.
For the first two weeks of onboarding, employees are required to be in person at headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.

Experience working in-house at a high-growth or startup company
Experience with transactional work supporting complex construction or development projects
Experience with joint ventures and/or project finance
Experience with real estate transactions and/or environmental matters
Nuclear, energy, infrastructure, or other highly regulated industry experience
Excited to move deals along and driving urgency among transaction stakeholders
Effective at triaging and prioritizing across a wide range of tasks and project managing cross-functional tasks to completion
Willing to think creatively: knowledgeable about how other teams approach legal department needs, but excited to think creatively and critically about the problems they are solving and to try new approaches

Fluent in or able to leverage legal technology or AI tools to work more efficiently

Salary: $200,000-$225,000
Oklo offers flexible time off, equity, competitive pay, 401(k), health insurance (with employer contribution), HSA, FSA, flexible work hours, wellness credits, and other benefits.

It is about being a part of the vision and feeling a part of reaching team goals.

This focus is a big part of excellence, consistency, and quality.
Excellent grammar and spelling matter for both good communication as well as the image of the company that we put forward.
We are team players who act for the good of the company and for the world.
We are focused on our mission, not personal recognition.
We take pride in what we do and how we do it.
We are proactive in finding solutions and see tasks through to completion.
We are committed to delivering on our promises to provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
We chart new ground where no path exists by approaching challenges with curiosity, courage, and creativity while navigating ambiguity.
Candidates should be aware that employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a drug screening, and employees may be subject to drug testing at any time in accordance with company policy and applicable laws.
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Please be cautious of anyone claiming to represent Oklo who does not contact you from an official Oklo email address.
All legitimate communications from our recruiting team- including application updates, interview requests, and job offers - will come exclusively from an @oklo.com email.
Oklo will never ask for sensitive personal information, payments, or account credentials during the hiring process.

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