Senior Legal Counsel

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Take charge of significant contracts: Draft, negotiate, and finalize commercial agreements with property owners, vendors, strategic partners, and technology providers.

• Support M&A execution: Assist in acquisitions throughout the entire deal lifecycle, including diligence, risk allocation, LOIs, purchase agreements, ancillary documents, closings, and post-close integration.

• Facilitate real estate acquisitions: Collaborate with leadership and third-party partners on direct real estate acquisitions — including entity structuring, purchase agreements, title and diligence review, zoning and land use analysis, and financing documentation.

• Manage multi-state compliance: Uphold and enhance our regulatory and permitting compliance framework across over 40 states.

• Safeguard our data practices: Oversee privacy policy, data governance, and compliance in relation to license plate recognition, camera systems, and driver data.

• Protect our intellectual property: Manage AirGarage's IP portfolio, which includes trademarks, patents, and trade secrets.

• Provide guidance on employment and personnel matters: Offer practical, business-focused counsel on employment law across various states.

• Coordinate with outside counsel: Support relationships with external firms for litigation, complex transactions, antitrust reviews, and specialized regulatory issues.

• Assist in fundraising and corporate governance: Collaborate on cap table issues, board governance, investor rights agreements, and data room preparation.

• Develop the legal operating system: Create and enhance legal intake processes, contract lifecycle management, policy documentation, and approval workflows.

• Act as a genuine business partner: Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and leadership team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Practical experience in a streamlined legal function: You have been the sole or primary legal professional at a high-growth company or part of a very small in-house team, personally drafting contracts, managing compliance, conducting diligence, and advising leadership (not delegating to associates).

• Equal parts strategist and executor: You are adept at switching between high-level strategy and detailed execution.

• Experience in transactions: You have significantly supported M&A deals, ideally with multiple acquisitions at a growth-stage company.

• Multi-state operational fluency: Experience advising a business that operates physical locations, assets, or services across various states.

• Expertise in commercial contracts: Strong understanding of MSAs, SOWs, licensing agreements, revenue-share structures, partnership agreements, and vendor contracts.

• Knowledge of data privacy: Familiarity with privacy regulations related to cameras, LPR/ALPR, and location data.

• Effective communicator: A clear communicator who can convey legal risks in business terms for executives and operators.

• Builder mentality: You have built (or have the capability to build) legal playbooks, templates, SOPs, and contract management systems from the ground up.

• Proactive approach: You act quickly, use sound judgment, and enhance the system with each cycle.

• Preferred qualifications: Background in real estate or proptech, prior experience at a company executing a roll-up or multi-unit acquisition strategy, and admission to the California bar.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity: Have a stake in the enterprise you are helping to build and expand.

• Remote work: Live and work wherever you prefer! We believe in individuals working where they feel happiest and most productive.

• Health insurance: We provide health insurance and cover 85% of the cost for medical, dental, and vision plans for the primary employee, and 50% for dependents.

• Parental Leave: We offer 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents to bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child.

• Home office setup: Receive a laptop and any additional equipment necessary for your success.

• Time to recharge: We have an unlimited PTO policy with a minimum requirement of 10 days per year.

• 401k: Tailor your financial planning with a 401k retirement savings program.

• Team Off-sites: Approximately twice a year, our team gathers for a week in locations like Tahoe, Charleston, San Diego, Park City, and Austin.

• BookGarage: Our team values learning and growth together, so join us for our optional recurring book club.

• Opportunities for growth: Our team will significantly expand in the coming years; as part of our foundational team, you will have opportunities to advance with us.

• Transform our cities: Be part of the opportunity to change how the world perceives real estate use in our cities.

• Work with a diverse team: At AirGarage, we are committed to building a thriving team that reflects the communities we serve.