General Counsel
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You will own the legal function and provide practical advice on legal, operational, governance, and reputational risks. You will design safeguards and policies, manage trade-control and lobbying obligations, support entity governance, review legal matters, and manage outside counsel across jurisdictions.
Responsibilities
- Advise leadership on legal, operational, governance, and reputational decisions
- Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks
- Track regulatory developments in the United States, United Kingdom, and China
- Manage trade-control obligations, policies, screening, and education
- Manage FARA and lobbying exposure
- Design and run researcher-vetting and background-check safeguards
- Review projects, employment matters, contracts, grants, policies, and governance questions
- Manage outside counsel across jurisdictions
- Maintain 501(c)(3) status and reporting obligations
- Support statutory and regulatory filings, audits, tax, and transfer-pricing matters
- Establish new entities when required
Requirements
- Legal practice
- In-house counsel
- US law
- Risk management
- Legal communication
- Nonprofit governance
- Export controls
- FARA
- Cross-border entities
- China
Benefits
- 401(k) match or unconditional pension contribution
- Unlimited PTO
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Annual wellness budget of $6,500
- Annual childcare budget of $6,500
- Annual professional development budget of $6,500
- Home-office setup and equipment budget of $1,200
- In-person team-building events
- UK work-visa sponsorship for exceptional candidates