Description:
A Privately Held Personal Genomics and Biotechnology Company is looking for a Securities and Corporate Counsel who will provide legal guidance to support corporate governance, transactional support, and compliance. Reporting to the Vice President, Interim General Counsel, this role will work collaboratively with the Finance team, and across the company.What You'll Do:
- Support compliance with obligations under federal securities laws, NASDAQ rules and regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, and other corporate governance rules and regulations, including:
- Preparation and filing of 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, proxy statements, and Section 16 reports, including leading and filing all securities documentation.
- Develop and maintain programs and policies to ensure compliance with securities-related regulatory requirements, NASDAQ listing standards, Regulation FD, and insider trading rules, including developing and delivering training programs.
- Advise on equity matters, including equity plan and compensation issues.
- Support public company board of directors corporate governance, planning, and activities.
- Maintain corporate books and records.
- Support maintaining and strengthening the company's disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting.
- Support corporate development activities, including strategic collaboration and mergers and acquisitions.
- Effectively manage outside counsel as needed.
What You'll Bring
- JD with excellent academic credentials
- Member of at least one state bar
- 3+ years of relevant corporate and securities experience in a national law firm or in-house
- Experience in biotechnology or healthcare preferred
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Self-starter with the ability to get things done autonomously or collaboratively
- Excellent organizational and planning skills, able to and thrives in handling multiple projects simultaneously
- Effectively develops and delivers presentations and able to influence others
- Demonstrated analytical skills as well as the ability to take disparate information and make strategic recommendations quickly
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including relationship building and collaboration within a diverse, cross-functional team; willingly assists colleagues to maintain balanced workloads
- Excellent verbal and written communicator; delivers concise and clear advice
- Background or experience in accounting is strongly preferred
