Corporate Counsel, M&A

Anthropic; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic Limited seeks an experienced Corporate Counsel, M&A to lead diverse strategic transactions from diligence to post-closing integration. The role partners with Legal, Corporate Development, Finance, and executive teams to advance growth objectives and structure complex deals.

The candidate will draft and negotiate transaction documents, manage cross-functional due diligence, and develop playbooks to scale M&A processes across the organization.

Qualifications

• Hold a law degree (JD, LLB, or equivalent) and meet local in-house licensing requirements.
• Experience drafting and negotiating M&A transaction documents, including letters of intent, purchase agreements, and ancillary closing documentation.
• A deep understanding of transaction structures, including stock purchases, asset purchases, mergers, acquihires.

Responsibilities

• Lead legal workstreams on M&A transactions—from due diligence through closing and post-closing integration.
• Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents including letters of intent and purchase agreements.
• Manage and coordinate due diligence across cross-functional teams and third-party advisors.
• Provide practical counsel on deal structuring, risk allocation, purchase price mechanics, indemnification, and other key terms.
• Prepare materials for executive leadership and the Board on transaction matters.

Skills

M&A experience

Deal drafting

Cross-functional collaboration

Legal advisory

Contract negotiation

Education

JD (or equivalent)

Tools

Contract management systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Corporate Counsel, M&A to join our corporate legal team. As Anthropic continues to scale, we need an M&A attorney who can drive strategic transactions, including acquisitions, acquihires, minority investments, joint ventures, and other structured deals, from initial diligence through execution and post-closing integration, and help us build the playbooks and processes to do it repeatably.

You will work closely with our Legal, Corporate Development, Finance, Accounting, and executive teams to execute transactions that support Anthropic's mission and growth objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead legal workstreams on M&A transactions — acquisitions, acquihires, minority investments, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions — from due diligence through closing and post-closing integration
• Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents including letters of intent, purchase agreements, ancillary agreements, and related closing documentation
• Manage and coordinate due diligence, including oversight of cross-functional workstreams and third-party advisors
• Provide practical counsel on deal structuring, risk allocation, purchase price mechanics, indemnification, and other key transaction terms
• Prepare materials for executive leadership (and, as needed, the Board) on transaction matters
• Manage outside counsel relationships on transactions, including staffing, budgets, and work-product quality
• Represent Legal on post-closing integration, working cross-functionally to ensure smooth transitions
• Develop and maintain standardized processes, playbooks, and template documents that drive efficiency and best practices across M&A transactions
• Support other corporate matters as needed

Minimum Qualifications

• Hold a law degree (JD, LLB, or equivalent) and meet the local licensing requirements to work as in-house counsel where you'll be based
• Experience drafting and negotiating M&A transaction documents, including letters of intent, purchase agreements, and ancillary closing documentation
• A deep understanding of transaction structures, including stock purchases, asset purchases, mergers, acquihires,