General Counsel

Teamshares; United States; Remote; USD 300,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Teamshares seeks an experienced General Counsel to lead all legal affairs for a growing tech-enabled SME acquirer. You will oversee SEC reporting, SOX/compliance, governance, and equity compensation programs, while advising the CEO and leadership on regulatory and strategic matters.

You will build and scale a high-performing legal function, partner with finance and operations, and manage risk across disclosures, securities laws, and corporate transactions in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of legal experience.
• Meaningful experience at a public company or as outside counsel to public companies.
• Deep fluency in SEC reporting, SOX compliance, and corporate governance.
• Experience building public company legal functions from scratch.
• Solid grounding in equity compensation and employment law.

Responsibilities

• Own all SEC reporting obligations including 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and proxy statement preparation and review.
• Lead Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, insider trading policy enforcement, and Regulation FD.
• Manage board governance, committee charters, D&O insurance, and director independence.
• Iterate on legal infrastructure including contract management systems and compliance programs.
• Manage company equity plans, including stock options, RSUs, and 409A valuations.
• Draft and negotiate executive employment agreements and severance arrangements.
• Provide real-time legal counsel to the CEO and leadership during regulatory inquiries or litigation.

Skills

SEC reporting

SOX compliance

Corporate governance

Executive presence

Legal function leadership

Regulatory inquiries

Education

J.D. from accredited law school

Job description

About the Company

Teamshares is a tech-enabled acquiror of SMEs, intending to be a permanent home when owners retire. Part holdco, part fintech, Teamshares programmatically acquires companies with $0.5 to $5 million of EBITDA from retiring owners, integrates them with the Teamshares platform, and helps employees earn company stock.

Responsibilities

• Own all SEC reporting obligations including 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and proxy statement preparation and review
• Lead Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, insider trading policy enforcement, and Regulation FD
• Manage board governance, committee charters, D&O insurance, and director independence
• Iterate on legal infrastructure including contract management systems and compliance programs
• Manage company equity plans, including stock options, RSUs, and 409A valuations
• Draft and negotiate executive employment agreements and severance arrangements
• Provide real-time legal counsel to the CEO and leadership during regulatory inquiries or litigation

Requirements

• 10+ years of legal experience
• Meaningful experience at a public company or as outside counsel to public companies
• Deep fluency in SEC reporting, SOX compliance, and corporate governance
• Experience building public company legal functions from scratch
• Solid grounding in equity compensation and employment law
• J.D. from an accredited law school
• Strong commercial instincts and executive presence

Preferred Qualifications

• Transactional experience in M&A or capital markets
• Experience drafting complex commercial agreements and financing documents
• Intellectual property portfolio management
• Knowledge of data privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA)
• Familiarity with State blue sky / securities laws