General Counsel, AI-Driven Growth & Compliance

Dorsia; New York (NY); On-site; USD 215,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Dorsia is seeking a General Counsel to own the legal function as our sole in-house lawyer, managing governance, equity administration, investor relations, financings and acquisitions. You’ll advise on product, regulatory and privacy matters, oversee employment initiatives, negotiate commercial agreements, and partner with leadership to embed AI-native legal workflows across the organization.

JD and active bar membership required; 7+ years in corporate/commercial law at a startup or high-growth

Qualifications

• JD and active bar membership required.
• 7+ years of corporate or commercial law, including time as sole or lean in-house counsel at a startup or high-growth company.
• AI-native with demonstrated experience building AI-native legal functions, including hands-on experience deploying AI agents and automation across contract review, redlining, and compliance workflows.
• Strong corporate generalist skill set spanning governance, financings, strategic transactions, employment, privacy, and commercial contracts, with comfort covering all as a department of one.
• Experience administering equity programs, including grant issuance, vesting, and board consent processes.
• Working knowledge of data privacy frameworks as they apply to consumer-facing products.
• Business affairs sensibility for non-standard commercial structures common in our space.
• Experience advising on payments, credit, or other regulated consumer products is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own corporate governance and board operations, including board consents and resolutions.
• Administer the company’s equity program, including grant issuance, vesting administration, and related board approvals.
• Support financings and fundraising activity, partnering with founders and outside counsel on diligence, documentation, and closing.
• Advise on strategic transactions such as acquisitions and asset purchases, including deal structuring and IP transfer.
• Provide product and regulatory counseling on new products and features, including payments, credit, and other emerging questions as the platform expands.
• Own privacy and data protection workstreams.
• Support international expansion, including market entry, local compliance, and cross-border data considerations.
• Perform final legal review of marketing, product, and campaign copy.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements including venue and hospitality partnerships, event and table sales agreements, private members club onboarding contracts, and influencer and talent agreements.
• Draft and maintain platform terms and related consumer-facing policies.
• Engage and manage outside counsel for the most complex partnership structures and specialized matters, balancing quality with spend.
• Own and maintain employment document templates, including offer terms and CIIAAs.
• Support the People team on compensation, equity, employment agreements, and employee relations matters.
• Develop and maintain internal policies in partnership with People and Finance.
• Build and deploy AI agents to automate first-pass contract drafting, redlining, and clause-level review across the commercial pipeline.
• Design self-serve legal workflows that let teams generate NDAs and standard agreements without waiting on legal.
• Use AI tooling to monitor contract obligations, renewal dates, and compliance deadlines, flagging exposure before it becomes risk.
• Treat the legal function as a product, continuously identifying manual workflows and replacing them with scalable systems.

Skills

Corporate governance

Financings

Equity administration

Commercial contracts

Regulatory counsel

Privacy

Employment

AI automation

Education

JD

Active bar membership

Job description

Dorsia is seeking a General Counsel to own the legal function as our sole in-house lawyer, managing governance, equity administration, investor relations, financings and acquisitions. You’ll advise on product, regulatory and privacy matters, oversee employment initiatives, negotiate commercial agreements, and partner with leadership to embed AI-native legal workflows across the organization.

JD and active bar membership required; 7+ years in corporate/commercial law at a startup or high-growth