Senior Corporate Counsel

What you’ll do

At Giga, the legal team isn’t overhead — it’s infrastructure. As our Senior Corporate Counsel, you’ll support the legal foundation that lets everything else move at full speed: entity governance, equity, financing, compliance, and the cross functions that don’t fit neatly into any one box. You’ll work closely with our leadership team, finance, HR, and operations on the issues that matter most to the health and growth of the company. This is a high-trust, high-ownership role for a lawyer who wants to build something — not just advise on it.

Where you’ll work

This role is ideally based in our San Francisco, Long Beach, or Houston offices. That said, we will make exceptions for truly exceptional talent if you live outside one of our hubs. If you're the right person for this role, we'll have a conversation about what works.

Responsibilities

• Support corporate governance across Giga’s legal entities, including board and committee matters, subsidiary maintenance, and minute books.
• Assist with equity administration and related legal work, including option grants, secondary transactions, and cap table matters in coordination with finance.
• Support financing transactions, including venture rounds, debt facilities, and project finance structures, working alongside external counsel as needed.
• Support regulatory compliance efforts across federal, state, and local requirements relevant to Giga’s business, including energy, construction, and data privacy.
• Draft and negotiate corporate and general commercial agreements including NDAs, consulting agreements, IP assignments, and intercompany arrangements.
• Advise on employment law matters in coordination with HR, including offer letters, separation agreements, equity-related employee questions, and policy development.
• Manage and coordinate outside counsel relationships on corporate matters, including scoping, billing oversight, and quality control.
• Build scalable legal processes and templates as Giga grows, including contract playbooks, approval workflows, and entity management tools.
• Partner cross-functionally with finance, HR, operations, and leadership on strategic and time-sensitive legal matters.

Requirements

• JD from an accredited law school and active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 4+ years of corporate legal experience at a law firm or in-house, with meaningful exposure to corporate governance, equity, and financing transactions.
• Strong generalist instincts — you can triage a broad range of legal issues and know when to go deep vs. when to bring in outside help.
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously without dropping the ball.
• Clear, direct communicator who can explain legal concepts to non-lawyers and earn trust quickly across teams.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and energized by building in a fast-moving, high-growth environment.

Bonus points 

• Prior in-house experience at a venture-backed startup or high-growth company.
• Exposure to project finance, infrastructure, or energy transactions.
• Familiarity with equity compensation, 409A valuations, and cap table management tools (e.g., Carta).
• Experience with data privacy compliance (CCPA, GDPR, or similar frameworks).
• Background supporting M&A transactions or strategic investments.

Benefits

• Subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Equity (options) in a rapidly growing startup
• 401(k) with 4% employer match
• Unlimited PTO
• Parental leave
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Commuter benefits