Assistant General Counsel (Corporate)

TRM Labs

3d•Remote

About The Position

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. The Assistant General Counsel (Corporate) will own TRM's M&A, strategic investments, equity financings, and governance frameworks, working directly with the CLO, CEO, and VP of Finance to close deals faster and build the legal foundation for long-term scale. This role involves franchise ownership of TRM's entire corporate legal function, with a direct line to the CLO and meaningful impact on how the company grows at a pivotal stage.

Requirements

10+ years of corporate legal experience with demonstrated lead-counsel ownership of M&A, equity financings, or strategic investments.
Active US bar admission; JD from an ABA-accredited law school.
In-house experience at a high-growth technology company.
Proven AI fluency: use of AI tools like Claude, Gemini, or equivalents in daily workflow and ability to design AI-assisted legal processes.
Ability to run transactions independently with a strong bias toward closing, operating with minimal supervision in a fast-moving environment.
Comfort advising senior executives and synthesizing complex legal positions into clear, actionable business recommendations.
Strong drafting and negotiation skills across M&A agreements, term sheets, investment documents, and governance materials.
Track record of building scalable legal infrastructure (templates, playbooks, self-service tools) that reduced legal friction for business partners.

Nice To Haves

BigLaw-only backgrounds without in-house exposure are not competitive for this role.

Responsibilities

Lead M&A transactions, strategic investments, and equity financings as primary deal counsel, using AI tools to compress due diligence timelines and reduce outside counsel spend.
Design and implement AI-assisted due diligence workflows that cut average deal cycle time in half without sacrificing diligence quality or legal rigor.
Build corporate governance infrastructure from the ground up, including board consent processes, committee charters, equity plan governance, and multi-entity compliance frameworks, that scales from Series D to IPO.
Support the CLO in advising the CEO and VP Finance on all corporate law matters.
Reduce outside counsel dependency by bringing high-frequency corporate work in-house and building reusable templates and playbooks.
Own multi-entity global compliance across TRM's corporate structure, building AI-assisted tracking workflows to manage obligations at scale.
Build the scalable legal infrastructure, including transaction templates, governance playbooks, and self-service tools, that reduces TRM's legal friction.