Associate General Counsel, Corporate & Commercial

Thinking Machines Lab•San Francisco, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Thinking Machines Lab is seeking an attorney to lead the corporate function, reporting to the General Counsel. This role involves managing equity and financing transactions, corporate governance, cap table management, board and investor relations, and subsidiary maintenance. Additionally, the attorney will develop a scalable contracting function to support customer agreements, strategic partnerships, vendor relationships, licensing, data agreements, and research collaborations. This is a hands-on position requiring close collaboration with Finance, People, the executive team, and the board on corporate matters, and with product, engineering, and research on commercial matters. The role demands strong judgment in both corporate and commercial law, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to translate complex business needs into practical legal terms.

Requirements

10+ years of legal experience.
Significant experience in both corporate transactions (equity financings, governance, M&A) and commercial contracting for technology companies.
Strong background in private company corporate work, including venture and growth equity financings, preferred stock transactions, secondary transactions, corporate governance, and cap table management.
Experience with technology transactions, SaaS agreements, enterprise contracts, IP licensing, and commercial risk allocation.
Client counseling skills, with the ability to exercise judgment under uncertainty and communicate practical, solution-focused advice.
Strong drafting and negotiation skills, including the ability to explain positions clearly to business teams and resolve issues pragmatically.

Nice To Haves

In-house experience at a technology company shipping products with novel legal risk, ideally on legal issues for AI products, services, or academic research.
Knowledge of the machine learning development lifecycle.
Corporate law experience at a late-stage private or recently public technology company, including equity financings, board governance, cap table management, and M&A.
Familiarity with the full arc of private company corporate work—from Series A mechanics through IPO readiness.
Experience with AI-powered products or AI transactions, including compute/infrastructure, licensing, data rights, joint development, research collaborations, or strategic partnerships.
Familiarity with AI-related commercial, IP, data protection, and regulatory issues, with the judgment to spot issues and partner with specialists.

Responsibilities

Lead equity and financing transactions from term sheet through closing, and support M&A and other strategic transactions.
Own corporate governance, including board matters, cap table, and equity compensation administration, entity maintenance, and corporate records and policies.
Structure, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements, including partnerships, infrastructure, enterprise, vendor, NDA, and research collaboration agreements.
Build legal infrastructure such as contracting templates, playbooks, approval workflows, and scalable positions on AI product-related issues (IP, data use, confidentiality, risk allocation).