saas.group - General Counsel / Head of Legal
Requirements
• Legal Qualification: JD, LLM, or equivalent degree, admitted to practice in a major jurisdiction (US or EU preferred). • Legal Qualification: • M&A & Private Equity Expertise: 6+ years of experience with a heavy emphasis on M&A or Venture Capital; in-house experience at a "buy-and-build" platform is a major plus. • M&A & Private Equity Expertise: • Cross-Border Proficiency: Comfortable navigating both US and European legal frameworks in a remote-first, asynchronous environment. • Cross-Border Proficiency: • Operational & AI Mindset: You view legal as a business enabler and are eager to adopt AI tools (like ChatGPT Enterprise or Gemini) to scale efficiency. • Operational & AI Mindset: • Strategic Influence: Ability to set functional strategy, align with senior leadership, and act as a multiplier across the organization. • Strategic Influence:
Responsibilities
• M&A Execution: Lead legal due diligence and partner with the M&A team and the board during transaction execution; manage outside counsel across various jurisdictions to ensure deals are closed on time and within budget. • M&A Execution: • Corporate Governance: Manage our Delaware parent entity and subsidiaries in Germany, Austria, France, Finland, Canada, and the US, acting as the corporate secretary for board meetings. • Corporate Governance: • Capital Structure & Debt: Oversee the legal requirements of our $100M debt facility, including compliance with financial covenants and reporting obligations. • Capital Structure & Debt: • Global Employment & HR: Partner with People Ops to manage a hybrid workforce of 400+ (FTEs, Contractors, and EORs) and ensure our SAR (Stock Appreciation Rights) program is compliant. • Global Employment & HR: • Commercial & SaaS: Streamline customer contracts and privacy policies (GDPR/CCPA) across the portfolio to ensure best-in-class standards. • Commercial & SaaS: • Risk & Compliance: Build scalable processes for IP protection, data privacy, and internal audits. • Risk & Compliance:
Benefits
• Ultimate flexibility: We're 100% remote. You can work from wherever you like, whenever you like. • Ultimate flexibility: • Freedom and autonomy: We're a high-trust team, and you'll be given lots of flexibility to solve problems in your own way. • Freedom and autonomy: • Minimum bureaucracy: We don't like to get bogged down with meetings and red tape. We like to be efficient and keep momentum steady & sustainable. • Minimum bureaucracy: • Our network: We are a community of entrepreneurial SaaS professionals that regularly exchange ideas, knowledge, and expertise. • Our network: • Flexible time off: We want you to recharge your batteries when needed. • Flexible time off: • We don't just simply offer you to "take a job with us" but rather to "join us on this journey" to build the world's largest platform of independent SaaS companies.
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