Associate General Counsel

The Company You’ll Join

Carta is a platform that helps people manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow. Our mission is to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places. 

Carta is trusted by more than 40,000 companies and over two million people in nearly 160 countries to manage cap tables, compensation, and valuations. Carta also supports nearly 7,000 funds and SPVs, and represents nearly $130B in assets under administration. Carta's tender offer solutions have returned $14B to shareholders in secondary transactions. Today, Carta’s platform manages nearly three trillion dollars in equity globally. 

For more information about our offices and culture, check out our Carta careers page.

The Problems You'll Solve

At Carta, our employees embark on a mission to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places. We believe that the problems we solve today unlock the opportunities of tomorrow. As an Associate General Counsel, you’ll:

Employment:

• Serve as the primary counsel for all employment and labor-related matters at Carta.
• Advise on a wide range of employment issues, including recruiting, hiring, diversity and inclusion, compensation, benefits, leaves of absence, disability accommodations, religious accommodations, pay practices, contingent workers, HR policies and procedures, work permits, wage and hour compliance, discipline, performance management, investigations, and terminations.
• Develop, draft, and maintain employment-related agreements, templates, policies, and forms (e.g., employment agreements, offer letters, consulting agreements, contractor agreements, compensation-related plans, policies, separation agreements, employment handbooks, etc.). Continuously improve standard agreements and legal processes and workflows to help scale.
• Partner with the Carta People team to develop procedures and training programs to ensure compliance with employment laws. Create and deliver training on employment-related issues to educate employees, managers, and the leadership team and enhance Carta’s culture of compliance.
• Conduct periodic reviews, audits, classification reviews, and compliance assessments of employment-related policies and practices.
• Continuously monitor changes and updates to employment laws, regulations, case law, and government enforcement activities relating to employment issues and provide proactive, strategic advice to stakeholders as necessary.
• Manage a portfolio that could encompass a variety of employment matters, including dispute resolution, litigation, unemployment claims, administrative audits, agency charges, and workers’ compensation claims.
• Support national and international country expansion initiatives and employment-related due diligence and integration activities as part of mergers and acquisitions.

Litigation:

• Work with our legal team, outside counsel, and other stakeholders to manage a variety of litigation and pre-litigation matters, including but not limited to employment, commercial, IP, trademark, and bankruptcy.
• Collaborate with and manage outside counsel, including providing tactical guidance to ensure alignment with Carta’s broader legal strategies.
• Advise cross-functional teams on litigation strategy and risks.
• Coordinate and actively participate in internal discovery activities and subpoena responses.
• Assist in managing internal investigations on matters involving legal risk to Carta worldwide.

The Team You'll Work With

Our legal team works cross-functionally to help achieve Carta’s overall mission of building the future of equity ownership. Like the rest of Carta, we are committed to working collaboratively, transparently, and efficiently. We prioritize excellence in our work, embrace a growth mindset and continuous improvement, and strive to develop a deep understanding of our products and services as well as the broader business context in which our clients operate so that we can deliver innovative and creative legal solutions. We require a strong bias for action and driving results and are responsible for supporting all teams across the organization to ensure they have the resources they need to be successful while protecting Carta’s core values and interests.

We are looking for an experienced, creative, collaborative, detail-oriented attorney to join Carta’s legal team to handle a variety of employment and litigation matters. This role will report to Carta’s Deputy General Counsel, Platform. This will be a hybrid position requiring three days in the office in San Francisco, CA.

About You

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school, membership in one stat