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Corporate Legal Counsel

Finfare
Irvine, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/29/2025

Job Description

Job Description

About Finfare

Finfare is dedicated to empowering SMBs, by providing the ultimate expense management solution for growing businesses seeking to streamline their financial operations and maximize cash back rewards. Finfare offers easy expense tracking, personalized spend controls, seamless accounting integration, powerful analytics, and reliable charge card services. Our cardholders can tap into our vast network of reward program publishers and card-linked merchant offers, ensuring even bigger cash back rewards for their business.

We are always working on redefining the boundaries of digital financial services and aim to stay one step ahead in the ever-evolving fintech landscape.

About the Role

As our Corporate Legal Counsel, you will serve as the backbone of our legal operations, ensuring compliance, mitigating risks, and providing expert counsel across all facets of corporate law. You will be instrumental in driving our corporate strategy, navigating complex legal landscapes, and facilitating key transactions to propel our company forward in our fast-paced, dynamic start-up environment.

What You'll Do

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for all corporate legal inquiries, demonstrating expertise to address majority of queries in-house.
  • Provide strategic legal advice and guidance to senior management on a wide range of corporate matters, including but not limited to regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and contractual agreements.
  • Spearhead mergers and acquisitions, leveraging your expertise to facilitate seamless transactions and drive strategic growth initiatives.
  • Collaborate closely with our corporate development team to identify and capitalize on strategic opportunities for expansion and partnership.
  • Conduct thorough legal research and analysis to stay abreast of industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging legal risks.
  • Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of legal documents, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
  • Partner with external legal counsel as needed to support specialized legal matters and complex transactions.

Requirements

  • Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
  • Active membership in the California State Bar.
  • 5 years of progressive experience in corporate law, with a proven track record of success in a similar role.
  • Strongly preferred experience in mergers and acquisitions, demonstrating proficiency in structuring and executing transactions.
  • Prior experience in corporate development is strongly preferred, ideally within the investment banking or fintech sectors.
  • Exceptional analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to assess legal risks and provide strategic recommendations.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate complex legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset.
  • Full-time, on-site availability (5 days a week) in Irvine, CA required.
  • Nice to Haves

  • Fintech or financial services experience is strongly preferred.
  • Previous start-up experience is preferred.
  • Compensation

    The salary range for this position is $175K-$230K (depending on experience).

    Benefits at Finfare

  • Competitive health, vision, and dental benefits (covering 100% premium for employee and all dependent(s))
  • Catered lunches 3 times a week
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 401K (with employer matching)
  • Work sponsorship (if applicable)
  • Wellness reimbursement
  • Other employee perks
  • As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Finfare is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital / domestic partner status, military and veteran status, genetic information or any other legally-recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.

    Salary : $175,000 - $230,000

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