Legal Counsel
- Experience
- Mid
- Employment
- Full-time
Open to US only. Set where you work from to check your eligibility.
No BS summary
Legal counsel with a J.D., state bar admission, and 3–5 years at a top law firm. Needs strong commercial contracts experience and ability to advise across regulatory, IP, employment, international, and strategic transaction matters.
Revolutionizing the Post-Purchase Experience
Empowering Merchants with AI-Driven Solutions
Extend is seeking a Legal Counsel to join its dynamic legal team, supporting the company’s mission to transform the post-purchase journey for retailers and their customers. As Legal Counsel, you will play a pivotal role in a fast-paced technology environment, providing legal guidance across a broad spectrum of matters that are central to Extend’s growth and operations.
In this role, you will independently lead contract drafting and negotiations for a variety of commercial agreements, advise on regulatory, intellectual property, employment, and international issues, and support strategic transactions. You will collaborate closely with teams across revenue, marketing, People/HR, programs, finance, engineering, and product, as well as senior leadership, ensuring legal processes are refined and scalable as the company grows.
The ideal candidate brings a J.D. from an A.B.A.-accredited law school, 3-5 years of experience at a top law firm (with in-house experience preferred), and is admitted to and in good standing with a state bar. Strong judgment, critical thinking, and the ability to manage multiple priorities are essential, as is a proactive, solutions-oriented approach to legal challenges.
This is an opportunity to help build and scale the legal function at a rapidly growing company, supporting public company readiness and global corporate administration. Candidates should be excited to work cross-functionally and tackle novel, complex issues in a collaborative environment.
What you'll do
- Provide legal guidance across matters central to Extend’s growth and operations
- Independently lead contract drafting and negotiations for a variety of commercial agreements
- Advise on regulatory, intellectual property, employment, and international issues
- Support strategic transactions
- Collaborate with revenue, marketing, People/HR, programs, finance, engineering, product, and senior leadership
- Refine and scale legal processes as the company grows
- Help build and scale the legal function
- Support public company readiness and global corporate administration
What they require
- J.D. from an A.B.A.-accredited law school
- 3-5 years of experience at a top law firm
- Preferred: in-house experience
- Admitted to and in good standing with a state bar
- Strong judgment and critical thinking
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
- Proactive, solutions-oriented approach to legal challenges
- Excited to work cross-functionally
- Able to tackle novel, complex issues in a collaborative environment
Benefits
- Offers equity
Extend is transforming the post-purchase journey for retailers and their customers with AI-driven solutions for merchants.