Figma

Corporate Counsel

Figma$153K — $296K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of legal experience at top-tier law firm and in-house legal department
  • J.D. and current member in good standing of at least one U.S. state bar
  • Deep knowledge of corporate and securities laws and SEC reporting requirements
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and business judgment
  • Proactive and adaptable, able to prioritize across multiple projects
  • Strong self-awareness regarding knowledge gaps and a desire to learn

Responsibilities

  • Support preparation, review, and filing of SEC reports and corporate regulatory filings
  • Review public-facing corporate communications, including earnings materials and investor presentations
  • Assist with corporate governance matters and maintain public-company policies
  • Provide support on equity matters, including trading policies
  • Build and maintain processes using AI and other tools to enhance legal workflows
  • Partner with stakeholders across accounting, equity, finance, and communications
  • Provide legal support for transactional and general corporate matters

Benefits

  • Equity opportunities for employees
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Retirement plan with company contribution
  • Parental leave and family planning support
  • Mental health and wellness benefits
  • Generous paid time off and company recharge days
  • Learning and development stipend
  • Work from home stipend and cell phone reimbursement
Full Job Description
As Corporate Counsel you will help develop our corporate and securities legal strategy, ensuring our legal approach scales with the company's growth.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.
What you'll do at Figma:
  • Support the preparation, review, and filing of Figma's SEC reports and other corporate regulatory filings, including quarterly reports, the annual proxy statement, Section 16 filings, and beneficial ownership reports
  • Support review of public-facing corporate communications, including earnings materials and investor presentations
  • Assist with corporate governance matters, including preparing Board and Committee materials and maintaining and operationalizing public-company policies
  • Provide support on equity matters, including 10b5-1 plans and Figma's trading policy
  • Build and maintain processes using AI and other tools, such as playbooks, templates, metrics, self-serve tools, and automations, to help improve legal workflows and scale the legal function
  • Partner with and provide practical legal advice to other critical stakeholders across accounting, equity, finance, people, and communications
  • Provide legal support for transactional and general corporate matters, including financings, strategic transactions, and corporate initiatives as they arise
We'd love to hear from you if you have:
  • 4+ years of legal experience at a top tier law firm and in-house legal department; you should have a J.D. and be a current member in good standing of at least one U.S. state bar
  • Deep knowledge of corporate and securities laws and SEC reporting requirements
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and business judgment, with the ability to distill complex issues and communicate them clearly to stakeholders
  • Proactive and adaptable, with the ability to prioritize across multiple projects and recalibrate advice in response to shifting priorities, legal developments, and risk tolerance
  • You don't need to be an expert in everything, but you should have a strong self-awareness around what you know and what you don't know, and a sense of curiosity and desire to learn what you don't.

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

If based in Figma's San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Figma's compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Annual Base Salary Range:

$153,000-$296,000 USD

About Figma

Figma is a cloud-based design and prototyping tool for digital projects. The company was founded in 2012 by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace. Figma's software is used by designers and developers to create user interfaces, websites, and mobile applications. The company has offices in San Francisco and London.
Learn more about Figma
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2012

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