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Who we are

About Stripe

Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.

About The Team

Stripe is looking for an enthusiastic, highly organized, and resourceful corporate attorney to join the Corporate Legal team. Our team provides critical support for corporate and strategic transactions, including equity, debt, M&A, and investments. We also support corporate finance, treasury, tax, accounting, investor relations, workplace, and work closely with the Corporate Subsidiaries Office to assist with governance matters related to our global entities.

What you’ll do

In this role, you’ll serve as corporate counsel, partnering with cross functional teams and key stakeholders including Corporate Development, Investor Relations, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Equity, and Workplace to support strategic transactions and other corporate matters.

Responsibilities

• Support corporate transactions such as M&A, investments, partnerships and equity transactions, including conducting due diligence and drafting and negotiating agreements
• Partner to lead cross-functional teams and manage outside counsel to complete transactions
• Assist in negotiations and drafting of commercial and collaboration agreements in connection with strategic investments
• Help develop strategies, processes and policies to enhance deal process and execution
• Support other corporate matters as needed, including corporate governance, equity compensation, issues related to global expansion and regulatory compliance and more

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Minimum Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in a law firm or in-house
• Significant experience running and negotiating complex and strategic M&A, venture capital and other financing transactions
• Strong communication (both written and verbal) skills and excellent legal and business judgment
• Experience working with senior management and ability to work well with various teams in a fast-paced and changing environment
• Responsive, proactive, resourceful, highly organized, with great attention to detail and a strong ability to execute and flexibility to handle a variety of projects
• A juris doctorate degree from an accredited law school

Pay and benefits

The annual US base salary range for this role is $222,800 - $334,200. For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Stripe and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location. Applicants interested in this role and who are not located in the US may request the annual salary range for their location during the interview process.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.