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The Corporate Counsel role involves managing corporate governance, overseeing securities and capital markets, handling IPO readiness, and providing legal support for M&A transactions, while collaborating with various teams.
About Harbinger
Harbinger is an American commercial electric vehicle (EV) company on a mission to transform an industry starving for innovation. Harbinger’s best-in-class team of EV, battery, and drivetrain experts have pooled their deep experience to bring a first-of-its-kind EV platform to support the growing demand for medium-duty EVs and Hybrids. Harbinger: Familiar Form, Revolutionary Foundation.
The Role
This is a rare opportunity for a mid-level associate or junior in-house counsel to partner directly with a General Counsel and help develop the corporate and securities function of a hyper-growth automotive manufacturer.
You won't just be doing grunt work; you will be a major contributor to ensuring our corporate governance, helping build the legal infrastructure for IPO readiness, managing our capitalization table, and conducting M&A diligence. This is a developmental role designed for expansive learning and growth.
What You Will Do
- Corporate Governance: Manage the company’s corporate housekeeping, including Board of Directors materials, minutes, and other documents.
- Securities & Capital Markets: Oversee the legal aspects of future equity and debt financings, in close collaboration with the finance team. Manage cap table administration (Carta or similar) and stock plan administration.
- IPO Readiness: Partner with the GC and finance team to build the internal controls, policies, and reporting structures required for a public listing (SEC '33 and '34 Act compliance).
- M&A & Strategic Transactions: Act as internal counsel for mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures, coordinating due diligence and helping managing outside counsel.
- Commercial Support: Provide support on complex commercial agreements, partnering with engineering and supply chain teams to grow the business.
- General Team Player: Dig in to provide legal guidance to clients across the company as part of a lean legal team.
Who You Are
- The “Foundation”: You trained at a top-tier law firm (AmLaw 50 preferred) and understand the rigor required for high-stakes corporate transactions.
- The "Builder" Mindset: You want to roll up your sleeves, build processes from scratch, and see the physical result of your work drive out of the factory. A willingness to learn and a positive attitude are a must.
- The "Athlete": You can shift gears instantly from drafting a board resolution to negotiating a vendor contract to advising on an employment issue.
Qualifications
- Education: J.D. from a top-tier accredited law school.
- Licensure: Active Bar admission in California (or ability to register immediately as Registered In-House Counsel).
- Experience: 3–5 years of relevant experience, primarily in Corporate, M&A, and Securities.
- Technical Skills: Strong familiarity with corporate governance, venture capital financing, M&A deal structures, commercial contracts, and the basics of SEC reporting/public company governance.
- Bonus Points: Experience in the Automotive, Mobility, Hardware, or CleanTech sectors.
Why Join Us?
- Mentorship: Direct line to a seasoned GC who is invested in your professional growth.
- Impact: You will own a function. Your work will directly impact the company’s ability to scale.
- Culture: We are a team of engineers, builders, and problem solvers. No pretension, just execution.
Key Benefits & Perks:
- Comprehensive Health, Dental & Vision (HDV) – 100% employee covered
- Early-stage Stock Options
- Robust Retirement Savings (401k, HSA, FSA)
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) & Parental Leave
- Annual Vacation Bonus
- Wellness & Fertility Benefits
- Cell Phone Stipend
- Complimentary Meals & Stocked Kitchens
California Pay Range
$130,000—$150,000 USD
Equal Opportunity
Harbinger is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Harbinger is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [email protected].
Candidate Data Privacy
Harbinger may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Harbinger may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.
Harbinger may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our HR, legal, and finance teams, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Harbinger affiliates; and (iii) Harbinger’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.
Harbinger may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.
Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services. Any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted in response to our job posting shall be considered the property of Harbinger and are not subject to payment of referral or placement fees if any such candidate is later hired by Harbinger unless you have a signed written agreement in place with us which covers the applicable job posting.
Top Skills
Carta
Harbinger Garden Grove, California, USA Office
12821 Knott St, Garden Grove, CA, United States, 92841
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