Figma
Technology
CorporateCounsel
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“Corporate Counsel at Figma. Skills: Corporate law, Securities law, SEC reporting. Support SEC report preparation. Support SEC report review”
Industry & Context.
Distill complex issues
Attend in person onboarding
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years legal experience, J.D. degree, Member of U.S. state bar
What You'll Do.
Support SEC report preparation
Support SEC report review
Support SEC report filing
Support other corporate regulatory filings
Support review of public-facing communications
Assist with corporate governance
Prepare Board materials
Prepare Committee materials
Maintain public-company policies
Operationalize public-company policies
Provide support on equity matters
Build processes using AI
Build processes using other tools
Improve legal workflows
Provide practical legal advice
Provide legal support for transactional matters
Provide legal support for general corporate matters
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with stakeholders; Advice to accounting; Advice to equity; Advice to finance; Advice to people; Advice to communications
Communication Scope
Communicate clearly
Full Job Description
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! 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
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