GeneralCounsel

ABOUT NOOKS Are you seeking an exciting and unique opportunity to grow and support our national security? As a startup, we are offering a limited-time opportunity to be an equity owner in a pioneering new industry. Nooks is pioneering Classified Infrastructure-as-a-Service (CIaaS) to provide government and industry partners with the fastest, most efficient access to classified infrastructure. We are building a nationwide network of accredited classified spaces and systems, ensuring that the best technologies equip our nation’s warfighters. At Nooks, we value innovation, collaboration, and a service-first mindset. ABOUT THE ROLE Nooks is seeking a General Counsel (GC) to serve as a core strategic leader as we scale the world's first nationwide network of classified infrastructure. Reporting directly to the CEO and seated at the executive table, you will build our legal function from the ground up — from strategy through systems. This is a greenfield builder role: there is no existing in-house team, no inherited playbook, and no margin for a compliance-first, risk-averse mindset. You will own the legal architecture that enables Nooks to move fast across a genuinely complex regulatory environment — one where the frameworks are often antiquated, the gray areas are wide, and the stakes are high. Your job is not to default to 'no.' It is to find the path forward. You will know when to execute in-house, when to deploy outside counsel, and why — and you will build the internal infrastructure, workflows, and team to deliver legal as a function the business wants to engage with, not route around. If you are a hungry, growth-oriented legal leader who sees early-stage equity and exponential scale as the opportunity of a career — and you are ready to build something consequential — this is your seat. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Serve as primary legal advisor to the CEO and Executive Team; translate complex, often ambiguous regulatory landscapes into clear, actionable business guidance