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Part holdco, part fintech, Teamshares programmatically acquires companies with $0.5 to $5 million of EBITDA from retiring owners, integrates them with the Teamshares platform, and helps employees earn company stock. Founded in 2019, Teamshares operates subsidiaries with consolidated revenue of $490 million across over 40 industries and 30 states.\nWe are in the early days of being a public company. Over the past several years, we have continuously adapted and strengthened our model - improving financial discipline, governance rigor, and operational systems across our network. This is a pivotal moment for our Legal team.\nThe Opportunity\nWe are seeking to hire a General Counsel - a pivotal senior hire as Teamshares navigates its next phase of growth. This individual will be the company's chief legal advisor to the board, and executive team, responsible for directing the legal function while playing an active role in shaping business strategy.\nThis is a rare role for someone whose ambitions extend beyond legal counsel, who wants to help build a public company, influence how it grows, and leave a lasting mark on how it’s governed and led.\nWhat You'll Do\nPublic Company Compliance & Governance\nOwn all SEC reporting obligations including 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and proxy statement preparation and review.\n\nLead Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, insider trading policy enforcement, Regulation FD, and earnings call and quiet period mechanics.\n\nManage board governance, committee charters (audit, compensation, nominating), D&O insurance, and director independence determinations.\n\nServe as the primary legal liaison to independent directors and board committees from day one.\n\nHelp drive design and ongoing implementation of internal controls\n\nOversight of Legal Function\nIterate on the company's existing legal infrastructure (contract management systems, transactions and financing processes and documents, governance documents, compliance programs, and legal operations) and manage team members for continued success as a public company.\n\nContinue to build scalable legal processes as Teamshares and its portfolio of subsidiaries grows.\n\nDesign and directly own processes for managing outside counsel engagement and spend\n\nOversee design of risk philosophy across all legal and corporate matters, including on capital financing and transaction matters\n\nEmployment & Equity Compensation\nManage the company's equity plans, including stock options, RSUs, and 409A valuations.\n\nDraft and negotiate executive employment agreements, severance arrangements, and equity award documentation.\n\nAdvise on employment law matters across the Teamshares portfolio.\n\nCrisis Management & Strategic Counsel\nServe as a calm, steady presence during shareholder demands, regulatory inquiries, or litigation, transactions, communicating clearly to the board without catastrophizing or minimizing real risk.\n\nProvide real-time legal counsel that helps the CEO and leadership make better decisions, not just safer ones.\n\nBasic Qualifictions\nThe ideal candidate is a business partner who understands our growth trajectory and fluently speaks the language of boards, investors, and operators, and who defaults to creative problem-solving rather than reflexive caution.\n\n10+ years of legal experience, including meaningful time at a public company or as outside counsel to public companies in an EGC context.\n\nExperience working across multiple industries, bringing adaptable legal judgment and pattern recognition that transcends any single sector.\n\nDeep, hands-on fluency in SEC reporting, SOX compliance, corporate governance, and public company operations.\n\nDemonstrated experience building public company legal functions from scratch - including systems, teams, and processes - in resource-constrained environments.\n\nSolid grounding in equity compensation, employment law, and executive agreements.\n\nStrong commercial instincts and a track record of advancing business goals through smart, practical legal advice.\n\nOutstanding communication skills and executive presence; 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