Deputy General Counsel, KoBold Metals
$175-225k
AI-powered mineral exploration
Job no longer available
AI-powered mineral exploration
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$175-225k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create value by discovering new ore deposits and expanding existing resources.
Role
Who you are
- Substantial experience as in-house counsel in a successful business, including multiple areas of responsibility noted above
- Strong desire and ability to provide leverage, support, and partnership to the GC
- Strong desire and ability to develop relationships throughout the company and beyond
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Interest in working in a science-based company where most colleagues are scientists and science is the focus of many company meetings and documents
- Interest in working in a company that requires high levels of collaboration among teammates working remotely across many time zones and continents
- Strong ability to learn new tools and solve new problems continuously
- Interest in working in a global company and learning many foreign legal systems and business environments
- Strong ability to be a leader in the setting a high standard of ethics
- An optimistic attitude toward work and people
- J.D. and active admission to a state bar
What the job involves
- Be the second in-house counsel in a technology and mineral exploration company growing rapidly around the world
- Develop and lead major parts of the company’s legal function, which include worldwide contracting, regulatory filings, employment matters, compliance with state laws, and many other areas as the company and its legal functions grow
- Provide leverage and support to the GC so that the GC is more effective at advancing the company’s priorities
- Represent the company in negotiations throughout the U.S. and abroad with mining companies, tech companies, governments, universities, vendors, and individuals
- Provide immediate legal and business advice to internal clients who include senior executives, business people, HR and talent acquisition, geologists, data scientists, and software engineers
- Develop, lead, and support parts of the company’s business operations that use legal and business skills, including the management of confidential information, organization of subsidiaries, and management of business processes
- Work across the company to set and meet high standards of ethics, with a focus on safety, anti-corruption, community support, environmental protection, anti-discrimination, and integrity
- Lead due diligence projects when the company is conducting diligence about an opportunity and when we are responding to diligence requests
- Hire and supervise outside counsel across many subject areas and jurisdictions
- Write, revise, and review documents regarding every part of the business
- Work on whatever needs to be done
Our take
Supported by billionaires Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, KoBold Metals utilises AI and Cloud computing techniques to assess the composition of the subsurface in order to explore metals that are used in making batteries installed in electric vehicles and clean energy technologies.
KoBold is a force in its field with significant financial backing, not just from the aforementioned tycoons, but thanks to Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s leading venture capital funds. In 2019, this enabled KoBold to have funding available for four years, which has financed explorations at various locations, including Greenland.
As the climate crisis intensifies, the world has increasingly moved towards sustainability. So the demand for products like EVs has gone up, increasing the need for KoBold’s mineral exploration services. The company continues to get approval for new explorations and raise additional funds that propel it towards a successful future.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2025
$163m
LATE VC
Jan 2025
$527m
SERIES C
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company HQ
Downtown Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Leadership
Kurt House
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously founded a carbon Sequestration and enhanced oil recovery venture as well as a natural gas asset acquisition platform. They also worked in Private Equity and Corporate Consulting at Bain & Company and spent time as an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University.
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