Corporate Counsel, Dropbox
$166.9-254.1k
Salary dependent on location. + Bonus & Stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units
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Smart workspace company
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Smart workspace company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$166.9-254.1k
Salary dependent on location. + Bonus & Stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Dropbox's mission is to design a more enlightened way of working.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for someone with an ownership mindset, drive, professional judgment, and excellent communication skills
- 3-6 years of corporate legal experience in a relevant setting (law firm and/or prior in-house experience)
- Comfortable quarterbacking strategic transactions and leading cross-functional teams, with demonstrated sound legal judgment and business-oriented approach
- Self-motivated and proactive with ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects
- Highly collaborative and intellectually curious with a team-first mentality
- Detail-focused with strong organizational and ability to communicate complex issues clearly and concisely
- Comfortable navigating complex issues
- JD, admitted to the Bar, distinctive academic record
Desirable
- Subject area expertise (at a level appropriate for a mid-level associate in a law firm environment) in either M&A transactions (preferred) or debt finance transactions
- Experience representing public companies, particularly with respect to securities law compliance and/or reporting
- Experience representing companies in the technology/SaaS space
What the job involves
- As Corporate Counsel with Dropbox, you’ll have a broad range of responsibilities, and will be a trusted advisor to the company on issues relating to M&A, venture capital investing, securities law, and corporate governance
- You’ll also have the opportunity to work with our commercial legal team to negotiate complex commercial agreements with our customers, suppliers, and strategic partners
- You’ll take the lead on critical projects, help shape Dropbox’s future through high-impact transactions, and have opportunities to grow and evolve based on your interests and the company’s evolving needs
- Drive the corporate legal function and lead cross-functional teams across a range of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, and financings
- Support SEC reporting and securities law compliance, including in connection with the preparation of our periodic reports, registration statements, proxy statements, and other materials
- Support corporate governance matters, including meetings of our Board of Directors and its committees, and our stockholders
- Work collaboratively and responsively with a broad range of colleagues across functions, including Corporate Development, Finance, Accounting, Investor Relations, Tax, Treasury, HR, Communications, and EquityOps
- Stay current on corporate governance trends, best practices, SEC, and Nasdaq developments, including research or benchmarking projects
- Support company projects relating to legal and equity related compliance efforts, treasury, our stock repurchase program, and global subsidiary formation and maintenance
- Effectively manage and lead outside counsel
Our take
Dropbox started by helping people bring together their files in one central place. The contents of these folders are synchronised to Dropbox's servers along with other computers and devices where the user has installed Dropbox, keeping the same files up-to-date across all devices.
Nowadays, there are lots of competing companies in cloud storage, and some with better distribution (e.g. Google and Apple). This explains why Dropbox is making a big push to reinvent itself after a fairly disappointing run since its IPO in 2018. The new Dropbox turns folders into "Spaces", which are collaboration hubs for teams, complete with comment streams, artificial intelligence tools and integrations into services such as Slack.
The company continues to build out its offerings through acquisitions, such as that of Formswift, bolstering its end-to-end agreement workflow capabilities. Indeed, It's very clear that Dropbox is trying to make a big move from being just a storage company. This seems to be a necessary move given the competitive nature of the industry it is operating within.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2014
$350m
SERIES C
Oct 2011
$250m
SERIES B
Total funding: $607.3m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- We offer a generous company contribution toward individual medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including contributions toward dependent premiums
- Keep sharing and collaborating with friends and family even when you’re not at work with free Dropbox space for your whole crew
- Take the vacation you’ve always dreamed of with up to four consecutive weeks of paid time off
- Celebrate common holidays without your paycheck taking the hit with 11 company paid holidays
- Each Dropboxer has access to 32 hours of paid volunteer time off each year that they can use to support the causes close to their hearts
- We regularly offer panels and seminars featuring the best minds in tech, talent, diversity, and beyond that any Dropboxer can attend from the comfort of their home
- No two Dropboxers are the same, and their benefits shouldn’t be either. Our Perks allowance empowers employees to customize their benefits in line with what really matters to them
- Start building a successful 401K retirement plan with our dollar for dollar contribution match, up to $1,500 per quarter to a maximum of $6,000 per calendar year
Company HQ
Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Arash Ferdowsi
(CTO)Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university
Drew Houston
(CEO)Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university
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