Commercial
Move contracts cleanly
Own practical review and negotiation workflows for customer, vendor, partner, licensing, and data-processing agreements.
Careers · 1099 exception · applications reviewed now
Fractional General Counsel
Build the legal operating system for DSE's next stage. Own practical contracting, governance, financing support, privacy, and authored-IP protection while coordinating specialist counsel where needed.
This is a 100% remote, US-based 1099 independent contractor engagement. It is intentionally structured as fractional legal counsel rather than a W-2 employee role.
Compensation · engagement terms
A fractional exception, disclosed clearly.
Expected structure: a negotiated equity grant plus contingent cash fees tied to defined financing or commercial outcomes. DSE is not offering a fixed salary, recurring retainer, or employee benefits for this engagement. Final economics, scope, independence, and conflicts terms are documented in a signed agreement before work begins.
Applications are accepted and reviewed now. Applying does not create an engagement, compensation, or a promise of work.
Responsibilities · legal operations
Make risk operable.
Corporate
Support financing
Maintain governance hygiene, coordinate diligence, and help leadership turn financing and board obligations into clear actions.
Intellectual property
Protect authored work
Maintain protections around software, models, data assets, trademarks, open-source obligations, and contractor inventions.
Risk
Escalate with judgment
Keep a usable legal-risk register and bring in specialist employment, securities, privacy, or regulatory counsel when required.
Qualifications · counsel first
What you bring to the engagement.
Required
Practical legal depth
- Active good standing with at least one US state bar.
- Substantial commercial-contract and corporate-governance experience.
- Conflicts clearance and ability to practice for a US corporation.
- Clear written judgment and comfort working directly with executive leadership.
Preferred
Shortens the ramp
- Growth-stage financing, SaaS, cybersecurity, or authored-IP experience.
- AI governance and EU AI Act readiness advisory experience.
- Regulated-industry or federal-contracting experience.
- A trusted specialist network for matters outside the core scope.
Apply · direct to DSE
Show us how you make law usable.
Use the application form to send your résumé and a short introduction. Review the DSE Privacy Policy before applying. DSE is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodation in the application process.