General Counsel

Location: San Mateo, CA

We're here to delight homeowners at every stage of their lives. Reali is here to make home buying and selling simple, affordable, and stress-free. We were founded to develop a seamless, transparent, and highly efficient residential real estate and homeownership experience by partnering technology with a customer-centric team and years of real estate, loans, escrow, and business experiences.

We are looking for a business oriented general counsel to provide legal guidance to our fast growing business.The general counsel will be responsible for the negotiation and management of customer contracts, insurance matters, employee relations and board matters. You will ensure legal compliance regarding mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity and consumer protection. You will oversee compliance with corporate governance, and establish the prudence of defending lawsuits and prosecuting.

The general counsel will examine and draft IT, employment, real estate and vendor contracts, manage copyrights and trademarks, and preserve business records such as minutes of meetings and resolutions.

Experience of Public companies and/or helping cos. going through an IPO or SPAC process would be an advantage. To ensure success you need to have sound knowledge and understanding of applicable laws and regulations, and the ability to make prudent legal decisions. Top candidates will be team players with outstanding advocacy and people skills.

General Counsel Responsibilities:

Advising executive, senior management and board on various matters such as legal rights, and new and existing laws.

Managing organization's all legal matters.

Examining and creating draft agreements, such as employment and vendor agreements.

Maintaining knowledge of organization’s operations and legal documents.

Conducting legal research and reviewing the company's litigation strategy pertaining to legal actions.

Promulgating and creating directives of corporate acts and decisions.

Preserving all corporate records.

Handling statutory filings, such as licensing forms.

Liaising with outside counsel regarding their assignments.

Creating new entities and managing organization's intellectual property.

General Counsel Requirements:

Law degree from accredited, top-tier law school.

4+ years of practice with an established law firm.

6-10 years of Inhouse Legal counsel experience, ideally some experience in the Real Estate or Mortgage industry

Proficient legal experience in fund investments, venture capital financing and M&A.

Experience with corporate governance issues and corporate secretarial duties.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Knowledge of statutes, rules and regulations pertaining to businesses and employment matters

Proficient understanding of business sensitivities and confidentiality.

Benefits & Perks:

Competitive Salaries, Stock options and 401k

Flexible, Paid Time Off plus 12 US based holidays

Choose from various full-family medical, dental, and vision plans , HSA, FSA (2), ​Basic Life (2X), STD, LTD, Voluntary Legal, Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity Insurance​

Other: ​$50 ​monthly mobile reimbursement and, we ship you your laptop, docking station, etc.

Healthy Workplace environment: The NEW InvestingInU Initiative was launched in alignment with Reali’s mission and vision, to ensure an inclusive, series of wellness sessions to boost each Reali family member as a whole being, mainly focused on 4 pillars: Wellbeing, Physical, Financial, Social.

D&I ​(Diversity & Inclusion) ​Team and Events

Paid training and continuing education, as well as career development opportunities to move into other roles at Reali

Lucrative Employee Referral Program

Reali's Family & Friends Discounted Programs

Marketplace Discounts

Reali is made up of experts and technologists who collaborate to deliver transparent, stress-free real estate solutions for buyers, sellers, and agents. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA and founded in 2016, Reali supports the entire transaction process from beginning to end with full-service offerings including loans, mortgages, real estate, escrow, title and more! By merging decades of industry expertise with proprietary technology, the Reali team has developed a suite of intelligent products to take the complexity and uncertainty out of buying a home. Reali has won multiple awards and has cemented a winning reputation with an A+ from the BBB.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.