VP Legal, Strategic Transactions

Cerebras
Sunnyvale
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 12-18 yearsEducation: professionalSkills: ["Legal strategy","Deal leadership","Risk management","Cross-functional collaboration","Communication"]

Quarter end-to-end legal strategy and execution for major corporate transactions, including M&A, strategic investments, asset acquisitions, and data-center real estate deals, plus related equity and debt financings. Lead corporate structuring to support acquisition activity, including foreign expansion. Manage outside counsel relationships and collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage interdependencies and transaction risk. Advise the C-suite on the company’s largest and most impactful deals.

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VP Legal, Strategic Transactions

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Job Summary

Quarter end-to-end legal strategy and execution for major corporate transactions, including M&A, strategic investments, asset acquisitions, and data-center real estate deals, plus related equity and debt financings. Lead corporate structuring to support acquisition activity, including foreign expansion. Manage outside counsel relationships and collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage interdependencies and transaction risk. Advise the C-suite on the company’s largest and most impactful deals.
Location: Sunnyvale
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own end-to-end legal strategy and execution for corporate transactions including M&A, strategic investments, asset acquisitions, and data-center real estate procurement and financing.
  • •Drive corporate organization and structuring, including foreign expansion, to support acquisition activity.
  • •Manage relationships with outside counsel across transactions.
  • •Collaborate cross-functionally to manage interdependencies and risk across customer and vendor relationships.
  • •Advise the company’s C-suite on the largest and most impactful transactions.

Key Requirements

  • •12-18 years of direct experience with M&A, strategic investments, equity and debt transactions, and complex corporate transactions.
  • •Proven track record quarterbacking high-complexity, cross-functional deals.
  • •Ability and desire to learn different transaction types, including real estate and data center transactions.
  • •Fluency with due diligence, regulatory issues, and dispute resolution.
  • •Juris Doctor (J.D.) with bar admission required (mix of leading law firm and in-house experience).
Experience:12-18 years
Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)
Skills:Legal strategyDeal leadershipRisk managementCross-functional collaborationCommunication
Licenses:Bar admission

Company Brief

Cerebras
Designs and builds wafer-scale AI accelerators and systems for large-scale deep learning workloads, delivering specialized hardware and software to accelerate model training and inference for enterprises and research institutions.
Industry: Hardware Devices
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, United States
Founded: 2016
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