4 days ago

General Counsel

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Job Summary

Build and lead Antares’ first in-house legal and compliance function as a trusted strategic partner to the CEO and executive team. Own government contracting and compliance across government-funded programs, draft and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, and advise on nuclear regulatory matters. Establish and continuously improve export controls compliance (ITAR/EAR), manage specialized outside counsel, and create scalable legal infrastructure to enable rapid growth.

Location: Los Angeles

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Seniority: CXO level

Key Responsibilities

•Serve as Antares’ first in-house legal hire and primary legal partner across leadership, engineering, operations, finance, supply chain, business development, and people teams.
•Support government contracts and government-funded programs, including proposal review, contract negotiation, compliance obligations, data rights, and program execution risk.
•Draft, review, negotiate, and maintain commercial agreements (e.g., NDAs, vendor/services/consulting agreements, manufacturing and supply, software/SaaS, testing, teaming, and strategic partnership agreements).
•Provide legal counsel on nuclear regulatory matters, including NRC licensing, DOE regulatory frameworks, nuclear materials handling, and applicable federal/state nuclear safety requirements.
•Build and own Antares’ export controls compliance program (ITAR/EAR), manage external counsel, and define legal infrastructure and procedures (contract lifecycle, retention, intake, governance support).

Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 190,000 - 300,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

•JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership.
•12+ years of legal experience.
•Experience in 2 out of the 3 areas: government contracts/government-funded programs (FAR/DFARS), building/leading export controls compliance (ITAR/EAR), and commercial contracts/regulatory matters.
•Hands-on export controls compliance experience with ITAR and/or EAR.
•Experience with commercial contracts and regulatory matters.

Experience:12+ years

Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)

Skills:Strategic partnershipBusiness-oriented adviceRisk managementLeadershipOperating in ambiguity

Eligibility

Nationality:US National

Company Brief

Antares

Designs and builds compact nuclear microreactors for remote, defense, industrial and space applications, focusing on transportable, low-footprint reactors and associated fuel and manufacturing capabilities.

Industry: Nuclear Energy

Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)

Growth: Growth Stage Startup

Funding: Series B

Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States

Founded: 2023

Glassdoor: 3.5

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Antares

4 days ago

General Counsel

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 13 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Los Angeles

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Seniority: CXO level

Key Responsibilities

•Serve as Antares’ first in-house legal hire and primary legal partner across leadership, engineering, operations, finance, supply chain, business development, and people teams.
•Support government contracts and government-funded programs, including proposal review, contract negotiation, compliance obligations, data rights, and program execution risk.
•Draft, review, negotiate, and maintain commercial agreements (e.g., NDAs, vendor/services/consulting agreements, manufacturing and supply, software/SaaS, testing, teaming, and strategic partnership agreements).
•Provide legal counsel on nuclear regulatory matters, including NRC licensing, DOE regulatory frameworks, nuclear materials handling, and applicable federal/state nuclear safety requirements.
•Build and own Antares’ export controls compliance program (ITAR/EAR), manage external counsel, and define legal infrastructure and procedures (contract lifecycle, retention, intake, governance support).

Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 190,000 - 300,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

•JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership.
•12+ years of legal experience.
•Experience in 2 out of the 3 areas: government contracts/government-funded programs (FAR/DFARS), building/leading export controls compliance (ITAR/EAR), and commercial contracts/regulatory matters.
•Hands-on export controls compliance experience with ITAR and/or EAR.
•Experience with commercial contracts and regulatory matters.

Experience:12+ years

Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)

Skills:Strategic partnershipBusiness-oriented adviceRisk managementLeadershipOperating in ambiguity

Eligibility

Nationality:US National

Company Brief

Antares

Industry: Nuclear Energy

Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)

Growth: Growth Stage Startup

Funding: Series B

Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States

Founded: 2023

Glassdoor: 3.5

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor