[Hiring] Associate General Counsel @The L Suite

Role Description

Canals is seeking an Associate General Counsel to join its growing legal team. As the second lawyer at the company, this role offers a unique opportunity to shape the legal function at a profitable, rapidly scaling software provider serving the backbone of the real economy.

The Associate General Counsel will:

• Own the commercial contracts function end-to-end
• Advise across all business verticals
• Build the legal processes and playbooks that enable Canals to scale efficiently

Reporting directly to the General Counsel, this role provides broad exposure to:

• Commercial legal matters
• Corporate legal matters
• Employment legal matters
• Compliance legal matters
• Strategic legal matters

The Associate General Counsel will:

• Draft and negotiate complex enterprise SaaS and AI agreements
• Manage privacy compliance and data governance
• Serve as an embedded legal partner to Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Finance

This position requires:

• A pragmatic approach to risk
• Strong judgment
• The ability to communicate legal concepts in clear, approachable language

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school
• Active bar membership
• Experience at an Am Law 100 firm in transactional or commercial practice
• Deep expertise in commercial contract drafting and negotiation
• Ability to work independently and prioritize competing demands
• Experience in high-growth tech environments, SaaS/AI business models, and data privacy frameworks (preferred)

Benefits

• Opportunity to make a significant impact at a company that values ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement
• Work alongside a distributed team committed to building software that keeps the world running