Associate General Counsel (Corporate)

Join Hadrian, a pioneering space technology company, as an Associate General Counsel (Corporate). In this senior, deal-driven role, you will be the principal legal partner to Hadrian's Finance team, leading legal strategy and execution across corporate financing, capital structure, and transactional matters. You will have primary ownership of structured finance, capital markets, and SEC-related workstreams, and will serve as lead counsel on various financing arrangements. This is an opportunity to own high-impact legal work at a pivotal point in the company's trajectory.

• Assumer la responsabilité principale des travaux liés au financement structuré, aux marchés des capitaux et aux questions liées à la SEC.
• Servir de conseiller principal sur les installations de crédit renouvelables, les prêts à terme et les arrangements de financement d'équipement.
• Diriger et documenter les financements d'actions privilégiées, y compris la rédaction et la négociation des feuilles de conditions, des accords d'achat d'actions.
• Clear, confident communicator who can engage credibly with lenders, investors, underwriters, and senior executives
• Meaningful capital markets experience: prior involvement in equity or debt offerings, registration statement drafting, or public company securities compliance (Reg FD, SOX, Section 16, 10b5-1)
• 10–15+ years of experience at a top-tier law firm and/or in-house, with demonstrated depth in debt and equity financing transactions
• Significant hands-on experience drafting and negotiating credit facilities, security documents, and related financing agreements from the borrower side — revolving lines, term loans, equipment financings, and intercreditor arrangements
• JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• Demonstrated ability to lead transactions independently, manage outside counsel effectively, and build internal legal infrastructure
• Genuine comfort as a finance lawyer who partners directly with CFOs, treasurers, and bankers — not primarily as a Board advisor
• Background in structured, equipment, or project finance in capital-intensive industries such as manufacturing, aerospace, energy, or infrastructure
• Prior experience advising on borrowing base mechanics and the interaction between government contract receivables and credit facility covenants
• Advised on secondary transactions and employee liquidity programs at a pre-IPO company with institutional investors on the cap table. This includes tender offer mechanics, 409A implications, and Board approval processes
• Builder mindset. You want to build the legal infrastructure for a finance function
• Comfort operating day-to-day without layers and keeping leadership informed without needing hand-holding
• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State