Location: South San Francisco, CA – Hybrid, with the ability to be in office 2-3 days per week

Position Summary: 

We are seeking an experienced Corporate Securities and Governance Counsel to support public company SEC compliance, corporate governance and other general corporate legal matters.  As the first full time legal hire at TRexBio, this role reports to the COO and will serve as a key legal partner to Finance, Investor Relations and the Executive Leadership team.

This is a hands-on, individual-contributor role suited to someone who has done heavier public-company securities and governance work at a law firm or in-house, and who wants to build — not just staff — a newly public company’s securities and governance function from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Securities Law & SEC Compliance

  • Support Securities Act and Exchange Act compliance activities
  • Advise on disclosure controls and procedures, Regulation FD, and NASDAQ listing compliance
  • Prepare, review, and/or coordinate SEC filings, including periodic reports, current reports, proxy statements, Section 16 filings, and equity plan registration statements
  • Manage insider trading compliance, blackout procedures, Rule 10b5-1 plans, pre-clearance processes and related employee communications
  • Monitor and advise on developments in securities law, SEC rules, and public-company governance best practices
  • Review earnings releases, investor presentations, and other investor-facing materials for legal and disclosure accuracy

Corporate Governance

  • Support and help maintain TRex’s governance infrastructure: corporate governance guidelines, committee charters, insider trading policy, D&O questionnaires, and related governing documents
  • Support Board and committee administration, including meeting materials, resolutions, minutes, and consents
  • Support the company’s proxy statement and annual meeting process

Capital Markets & Transactions

  • Support capital markets activity, including any follow-on equity or debt financings
  • Draft, review, and negotiate corporate and commercial agreements
  • Support business development and strategic transactions, including licensing and collaboration agreements and other corporate transactions

Function-Building

  • Help coordinate and manage outside counsel
  • Establish practical legal processes and documentation standards that can scale as the company grows

Required Qualifications: 

  • J.D. from an accredited law school; active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (California preferred)
  • 5-7+ years of relevant corporate/securities experience, combining law firm and in-house public-company experience
  • Deep knowledge of the Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, SEC reporting requirements, Nasdaq/NYSE listing standards, Regulation FD, and Section 16
  • Comfortable being the sole in-house lawyer and building process from scratch, leaning on outside counsel where needed rather than a large internal team
  • Strong drafting, analytical, and communication skills, with the executive presence to work directly with the COO, CEO, and (eventually) the Board
  • Sound, independent judgment and high discretion given the confidential nature of securities and partnership matters

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Direct experience as an early legal hire at a newly public company, standing up SEC reporting and governance infrastructure post-IPO
  • Life sciences or biotechnology experience
  • Experience with capital markets transactions and with licensing, collaboration, or other business development agreements
  • Familiarity with Delaware corporate law

Compensation: $250,000 – $300,000 plus discretionary bonus 

TRexBio offers a very competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability, life insurance as well as 401(k) match, bonus and paid time leave.  

TRexBio is a clinical stage biotechnology company leveraging cutting edge computational biology tools, a focus on human tissue, and expertise in immunobiology to develop revolutionary therapeutics for inflammatory diseases. Our powerful ‘deep biology’ discovery engine maps human tissue Treg behavior to disease processes, allowing us to identify and characterize novel targets for therapeutic intervention. Leveraging this platform, we are building a broad portfolio of novel therapies that modulate the immune system to restore human tissue immune homeostasis.

Our Culture: 

At TRexBio, you will have the opportunity to work with amazingly smart humans who strive to make the world a better place. In addition to our team-centric culture, we believe that your individual creativity will help us to be our best. Our staff happy hours, organized by our Culture Club, bring us all together in creative and social activities. Our colleagues admire and respect one another.  We celebrate our wins, update company news and acknowledge each other’s achievement weekly and monthly at all company meetings that celebrate our work and our people.

TRexBio is proud to be an AA/EEO employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to characteristics protected by applicable local, state, or federal law, such as race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or sexual orientation.

To apply, please submit your resume to us through LinkedIn by clicking HERE.