Senior Corporate Counsel

Antora builds and deploys thermal energy storage to power always-on industrial operations and data centers with low-cost energy. Factory-built in California, Antora’s thermal batteries deliver reliable and cost-effective heat and power for industrial loads of any size. S.

manufacturing jobs, lowering costs for energy consumers, and enhancing the competitiveness of American industry. We are growing our company with people who put team and mission first, value connection through laughter and joy, and build with humility and openness. We are committed to continue building a diverse, passionate, and creative team dedicated to a future where every industrial facility, everywhere on earth, is powered by abundant, clean, low-cost energy.

Position Summary Antora's Senior Counsel will be a foundational member of the company's legal function, reporting to the Chief Business Officer and acting as a trusted partner to the executive team. This is a high-autonomy, high-impact role for a lawyer who combines top-tier law firm training with the commercial pragmatism and ownership mentality of in-house practice. You will own the corporate legal infrastructure — the internal plumbing that keeps the company compliant, protected, and operationally efficient — while managing the "outside counsel supply chain" to ensure Antora receives excellent, cost-effective legal services across specialist domains.

You will enjoy exposure to deal-making and project finance (driven by our Chief Business Officer) and corporate finance (partnering with our CFO and CBO) as you build the internal legal foundation that makes everything else possible.

Responsibilities

Take ownership of tactical manufacturing, supply chain, and vendor contracts critical to delivering our near term engineering, production and commercial goals. Conduct a comprehensive assessment of Antora's outside counsel network — mapping current engagements, spend, and coverage gaps — and begin consolidating toward fewer firms with better rates and accountability. ) to measurably increase the speed and volume of work the legal function can handle.

Support cross-functional compliance needs related to fundraising. Become familiar with how we manage our capital stack and execute global project development, and partner with our co-investors in projects, although you may not own these work streams day-to-day. By month 6–12, you will: Operate as an autonomous legal decision-maker across corporate finance and governance, international corporate structuring, IP management (working with outside IP counsel), employment law, tax coordination, and compliance; insourcing work where volume and context justify it, and routing specialist matters to the right outside counsel.

Have built a rationalized, evaluated outside counsel network with secured volume discounts and clear accountability by practice area. Improve AI-enhanced legal workflows as a standard operating model for the function, tracking productivity gains and using those metrics to inform resourcing decisions as the legal team scales. Ensure Antora's corporate, compliance, and governance infrastructure best reflect our corporate practices and are diligence-ready.

Serve as a thought partner to our executive team on legal risk, corporate structure, and operational scaling.

Qualifications

, Assistant GC, Senior Counsel, or equivalent at a growth-stage company).