Application Guide
How to Apply for Assistant General Counsel, Tax & Subsidiary Management
at KoBold Metals
🏢 About KoBold Metals
KoBold Metals is a pioneering company using artificial intelligence to discover critical minerals needed for electrification, directly addressing climate change. Unlike traditional mining companies, it operates as a technology-driven mineral exploration firm, offering the chance to work at the intersection of tech, sustainability, and global resource development. This makes it uniquely appealing for legal professionals who want their work to have a tangible environmental impact within a fast-growing, innovative organization.
About This Role
This Assistant General Counsel role is central to building KoBold's global legal infrastructure, focusing specifically on complex international tax restructurings and managing subsidiary compliance across numerous jurisdictions. You'll be instrumental in structuring transactions and ensuring governance as the company rapidly expands its worldwide mineral exploration portfolio. Your work directly enables secure, efficient global operations that support the company's mission-driven growth.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve reviewing corporate governance documents for a new subsidiary in Australia, advising the tax team on restructuring implications for an African joint venture, and drafting agreements for a multi-jurisdictional transaction—all while collaborating remotely with global teams. You'll balance proactive compliance planning for existing entities with responsive support for fast-moving exploration projects, ensuring legal and tax structures align with KoBold's rapid international expansion.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who KoBold Metals Is Looking For
- A lawyer with 10-14 years' experience, including 4+ years as a corporate associate at a top-tier law firm (e.g., Vault 100) followed by in-house experience where the tax department was a primary internal client.
- Has hands-on experience managing legal entity compliance, governance, and KYC for a large portfolio of foreign subsidiaries across diverse jurisdictions, not just domestic entities.
- Demonstrates specific experience supporting tax and treasury teams on implementing complex international tax planning, restructurings, dividends, and capital contributions.
- Thrives in a 'builder' environment, comfortable developing legal functions from the ground up in a rapidly scaling tech/exploration company rather than maintaining established processes.
📝 Tips for Applying to KoBold Metals
Quantify your subsidiary management experience: specify the number of jurisdictions and entities you've managed in previous roles, as KoBold explicitly mentions 'a large number of foreign subsidiaries across many jurisdictions.'
Explicitly connect your law firm corporate experience to in-house tax support: detail specific transactions or structures you worked on at the firm that prepared you to be an effective partner to a tax department.
Highlight any experience with mineral exploration, mining, technology startups, or climate-focused companies, as this shows understanding of KoBold's unique industry niche.
Tailor your resume to show progression from law firm corporate associate to in-house tax-focused counsel, making the 10-14 year timeline and specific transition clear.
If you have remote work experience, emphasize your ability to manage global compliance and transactions effectively in a distributed team, as this is a fully remote US role.
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your specific experience with international tax restructurings and subsidiary governance, linking it to how you can help KoBold scale its global operations securely.', "Why you are drawn to KoBold's mission of using AI for mineral exploration to combat climate change, showing alignment with their tech-driven, environmental purpose.", 'Examples of building or maturing legal functions in a high-growth environment, demonstrating you can thrive as an integral part of a small, expanding team.', 'Your ability to handle complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions and compliance matters independently, given the remote nature and global scope of the role.']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → KoBold's specific AI technology and exploration projects (e.g., their copper discovery in Zambia), understanding how their business model differs from traditional mining.
- → The company's investors and partnerships (e.g., Breakthrough Energy Ventures, BHP, Andreessen Horowitz) to grasp their backing and strategic direction.
- → The regulatory and tax landscape for mineral exploration and mining in key jurisdictions where KoBold operates or explores (e.g., Canada, Australia, Africa).
- → Recent news about KoBold's growth, funding rounds, or leadership changes to demonstrate genuine interest and contextual awareness during interviews.
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Applying with only domestic (US) subsidiary management experience when the role explicitly requires handling foreign subsidiaries across many jurisdictions.
- Failing to clearly show the transition from top law firm corporate associate to in-house tax support in your resume or cover letter, as this is a strict requirement.
- Using generic legal application language without tailoring to KoBold's unique blend of technology, mineral exploration, and climate focus.
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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