General Counsel, Sei Foundation

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About the Opportunity The Sei Foundation is seeking a General Counsel to serve as its senior legal leader and a trusted strategic partner to the Board of Directors and broader leadership ecosystem. This is a broad, hands-on startup-style GC role for someone who enjoys building from first principles, operating across multiple legal and strategic workstreams, and helping an organization navigate complexity with sound judgment and practical execution. The role spans governance, corporate, commercial, and cross-border legal matters, with meaningful exposure to international structuring and jurisdiction-specific issues. The General Counsel will help build and own the Foundation’s legal function end-to-end, working closely with directors, senior stakeholders, and external advisers to support thoughtful decision-making and durable institutional growth. This opportunity is especially well suited for a legal leader who is comfortable operating beyond narrow legal silos. The right candidate brings strong legal instincts, high ownership, commercial judgment, and the ability to translate ambiguity into action in a dynamic, internationally oriented environment. Key Responsibilities Legal Leadership & Strategic Counsel - Serve as the Foundation’s principal legal adviser across governance, corporate, commercial, strategic, and operational matters. - Partner closely with the Board of Directors and senior stakeholders to support key decisions, assess legal risk, and develop pragmatic paths forward. - Provide practical, solution-oriented advice that balances legal rigor with speed, organizational needs, and execution realities. - Help the Foundation navigate novel or ambiguous issues without becoming a bottleneck to progress. Governance, Corporate & Commercial Matters - Lead legal support for governance matters, including board processes, resolutions, approvals, delegated authorities, and related documentation. - Advise on entity structuring, affiliated-entity relationships, organizational decision-making, and internal legal frameworks. - Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, strategic arrangements, and third-party service provider documentation. - Support the development of scalable legal processes, templates, and internal workflows that the organization can use in practice. International & Cross-Border Matters - Lead and coordinate legal work involving multiple jurisdictions, including the United States, Cayman Islands, Singapore, Korea, and the UK. - Support cross-border structuring, jurisdiction-specific analysis, and legal coordination across related entities, foundations, and affiliated activities. - Work closely with external and fractional counsel in relevant jurisdictions to ensure clarity of ownership, efficiency of execution, and consistency of advice. - Help leadership think through international operating complexity, legal exposure, and jurisdictional tradeoffs as the Foundation evolves. Outside Counsel & Execution Management - Manage outside counsel across specialist areas and jurisdictions, with a strong focus on efficiency, judgment, and practical outcomes. - Determine which matters should be handled internally versus externally, ensuring legal resources are deployed thoughtfully. - Translate external legal advice into clear internal recommendations and actionable next steps. - Maintain momentum across multiple concurrent matters by setting priorities, driving decisions, and keeping stakeholders aligned. Institution Building - Help build and shape a legal function that is practical, trusted, and appropriately scaled for a lean, fast-moving foundation. - Identify emerging legal risks early and help design workable internal processes before those risks become more significant. - Contribute to broader institution-building where legal judgment intersects with strategy, operations, governance, and organizational design. - Bring a builder mentality and a

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