Antares General Counsel at Antares responsible for building and owning the legal and compliance foundation for nuclear microreactor development. Serve as primary legal advisor and partner to executive leadership and cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
Serve as Antares’ first in-house legal hire and primary legal partner to leadership, engineering, operations, finance, supply chain, business development, and people teams
Support government contracts and government-funded programs, including proposal review, flow-down analysis, contract negotiation, compliance obligations, data rights, deliverables, reporting requirements, and program execution risk
Serve as the primary legal point of contact for DOE, DoD, and other federal agency relationships and contractual obligations
Draft, review, negotiate, and maintain a broad range of commercial agreements, including NDAs, vendor agreements, services agreements, consulting agreements, manufacturing and supply agreements, software/SaaS agreements, testing agreements, teaming agreements, and strategic partnership agreements
Provide legal counsel on nuclear regulatory matters, including NRC licensing, DOE regulatory frameworks, nuclear materials handling, and compliance
Qualification
12 + years of legal experienceExperience supporting board governanceAdditional Requirements
Required
JD from an accredited law school and active bar membership
12 + years of legal experience
Experience in 2 out of the 3 areas of expertise
Demonstrated experience managing government contracts (FAR/DFARS) and government-funded programs
Hands-on experience building or leading an export controls compliance program (ITAR and/or EAR)
Experience with commercial contracts and regulatory matters
Preferred
Experience as General Counsel or Deputy General Counsel at a high-growth technology or deep tech company
Deep familiarity with NRC licensing processes, DOE contracting vehicles (e.g. CRADA, WFO), and nuclear materials regulations
Experience supporting board governance, venture financings, and M&A transactions
Broad experience in a range of legal domains across contracts, intellectual property, export compliance, and others
Proven success in a start-up environment or similar, with the ability to manage ambiguity and wear many different hats
Additional Requirements:
Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones
Ability to travel to regulatory locations as needed
