Associate

Overview

This role is for an attorney with transactional and corporate experience supporting early-stage and growth companies. Responsibilities include serving as outside general counsel, leading venture financings, managing debt transactions, executing closings, and drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and corporate governance matters.

Responsibilities

• Serve as outside general counsel to early-stage and growth companies by triaging day-to-day legal questions, identifying issues, and providing practical, business-minded guidance.
• Form and structure new entities (DE C-corps/LLCs, holding/operating companies), draft founder documents (IP assignment, vesting, ROFR/Co-Sale), and set up cap tables (e.g., Carta) from day one.
• Lead venture financings end-to-end (pre-seed to Series B+), including drafting and negotiating SAFEs and convertible notes, NVCA equity rounds, term sheets, stock purchase agreements, investor rights/ROFR/Co-Sale, voting agreements, and ancillary closing deliverables.
• Manage debt transactions for venture-backed companies by reviewing term sheets, negotiating loan and security agreements, warrants, and intercreditor/subordination arrangements, and coordinating perfection/filings.
• Own closing execution by running diligence, building and tracking closing checklists, coordinating signatures, managing data rooms, and delivering clean, on-time closings.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts (SaaS subscriptions, MSAs/SOWs, DPAs, NDAs, vendor and partnership agreements) with attention to data, IP, and risk allocation.
• Advise on corporate governance and compliance, including board and stockholder consents, charter/bylaw updates, equity plan administration, 409A, insider matters, and ongoing minute-book hygiene.
• Proactively manage projects and client communications across time zones in a remote-first environment, balancing responsiveness with thoughtful, high-quality work.

Requirements

• Strong academic credentials, including a J.D. from a top law school.
• Membership in the New York state bar is required.
• 2+ years of experience with a top national law firm or in-house with a technology company.
• Strong project management, communication, and analytical skills, including strong oral and written communication.
• Ability to work independently while staying connected with remote team members.

Preferred Qualifications

• Not specified in the provided description.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified in the provided description.

Location

• Remote-first environment (time zone collaboration required).