Overview
This role is for an early-stage, fully remote startup law firm and back-office platform. The employer is US-based and operates as a bootstrap organization.
The position will serve as Primary ECVC counsel for a squad of VC-backed startup clients (pre-seed to Series B), handling day-to-day corporate matters and corporate governance.
Responsibilities
- Act as Primary ECVC counsel for VC-backed startup clients (pre-seed to Series B)
- Board consents
- Equity grants
- Hiring/firing
- Day-to-day corporate support
- Draft and review governance documents
- SAFEs
- Convertible notes
- Priced-round documentation
- For Delaware C-Corps and PBCs
- Interface with founders daily (subscription model)
- Delegate to and manage paralegals
- Assist engineers in refining internal tools and workflows
Requirements
- 2–6 years post-JD with real ECVC/startup corporate experience (Big Law, in-house, or solo)
- Breadth across multiple clients/industries
- J.D. and active bar admission
- Comfortable using AI tools
- US citizen / Green Card
- Not open to visas
Preferred Qualifications
- Excitement to build a firm from the ground up
Compensation & Benefits
- $200,000–$300,000 base compensation
- Moving to Cravath scale by end of Q1
- Meaningful undiluted equity in lieu of bonus (bootstrapped)
Location