Role Description

A growing and highly collaborative legal practice is seeking a Corporate Counsel with strong venture capital and emerging companies experience to join its corporate legal team. The firm partners with innovative, high-growth startups and emerging companies, serving as trusted legal advisors across all stages of the business lifecycle. Attorneys in this role operate in an outside general counsel capacity, working directly with founders and leadership teams to provide strategic legal guidance while supporting company growth.

This role offers an entrepreneurial and client-facing environment, where attorneys take ownership of matters, lead sophisticated transactions, and collaborate closely with clients as strategic partners. The position is designed to provide strong work/life balance, with an expected average of 100–130 billable hours per month, significantly lower than traditional law firm expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and negotiate venture capital equity financings, managing transactions from term sheet through closing and post-closing matters.
• Advise startups and emerging companies on a broad range of corporate matters across the business lifecycle.
• Structure and negotiate debt financings and mergers & acquisitions transactions.
• Counsel clients on corporate legal matters including:
  • company formations
  • capitalization and cap table management
  • securities law compliance
  • secondary sales
  • corporate governance
• Serve as a strategic legal advisor to founders and executive teams as companies scale.
• Develop and implement legal frameworks, policies, and processes that support operational growth.
• Collaborate with attorneys and paralegals across matters while maintaining strong client relationships.
• Manage multiple client matters simultaneously in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Qualifications

• 6–7+ years of corporate law experience in a law firm and/or in-house setting.
• Strong venture capital financing experience (required), including leading equity financings from term sheet through closing.
• Experience advising startups, founders, and emerging companies.
• Experience handling M&A transactions and debt financings.
• Strong client-facing experience with the ability to build trusted relationships.
• Excellent academic credentials.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and practical problem-solving approach.
• Active bar membership in the state of residence or willingness to work onsite in the state where licensed.

Benefits

• Work closely with high-growth startups and founders.
• Lead venture financings and strategic transactions.
• Significant bonus structure.
• Strong work/life balance.
• Low billable hour requirement (100–130 hours per month).
• Collaborative and entrepreneurial legal team.
• Opportunity to operate in a true outside general counsel role.