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Senior Corporate Attorney (Venture / Emerging Companies)

$180k

SagePaths

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Corporate Counsel (Venture / Emerging Companies) Location - Remote or Hybrid (NYC or Boca Raton, FL)Compensation

$180K+ base salary + bonus
Significant bonus structure based on performance

Overview

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

Why This Opportunity
  • 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

Vacancy posted 15 days ago
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