Senior Corporate Attorney (Venture / Emerging Companies)

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