Associate General Counsel
Solutus Legal Search
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $230,000 - $250,000 per year
About the role
- Championing Legal as an accelerant: Bringing a creative, solution-oriented approach to your work.
- Navigating regulatory complexity: Developing a deep understanding of the Company’s regulatory landscape to inform their risk philosophy and proactively guide their business, compliance, and technical teams.
- Establishing excellence in product counseling: Supporting the Company’s Product and Engineering teams as they develop new products and expand into new business lines.
- Making commercial transactions seamless: Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating sales and vendor agreements.
- Creating scalable legal processes: Designing and implementing scalable legal processes that grow alongside the team and business.
- Helping build a world-class Legal team: Helping design and build a Legal team to support the Company’s growth.
Requirements
- 5-8 years of experience in a legal role in a high-growth startup environment; experience in a regulated industry preferred.
- Strong experience working closely with product and engineering teams, providing critical legal insights that shape product strategy and development
- Comfort acting in a generalist capacity and managing a variety of legal areas, including product counseling, commercial contract review, and litigation management
- Demonstrated ability to align legal expertise with commercial objectives, and adept in legal aspects of product innovation and market expansion
- Demonstrated ability to navigate effectively in the ambiguous and rapidly changing environment of a growing startup
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders
- A proactive, hands-on approach, ready to engage directly with various aspects of our business.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
legal expertiseproduct counselingcommercial contract reviewlitigation managementregulatory compliancerisk managementnegotiationdrafting agreementsscalable legal processesproduct strategy
Soft Skills
solution-orientedcommunicationcollaborationproactiveadaptabilitycritical thinkingteam buildingcreativitystrategic alignmenthands-on approach