The role, as published
About the company
Our client is a law firm.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead corporate deal work for early-stage businesses and their investors, from initial advice through closing. The position involves frequent direct contact with business leaders, hands-on document work and coordination with colleagues in other locations. It sits on a partnership track and offers the chance to grow your own client base.
What you'll do
- Advise young businesses on setting up entities, governance and day-to-day corporate questions as they scale.
- Run equity financing transactions for either the business or the investor side, guiding each from first terms through completion.
- Serve as a trusted counselor to founders, senior executives and funds, with substantial responsibility for client communication.
- Prepare and negotiate transaction paperwork, including simple early-stage funding instruments and larger investment agreements.
- Support clients through acquisitions and commercial agreements.
- Oversee major parts of a transaction, including coordinating junior lawyers and specialists.
- Work with colleagues in other offices as part of a national practice.
- Develop your own client base using the firm's business development support.
What we're looking for
- Roughly 3 to 6 years of corporate transactional practice, with a focus on startups or investors.
- Admission to the New York bar, or eligibility to be admitted.
- Authorization to work in the US without sponsorship.
- Comfort working directly with founders and investors in a hands-on setting with limited administrative support.
- Ability to explain your past work concretely, including the number and kinds of deals and your role in each.
Bonus points
- Hands-on experience with financing rounds across several stages.
- Experience acting for startups, founders or investment funds.
- Broad corporate experience across emerging business matters.
- Familiarity with SAFEs, convertible notes and similar instruments.
- Exposure to fund formation or startup acquisitions.
- Existing relationships in the startup and investor community.
Location and work model
- New York, NY, United States
- Hybrid, 3 days a week in the office
- Full-time
Compensation, as the posting describes it
- Hours-based bonus
- Origination bonus