Mid-Level Corporate Associate

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.

Requirements

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.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 240,000 to 280,000 per year
• Hours-based bonus
• Origination bonus

Location and work model

• New York, NY, United States
• Hybrid, 3 days a week in the office
• Full-time