Customer: ElevateNext
Duration: This position can be contract-to-hire or direct hire- ElevateNext would prefer Direct Hire
Salary: $150,000
Role: SaaS and Commercial Corporate Counsel Start Date:ASAPDuration: Direct Hire is preferable. Would also be open to a contract-to-hire arrangement for 8-12 weeks prior to converting to a direct hire position.
Arizona Barred: Ideally, the attorney will be Licensed in Arizona or eligible to waive into Arizona.
Full-time/Part-time: Direct Hire
Transactional/Contentious:Transactional
Job Selling Points: - Opportunity to serve as a trusted legal advisor to emerging and high-growth companies across a variety of industries.
- Flexible hiring structure with either a direct-hire opportunity or a temp-to-hire pathway leading to a permanent role.
- Broad exposure to sophisticated corporate transactions, financings, governance matters, and strategic business initiatives.
Client Selling Points: - Collaborative, entrepreneurial environment where legal professionals are viewed as strategic business partners.
- Opportunity to work with innovative and growth-oriented companies facing exciting and complex legal challenges.
- Organization that values efficiency, responsiveness, and the use of legal technology to enhance service delivery.
Bar Licence/Qualification: Arizona barred or eligible to waive into Arizona
Geographical Location: 100% Remote
Contractor Type: Corporate Attorney
Key Requirements (Must Haves): - 5-7 years of corporate law experience, including entity formation and corporate governance.
- Strong drafting and negotiation experience with commercial and corporate agreements.
- Experience supporting financings, capitalization matters, and strategic corporate transactions.
Nice to Haves (Optional, weighted to the top, more is better): - Arizona bar admission or eligibility to waive into Arizona.
- Experience advising technology, SaaS, startup, or growth-stage businesses.
- Familiarity with legal operations platforms, contract lifecycle management tools, and legal technology solutions.
Recruiter Screening Questions - Can you walk me through your experience advising corporations and LLCs on formation, governance, and organizational structuring?
- Tell me about a financing, acquisition, or strategic transaction that you played a significant role in supporting. What was your contribution?
- What types of commercial agreements do you draft and negotiate most frequently, and how comfortable are you working directly with business stakeholders?
- Are you currently licensed in Arizona or eligible to waive into Arizona, and would you be open to a permanent or temp-to-hire opportunity?
Additional info (and job description if there is one):Position: Corporate Counsel
Location: Remote
Engagement Type: Direct Hire or Contract-to-Hire positionCompensation: Total compensation- up to $150,000 USD
Company: ElevateNext
About the OpportunityElevateNext is seeking a talented Mid-Level Corporate Attorney to support emerging and growth-stage businesses on a wide range of corporate matters. This role is ideal for an attorney who enjoys serving as a trusted business advisor, partnering with innovative companies, and handling sophisticated corporate transactions while leveraging technology to improve legal service delivery.
The successful candidate will have approximately 5-7 years of corporate law experience and be comfortable independently managing matters involving entity formation, governance, financings, strategic transactions, commercial agreements, and corporate operations.
Responsibilities - Advise clients on corporate governance, entity formation, and organizational structuring.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of corporate and commercial agreements.
- Support capitalization, equity, financing, and investment-related transactions.
- Counsel growth-oriented businesses on day-to-day corporate legal matters.
- Assist with mergers, acquisitions, strategic transactions, and corporate restructurings.
- Advise Delaware corporations and LLCs regarding governance and compliance matters.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to provide practical, commercially focused legal guidance.
- Utilize legal technology and legal operations tools to improve efficiency and service delivery.
- Manage multiple matters independently while maintaining exceptional responsiveness and client service.
Qualifications - J.D. from an accredited law school.
- Active U.S. bar membership with Arizona licensure or ability to waive into Arizona preferred.
- 5-7 years of corporate law experience.
- Strong experience with entity formation, governance, financings, and commercial contracts.
- Ability to independently manage legal matters and interact directly with business leaders.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Experience supporting technology, SaaS, startup, or high-growth companies is strongly preferred.
