Senior Counsel @ VC-Backed Legal Services Startup

Youll practice transactional law day to day - running deals, working directly with clients, managing matters with real independence - but youll also be part of defining something bigger: what it looks like when AI is built into the core of how legal work happens, not bolted onto the old model. Early team members have outsized influence over the tools, workflows, and client experience that will define the firm as it scales. The role is based in New York City and works closely with the firms leadership team, who are shaping the firms overall approach to AI-enabled legal delivery. The ideal candidate brings 6-8 years of hands-on transactional experience - whether from BigLaw, in-house at an acquisitive company, or the buy-side at a fund - along with genuine curiosity about how technology can change legal practice, not just speed up the parts that already exist. Youre comfortable operating with independence in an early-stage environment, and you want your deal experience to help build something rather than simply execute within an existing structure. This is a rare opportunity to join a firm rewriting the rules of legal services from the ground floor, with meaningful equity upside and a real hand in shaping what legal practice looks like in the AI era.