Senior Counsel - Emerging Companies

IKR Enterprises

Senior Counsel - Emerging Companies

New York, NY
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    SENIOR COUNSEL – EMERGING COMPANIES

    Remote (U.S.-based) | Central or Pacific time zones strongly preferred

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    COMPENSATION

    Base: $200,000--$230,000

    Total Compensation: Base + 15% performance bonus target + meaningful equity  + 401(k) match + comprehensive health insurance + parental leave

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    WHY THIS ROLE

    No billable hours. That's the headline. This is an AI-native law firm operating on outcome-based pricing where experienced attorneys use modern AI workflows to do high-caliber emerging companies work without the hourly grind. You own matters end-to-end and work directly with founders from pre-seed through later-stage rounds — no handoffs, no supervision layer. On top of a strong base and a 15% performance bonus target, there's meaningful equity — genuine ownership in the firm, which is rare for any attorney role. If you're already using AI in your practice and want to help build what a modern law firm actually looks like, this is an early seat at that table.

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    ABOUT THE ROLE

    Senior ECVC role at a small AI-native law firm, running venture financings (priced rounds, SAFEs, convertible notes), formations, and equity issuances for both companies and investors start to finish. You'll serve as the primary point of contact for startup clients — advising founders on corporate, governance, employment, and IP issues at each growth stage — and help build out the firm's emerging companies vertical, including playbooks and AI-assisted workflows.

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    REQUIREMENTS

    Experience: 4–8 years ECVC

    \- 4+ years of emerging companies / venture capital experience at a top ECVC firm

    \- Ability to run a deal independently from start to finish — full lifecycle, not just supervised pieces of it

    \- Actively using modern AI tools in legal practice today, with a point of view on what works

    \- Strong client-facing presence — warm, direct communicator who can build trust with founders and investors

    \- Builder mindset: genuine interest in improving legal processes and contributing beyond core deal work

    Bar Admission: Active admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction in good standing

    Visa Sponsorship: Not available

    Tech Stack: Slack, Greenhouse, AI-native legal workflow tools

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    LOGISTICS

    Location: Remote, U.S.-based

    Work Policy: Fully remote; coverage hours 8am ET – 6–8pm PT; Central and Pacific time zones strongly preferred