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About the Role

Our AmLaw 50 client is expanding its Emerging Companies & Venture Capital group, seeking a midlevel to senior associate for its San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, and New York offices. This group operates at the intersection of venture capital, frontier technologies, and strategic M&A, supported by a firm recognized for its venture capital, technology, and fintech work and consistently ranked among Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For”.

Responsibilities

Serve as trusted counsel to startups and emerging growth companies from incorporation through exit, as well as to venture and growth equity funds that invest in them.
Lead and support venture financings, SAFE and convertible rounds, preferred equity deals, and secondary transactions.
Advise founders and boards on corporate governance, cap table issues, and strategic transactions, including acquisitions and portfolio company exits.
Work on matters involving AI, Web3, blockchain, crypto, metaverse, and other frontier technologies, often with cross-practice input from the firm’s nationally ranked fintech, technology, and digital assets teams.
Operate as part of an integrated ECVC platform with partners and associates across the West Coast and New York handling thousands of financings from pre-seed through growth stages.

Requirements

At least 4 years of ECVC, startup, or venture-side experience from a peer AmLaw platform or highly regarded boutique.
Significant experience running or heavily staffing venture financings and other private company transactions, including drafting and negotiating core deal documents.
Familiarity with or interest in regulatory and strategic issues around AI, Web3, blockchain, crypto, metaverse, and other next-generation technologies.
Strong writing, judgment, and client-handling skills, with the ability to manage concurrent workstreams for sophisticated founders, boards, and investors.
Bar admission: California for SF / Palo Alto / LA and New York for NYC, or a clear path to admission.

Skills

AI
Web3
Blockchain
Crypto
Metaverse
Fintech
Digital Assets
Venture Capital
Corporate Governance
M&A
Drafting
Negotiation

Location

San Francisco
Silicon Valley
Los Angeles
New York

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Mid-level
Senior

Salary/Compensations

$310,000 to $420,000 annually

Benefits

Discretionary bonus
401(k)
Robust health benefits
Paid leave programs

About the Company

The firm is regularly recognized in Chambers for venture capital, startups, technology, and fintech, including rankings that highlight its work in VC financings, corporate governance, M&A, AI, and blockchain.
The firm has been named to Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for 23 consecutive years, as well as multiple Great Place to Work and Best Workplaces categories, reflecting a sustained investment in professional development and mentoring.
ECVC partners and associates collaborate across offices with a deep bench on the West Coast and in New York, providing a wide client base and steady flow of financings and exits.