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About the Role
As a Contract Solutions Counsel on the Contracts team, you will negotiate and manage high volumes of pre-M&A contracts, serve as the primary day-to-day contact for clients, maintain and update client playbooks, collaborate with and mentor junior lawyers and paralegals, and contribute to the continuous improvement of Carta's legal technology suite.
Responsibilities
- Negotiate and manage high volumes of pre-M&A contracts – including NDAs, confidentiality agreements, NRLs, joinders, and engagement letters – directly liaising with counterparties and adhering to agreed turnaround times
- Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for clients, building trusted advisor relationships with sophisticated investment funds and asset managers
- Maintain and update client playbooks on an ongoing basis, ensuring consistency and quality across all contract negotiations
- Collaborate with and mentor junior lawyers and paralegals, reviewing their work and contributing to a high-performing team culture
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of Carta's legal technology suite, identifying ways to innovate using AI-backed tools
Requirements
- 7-8+ years of post law school corporate or transactional experience
- Track record of independently negotiating pre-M&A contracts (NDAs, NRLs, joinders, engagement letters)
- Experience working with asset managers, investment banks, or other financial services firms and understand their expectations
- Licensed to practice law in the Americas (US/Canada)
- Comfortable working with and evolving a legal technology suite (e.g. AI tools, HighQ)
- Interest in legal tech or AI is a strong plus
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment, prioritize effectively, and are always looking for ways to improve and innovate
Skills
- Commercially minded
- Client-focused
- Communicate legal advice crisply and concisely
- Building strong relationships with sophisticated financial services clients
- Transactional law
- Financial services
- Tech-savvy
- Adaptable
- Self-starter
Location
- Toronto
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 7-8+ years
Education Level
- Law Degree
Salary/Compensations
- $157,600 - $197,000 CAD
Benefits
- Equity for all full time roles
- Exceptional benefits
About the Company
- Carta is the connected platform and AI-native ecosystem for private capital.
- Built to replace fragmented tools with a single system of record, Carta brings together the software, services, and legal infrastructure that founders use to manage equity, fund managers use to run administration and reporting, and legal teams use to close transactions.
- Trusted by 55,000 companies and 1.8M+ equity holders in 160+ countries, and 10,000 funds and SPVs representing $250B+ in assets under management, Carta is transforming how private capital operates.
- Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a positive interview experience for every candidate.
- If accommodations due to a disability or medical condition are needed, please connect with the talent partner via email.
- Carta uses E-Verify in the United States for employment authorization.
- For information on our data privacy policies, see Privacy, CA Candidate Privacy, and Brazil Transparency Report.
- Please note that all official communications from us will come from an @carta.com or @carta-external.com domain. Report any contact from unapproved domains to security@carta.com.