Contract Solutions Counsel

Job Overview

You'll join Carta's Contracts team as a Contract Solutions Counsel, working with sophisticated investment fund and asset manager clients. Your main tasks will involve negotiating and managing high volumes of pre-M&A contracts, serving as a primary day-to-day contact for clients, and maintaining client playbooks.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate and manage high volumes of pre-M&A contracts, including NDAs, confidentiality agreements, NRLs, joinders, and engagement letters.
• 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

• Commercially minded and client-focused, with experience in transactional law and 7-8+ years of post law school corporate or transactional experience.
• Familiar with financial services, having worked with asset managers, investment banks, or other financial services firms.
• Law degree and licensed to practice law in the Americas (US/Canada).
• Tech-savvy and adaptable, comfortable working with and evolving a legal technology suite.

Salary

The expected cash compensation range for this role is $157,600 - $197,000 CAD in Toronto.