Consultant Lawyer - Contract (Americas)

Avantia Law

2d • Remote

About The Position

Avantia is the legal and compliance partner to many of the world’s leading asset managers and private equity firms. We combine specialist sector expertise with AI-powered workflows to help clients move faster, manage risk, and scale globally.
From London to New York, we’re building a new model for legal and compliance delivery - one that blends the precision of expert lawyers with the efficiency and insight of technology. Our proprietary AI platform, Ava, underpins every service we deliver. It streamlines manual processes, surfaces institutional knowledge, and empowers our attorneys to negotiate from a position of strength, respond faster, and deliver consistently better outcomes.
But technology alone isn’t what sets us apart - it’s how we use it. Avantia is built for people who see change as an opportunity. We’re a team of lawyers, technologists, and specialists who want to shape the future of our industry, not just adapt to it.
We value clarity over caution, innovation over inertia, and collaboration over hierarchy.
We’re pragmatic, ambitious, and united by a shared belief that legal and compliance services can be delivered with greater impact and less friction.
We’re looking for an experienced Lawyer to join Avantia on a consultancy basis to spearhead the negotiation of investment-related NDAs, joiner agreements, engagement letters and non-reliance letters. You’ll manage every phase of the contract process—from initial review and negotiation, guided by client playbooks, all the way through to document execution.
Working closely with fellow Avantia lawyers and paralegals, you'll dive into fast-paced, high-volume negotiations on pre-M&A contracts (mainly investment related NDAs and ELs), collaborating directly with counterparties while ensuring rapid turnaround times.
This role is fully remote and allows you to practice law flexibly. Due to turnaround times agreed with our clients, we ask for a minimum commitment of 20 hours per week, spread across the week.

Requirements

• Licensed to practice Law in the USA or Canada
• 2+ years’ corporate/ transactional law experience, either inhouse or private practice.
• Experienced with independently negotiating investment related NDAs
• Comfortable with a fast-paced, changing and dynamic environment with the ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team.
• Efficient. While we are committed to respecting work-life balance, we also expect staff to move quickly on matters while at work and manage and appropriately prioritise multiple tasks and competing demands and deadlines.
• Committed to delivering a quality service to our clients with a strong work ethic to match.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Our clients value and expect us to provide crisp, concise, and straightforward advice.
• Strong grasp of relevant legal concepts combined with a commercial and pragmatic outlook.
• Due to time zones and client turnaround times, we require consultants to be based in North America

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity of working with asset managers, investment banks or other financial services firms preferable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• spearhead the negotiation of investment-related NDAs, joiner agreements, engagement letters and non-reliance letters
• manage every phase of the contract process—from initial review and negotiation, guided by client playbooks, all the way through to document execution
• dive into fast-paced, high-volume negotiations on pre-M&A contracts (mainly investment related NDAs and ELs), collaborating directly with counterparties while ensuring rapid turnaround times

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed