Director of Legal (Advisory)
About The Position
The Director of Legal (Advisory) is the principal internal legal architect for SpencerPruitt. This role is intentionally advisory in nature and operates at the direction of the Managing Partner. The Director of Legal has no independent signing authority and does not function as General Counsel. This position exists to support velocity-driven transactions — syndications, acquisitions, and strategic investments — by designing practical, business-minded legal structures that allow deals to move efficiently from concept to execution. The role emphasizes judgment, entrepreneurial thinking, and execution over academic lawyering. The ideal candidate is a lawyer with an operator’s mindset: someone who understands that most deals do not close, documents must be robust but not bloated, and legal work must facilitate momentum rather than slow it.
Requirements
- JD and active bar membership in good standing
- Meaningful experience drafting syndication documents internally
- Experience supporting M&A and investment transactions
- Entrepreneurial mindset — comfortable with ambiguity, iteration, and deal velocity
- Practical judgment over academic perfection
- Comfortable operating without formal authority while owning outcomes
- Enjoys building, not just reviewing
Responsibilities
- Syndication & Investment Structuring, Research (Primary Focus | ~60–70%) Independently draft syndication documents internally, including operating agreements, subscription documents, investor disclosures, and related materials
- Structure syndications across real estate and operating businesses
- Apply practical securities and investor-compliance judgment, escalating to outside counsel only where appropriate
- Design documentation that is defensible, clear, and efficient — not over-engineered
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Strategic Transactions Run the legal workstream for acquisitions and investments
- Support transactions with a velocity-first mindset, balancing risk awareness with commercial practicality
- Lead legal diligence, issue spotting, and document drafting/negotiation
- Recognize that many deals will not close and structure work accordingly
- Corporate Governance & Entity Management Oversee governance across all SpencerPruitt entities and affiliated structures
- Maintain operating agreements, resolutions, corporate records, and entity hygiene
- Advise leadership on governance decisions as the platform grows
- Contracts, Commercial Legal & Risk Management Review, draft, and negotiate all inbound and outbound contracts
- Manage vendor agreements, consulting agreements, NDAs, partnership agreements, and services contracts
- Establish standardized templates and approval workflows
- Identify and flag risk without creating unnecessary friction
- Legal Operations, Compliance & Special Matters Manage all legal matters entering the organization, including subpoenas, notices, and regulatory inquiries
- Coordinate responses with outside counsel as needed
- Determine when matters should be handled internally versus outsourced
- Ensure legal processes scale efficiently
- External Counsel Management Act as the primary liaison with outside counsel
- Delegate work intelligently based on materiality and complexity
- Manage legal spend and ensure counsel supports SpencerPruitt’s deal pace
- Team Structure Directly manage one paralegal, Co-Manage 1 General Administrative Assistant
- Utilize a shared administrative assistant for scheduling and coordination
- Engage temporary legal support during deal surges as needed
Benefits
- Health Care Coverage Employee Only: 100%, including private concierge executive membership
- Bonus Eligibility - 0 -20%
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
