Mid -Level/Senior ECVC Associate

Advocates Legal Recruiting•Los Angeles, CA

21d•$310,000 - $420,000

About The Position

Our AmLaw 50 client is growing its Emerging Companies & Venture Capital group and is adding a midlevel to senior associate across four key offices: San Francisco, Silicon Vally, Los Angeles, and New York. The group sits at the intersection of venture capital, frontier technologies, and strategic M&A, backed by a firm repeatedly recognized in Chambers for venture capital, technology, and fintech work and consistently ranked among Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” for over two decades. In this role, you will: 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 that touch 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. Tech -forward ECVC platform. 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. Frontier technology matters. You will work with companies and investors across AI / ML, generative AI, digital assets, and emerging fintech models, backed by dedicated AI, blockchain, and digital assets teams. Culture with receipts. 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. National platform, local teams. 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. Compensation and benefits. Market AmLaw scale, with a posted base salary range of $310,000 to $420,000 annually, plus discretionary bonus, 401(k), robust health benefits, and paid leave programs.

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 / Silicon Valley / LA and New York for NYC, or a clear path to admission.

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 that touch 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.