Senior Associate (Corporate & Commercial)

Alaro•New York City, NY

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a lawyer at Alaro, you’ll help shape what an AI-native law firm looks like in practice; delivering clear, timely legal judgment to clients while building a faster, more consistent delivery model behind the scenes. You’ll work closely with clients and other external stakeholders, and partner day-to-day with our internal engineering and operations teams to translate what happens on real matters into better systems, tooling and playbooks. This is a highly visible role: your work will directly influence client outcomes, business growth, and how quickly we can scale high-quality legal delivery.

Requirements

Practicing lawyer (7+ years of relevant post J.D. experience) in Big Law and/or in-house, with strong capability across both corporate and commercial workstreams.
Admitted to practice in New York and in good standing.
Take responsibility for outcomes (not tasks), close loops reliably, and care deeply about the quality of what goes out the door.
Understand commercial objectives and dynamics, and you can translate complex legal issues into clear, practical recommendations.
Comfortable being visible with clients and contributing to business growth over time.
Enthusiastic about leveraging AI to improve legal service delivery.
Naturally looking for ways to improve speed, consistency, and quality through templates, playbooks, workflows, and standardization.
Have mentored or trained junior attorneys (or are excited to), and you raise the bar through how you work.
Clear evidence of sustained top-tier performance in something (inside or outside work).

Responsibilities

Lead matters across corporate and commercial workstreams with speed, precision, and sound commercial judgment; from first issue-spotting through to execution and close.
Own and expand client relationships over time, building trust, advising as a true partner, and contributing meaningfully to business development and growth.
Interpret terms, identify risk, and give clear, actionable advice, balancing legal rigor with the client’s commercial objectives and timeline.
Collaborate closely with legal colleagues to deliver consistently high-quality outcomes, share learnings, and raise the bar across the team.
Partner with engineering and operations to advance our delivery model and tooling, turning real matter feedback into better systems that compound our impact.
Standardize and codify recurring work into templates, precedents, and playbooks that improve consistency and speed without losing judgment.
Champion internal tooling and workflows so routine work moves faster: freeing lawyers to spend more time on negotiation strategy, critical decisions, and client outcomes.