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We exist to accelerate innovation by increasing the number of successful startups in the world. We want to give more people the opportunity to participate in the venture economy by building the financial infrastructure that makes it possible for more people to invest in world changing startups, and build tools for startups that help them run their operations so they can focus on building. 

 

AngelList is the nexus of venture capital and the startup community. We support over $124B+ assets on our platform, and we’ve driven capital to over 12,000 startups, almost 282 of which are unicorns. 57% of top-tier U.S. VC deals involve investors on AngelList.

 

While our scale is large, our ambitions are even larger – we’re innovating on the financial infrastructure for venture investors and the startups they invest in. Come build with us.

 

 

AngelList is looking for an exceptional attorney to help us continue innovating on the infrastructure of the private fund ecosystem.

 

This person will work closely with cross-functional teams as an embedded partner to develop new and innovative products for GPs, LPs, and Founders. Product Counsel report to a General Counsel of Product who heads legal for the respective product lines.

 

Our strategy of building a scalable, innovative platform that makes spinning up and managing funds a breeze for both fund managers and investors has created a differentiated position in the early-stage venture market. AngelList Venture pioneered the online syndicate model, created scalable funds, developed diversified managed-fund products, invented Rolling Funds, launched Roll Up Vehicles ... and we are just getting started. Most recently, we launched a full suite of SAAS products to our customers: Treasury, Transact, Data Room, Relay and Investor Portal. We want an exceptional attorney to join our team to help lay the groundwork for the next decade.

You will:

• Counsel AngelList product teams on a range of issues related to AngelList fund products, including product structuring and implementation, regulatory compliance, marketing and servicing communications, intellectual property, data security, and data privacy.
• Actively collaborate with a wide variety of AngelList teams, including product, engineering, business development, compliance, and marketing, on a range of issues related to product development and commercialization.
• Help build scalable and effective processes to enable the business to self-help.
• Draft, review, and update foundational documents for product and service offerings.
• Participate as a proactive business partner to product development teams and build a trusted advisor relationship.

Other characteristics of the ideal candidate:

• Familiarity in the range of banking and securities laws impacting venture funds and FinTech platforms more generally, including the Securities Act, Exchange Act, Investment Company Act, Investment Advisers Act, and FINRA Rules.
• Strong understanding of the venture capital ecosystem.
• A JD degree from an ABA-accredited university and are in good standing with the applicable state(s) Bar.
• A minimum of 4 years combined relevant experience in the EC/VC or tech transactions group of a top law firm, and/or in-house legal team at a FinTech company.
• Solid judgment and the willingness to work with business partners to make decisions grounded in a practical application of the law, the technology, and the business goals.
• Collaborative outlook and ability to work cross-functionality with different departments where everyone needs to pull for each other, challenge each other, share best practices, and take on team projects to make the entire organization better.

How success will be measured in this role:

• Your ability to leverage legal expertise and creative problem solving to provide timely and actionable legal guidance to support product development and overall business goals.
• You ability to identify gap areas and improvements in our existing products and processes.
• Contribution to department OKRs.

If you don’t tick every box above, we’d still encourage you to apply. We’re building a diverse team whose skills balance and complement one another.

 

AngelList has offices in two hub cities: San Francisco and New York City that you can choose to work from. We’re focused on hiring within these hubs and people within 1 hour travel distance of the hub offices are expected to come into the office twice per week. From time to time, we will make rare exceptions for new hires if they need to be fully remote.

 

Benefits: We support our employees in their lives both inside and outside of work.

* See additional detail on our benefits here: https://angell.ist/venture-benefits

* Learn about our Funders & Founders Program here: https://join.angellist.com/

 

Learn more about what AngelList has accomplished by checking out some recent things we’ve published over the last six months: AngelList Confidential 2023