Senior Associate Lawyer
Carta operates an intelligent platform for private capital markets, connecting data, workflows, and people across portfolio management, cap tables, fund administration, and tax services. It serves private equity firms, venture capital firms, private corporations, and limited partners.
About Carta
Carta provides a platform that helps players in private capital—including private equity firms, venture capital firms, private corporations, and limited partners—manage portfolios, move money, and model the future with unprecedented connectivity. Its offerings combine cutting-edge AI with expert human service, including cap table management, fund administration, tax services (such as Carta Fund Tax and QSBS attestation), 409A valuations, compliance, and reporting tools. The platform emphasizes real-time visibility, agentic intelligence for productivity, strategic modeling for scenario planning, and end-to-end collaboration between firms, companies, investors, and partners. Carta serves a large client base including over 1.7 million equity holders, 50,000+ companies, and 9,000+ funds and SPVs, with clients ranging from venture capital funds to global private corporations operating across multiple countries.
Skills
About the Role
You will join Carta's Law team within the Contracts - Americas function, managing the full lifecycle of commercial contracts for clients from first review through to execution. You will act as the direct day-to-day contact for sophisticated investment fund and asset manager clients, negotiating high volumes of pre-M&A contracts at speed while working alongside fellow lawyers and paralegals, supported by AI-backed tools including Carta's proprietary platform, Ava.
Requirements
- 4+ years of post law school corporate or transactional experience
- Track record of independently negotiating pre-M&A contracts (NDAs, NRLs, joinders, engagement letters)
- Experience working with asset managers, investment banks, or other financial services firms
- Law Degree and licensed to practice law in the Americas (US/Canada)
- Comfortable working with and evolving a legal technology suite (e.g. AI tools, HighQ)
Responsibilities
- Negotiate and manage high volumes of pre-M&A contracts including NDAs, confidentiality agreements, NRLs, joinders, and engagement letters, directly liaising with counterparties and adhering to agreed turnaround times
- Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for clients, building trusted advisor relationships with sophisticated investment funds and asset managers
- Maintain and update client playbooks on an ongoing basis, ensuring consistency and quality across all contract negotiations
- Collaborate with and mentor junior lawyers and paralegals, reviewing their work and contributing to a high-performing team culture
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of Carta's legal technology suite, identifying ways to innovate using AI-backed tools
Benefits
- Equity for all full time roles
- Exceptional benefits