Senior Associate Lawyer
Carta provides an intelligent platform for private capital operations, connecting data, workflows, and people. Its products support equity management, fund administration, portfolio analytics, compliance, tax, and related services for companies, funds, investors, and legal teams.
About Carta
Carta operates a platform for private capital that helps companies, private equity and venture capital firms, limited partners, and other financial organizations manage portfolios, move money, and model investment scenarios. Its offerings include equity and cap table management, valuations, compensation, liquidity, fund administration, fund tax, SPVs, deal CRM, portfolio valuations, loan operations, LP analytics, compliance, contracts, and attorney-led legal services. Carta combines software, AI capabilities, and expert human services for private capital workflows.
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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