Harvey
M&A Counsel
New York · Senior
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About the role
- Harvey is hiring a M&A Counsel to execute on complex, high-impact M&A transactions, while supporting adjacent corporate and partnerships legal needs.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and continuously improve scalable legal processes, templates, and playbooks to drive efficiency, consistency, and best practices across M&A and other strategic transactions
- Act as a trusted business partner to stakeholders across the company, including Corp Dev, Finance, People, Product, and Operations
- Support adjacent corporate matters as needed, including entity management, employment and compensation, real estate, and insurance
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage competing priorities, and think creatively and strategically under tight timelines
- Exceptional communication skills and intellectual curiosity, with the ability to drive stakeholder alignment, exercise sound judgment and provide solutions-oriented legal advice
- This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point.
- We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support.
- If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.
Requirements
- JD degree and licensed to practice in either California or New York in good standing
- YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICES HERE https://harveyai.notion.site/Harvey-Candidate-Privacy-Notices-319ac3fcdd7a803bb807d5094f249922?pvs=74.
Compensation
- $220,000 - $270,000 USD
Benefits
- At least 4 years in the M&A group of a top-tier law firm, preferably as a 5th year+ associate and with buy-side experience representing fast-growing technology companies
Company info
- WHY HARVEY At Harvey, we're transforming how legal and professional services operate.
- Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission - operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence.
- We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are.
- We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai
- At Harvey, we're transforming how legal and professional services operate.
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