Nevis Wealth
Legal Counsel
New York · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 6 days ago
ComplianceNegotiationCorporate LawIntellectual PropertyCustomer SuccessLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- Reporting to the CEO, you will be Nevis Wealth's first dedicated legal hire and a trusted advisor to leadership across the business.
- We are looking for someone who enjoys creating systems, improving processes, leveraging technology, and helping a company scale responsibly.
Responsibilities
- Own the full customer contracting lifecycle, including MSAs, SaaS agreements, DPAs, NDAs, order forms, security addenda, and vendor agreements
- Partner closely with Sales and Customer Success to improve contract velocity while managing legal risk
- Build scalable contract templates, negotiation playbooks, fallback positions, and approval processes
- Support strategic commercial partnerships and business initiatives
- Own and evolve Nevis Wealth's privacy and data governance framework
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and Security teams on data usage, AI-related product features, customer requirements, and information security matters
- Maintain privacy documentation, notices, and compliance records
- Support customer security reviews and legal responses to security questionnaires
- Manage board resolutions, governance records, corporate filings, and signing authorities
Requirements
- Manage external counsel support where specialist expertise is required
Nice to have
- Prior startup or high-growth company experience
- Experience supporting venture-backed businesses through fundraising or scaling phases
- Familiarity with Delaware corporate law and venture financing transactions
- Exposure to fintech, financial services, or regulated industries
- Experience implementing legal technology or workflow automation solutions
- Working knowledge of UK legal or privacy frameworks
- Within your first 12 months, you will:
Skills
- Establish scalable legal processes that support business growth
- Improve contract turnaround times and reduce friction in the sales process
- Reduce reliance on external counsel for routine matters
- Become a trusted advisor to leadership across commercial, corporate, and operational matters
- Build the legal function from the ground up
- Work directly with the executive team
- Influence company strategy during a critical stage of growth
- Gain broad exposure across commercial, privacy, corporate, product, and fundraising matters
- Opportunity to grow into the company's senior legal leadership role as the business scales
Benefits
- Partner with Finance on equity administration and cap table governance
Company info
- Lead negotiations with enterprise customers, strategic partners, and key vendors
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