Associate General Counsel

About the role

Orchard is looking for an Associate General Counsel to join our dynamic and quickly expanding team. As the third member of the Legal & Regulatory team, you are ready to roll up your sleeves and make an immediate impact. You will play a key role in our rapidly growing business, partnering with teams across the company to help build and evolve our product offerings, expand to new jurisdictions, and further develop and mature our business lines, all while balancing business objectives and legal risk across the multiple highly‑regulated sectors in which we operate. You will work across all of our business units and make meaningful contributions to each. And as the company continues to grow, there is significant opportunity to take on additional responsibilities and leadership roles. The ideal candidate is a highly self‑motivated, business‑minded attorney who enjoys operating autonomously, successfully navigates ambiguity, and can manage multiple projects and competing priorities comfortably. This person brings extraordinary judgment and interpersonal skills to the role. While highly effective and an innovative thinker, you take a humble approach to your job, allowing your work to speak for itself. By building a track record of sound advice and success, you will become a trusted advisor to senior leadership and teams across the company. We are looking for candidates who are excited about the opportunity to help grow Orchard’s business in an entrepreneurial yet compliant manner, while working with diverse groups of stakeholders to get things done in a complex and fast moving environment. This is a full‑time role that will report to the General Counsel and will be based out of our New York City office.

Responsibilities

• Act as a legal swiss‑army knife, working independently across several different legal practice areas, but with a particular focus on commercial and regulatory issues and building out Orchard’s products and services in compliance with the legal and regulatory frameworks governing residential real estate.
• Act as the go‑to person for Orchard’s commercial partnerships. From inception to execution, you will have a seat at the table and will drive deals independently.
• Assist our mortgage company to build out that company’s product and service offerings and delivery, as well as policies, controls, and structure to be compliant with applicable federal and state legal frameworks, while also taking a leadership role in expanding its reach into additional states.
• Work with our title companies to help innovate, streamline and create customer delight in the delivery of those companies’ services, all while maintaining compliance with applicable state laws and regulations.
• Partner with our Product & Engineering Teams to design and iterate how our products and services are provided to customers, helping to intelligently balance innovation and growth with legal and regulatory risk.
• Engage with and build relationships with state regulators, in particular in connection with expansion of our businesses into new states, our ongoing operational compliance, and any regulatory inquiries or examinations that may arise.
• Manage outside law firms across a variety of practice areas, while balancing cost and effectiveness in the delivery of legal services to our stakeholders.
• Contribute to the continued development and improvement of our Data Privacy and Information Security policies, practices and procedures.
• You also may have the opportunity to be involved in both equity and debt financings, involving both venture capital as well as traditional debt and equity capital providers.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in the commercial and/or regulatory space, gained ideally through a combination of law firm and in‑house roles of increasing visibility and responsibility.
• Solid experience with commercial contracts