Legal Counsel - Corporate & Commercial

About the role

We're looking for a versatile, business-minded lawyer to join Betterment's legal team as Legal Counsel - Corporate & Commercial. This role offers a wide variety of dealmaking and governance work — negotiating the vendor, technology, and commercial agreements that keep Betterment running, while supporting corporate and governance matters across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and interpret a wide variety of commercial agreements
• Provide legal support for a variety of corporate transactions through all stages of the transaction lifecycle, including M&A, securities and technology transactions
• Advisory on a broad range of commercial legal issues and strategic decisions
• Partner with business teams on the development and execution of new and existing products, initiatives, and lines of business
• Aid in managing corporate matters, including board/shareholder matters and equity plan administration
• Work cross-functionally to identify, investigate and manage risks across the business
• Build and improve our standard form agreements and legal processes
• Help to resolve and avoid potential disputes
• Work closely with product, engineering, and our lines of business to navigate regulatory and compliance requirements, operational issues, and related matters
• Collaborate with outside counsel when necessary

Requirements

The ideal candidate is a strong transactional attorney who enjoys moving fast, owning problems end-to-end, and building repeatable processes for a lean, high-throughput legal function. This role is based out of our NYC office.

Qualifications

• A JD, admission to a state bar, and at least 4 years of relevant in-house or firm transactional experience
• A pragmatic negotiator who knows when to hold a position and when to find the deal
• The ability to manage competing priorities and thrive in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment
• A willingness to build scalable processes that drive efficiencies for a lean team charged with covering a considerable amount of ground
• A bias toward action and solving problems, not just issue spotting
• The ability to take ownership over your work and manage projects independently
• Excellent writing and communication skills, with the ability to translate legal risk into terms a non-lawyer will understand
• Comfort navigating complexity and creating simplicity where possible
• An collaborative mindset and innate curiosity
• Passion for Betterment’s product and mission

Skills

Experience with Ironclad or similar contract management tool

Experience in retail financial services or representing financial services clients

In-house experience at a startup or high growth company

Benefits

This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus.

Pay

Base salary range: $170,000 - $185,000

Schedule

Based out of our NYC office.