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Corporate - General Attorney in Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL, United States
Industry: Legal | Type: Full-Time
Posted Date: Jul 24, 2024
Experience: 1 Years
Practice Areas: Corporate, Corporate - General
Qualifications: Qualifications: Transactional Experience setting up and structuring corporations and limited liability companies, with knowledge of relevant governing statutes. Past work with standard investment transaction documents: corporate charters, stockholders agreements, operating agreements and purchase agreements. Ideally, some experience with structures related to early-stage and venture capital transactions, such as convertible notes, SAFEs and Series A document sets (e.g. NVCA and Series Seed). Exposure to and basic understanding of federal and state securities law and regulations. Outstanding contract skills, developed through meaningful experience drafting and negotiating documents such as master agreements/SOWs, various flavors of technology agreements, website terms of use, vendor or customer agreements, employment agreements, and so forth. Strong understanding of the key points of contract risk and opportunity, particularly intypically heavily negotiated provisions (e.g., indemnification and limitations of liability). The ability to analyze and research complex legal issues with rigor, and provide legal advicein a thoughtful and timely manner. The ability to get quickly up to speed on legal issues with which you are not familiar. M&A experience. Top tier among peers in facility with and interest in technology tools, including the ability to manipulate software as a power user. Extra credit for the ability to code. A demonstrated ability to develop and implement repeatable processes. Effective communicator with supervisors, peers, clients, and prospects. Ability to handle, and prioritize among, many matters simultaneously. Learning mindset, to fit the culture of the practice. Calm and composed when facing deadlines and other pressures. Able to crack a good joke or at least, to take one; doesn t take oneself too seriously.
Job Description:
Junior/Mid-Level Attorney
Duties: Represent innovative people and companies using alternative law practice models practitioners who can deploy the skills that our clients need today while simultaneously building the legal practice of tomorrow. Drafting documents that are straightforward, concise, and free of archaic, convoluted language; and innovating with technology and process to streamline the production of work, creating more time for engaging directly with clients. Strive to be proficient at translating the clients substantive legal needs into sound and timely advice, and clear, strong documentation. Seeing ways to improve the process, in order to build a practice that can accommodate many more startups, entrepreneurs, and other companies that wish to be clients.
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