Description:

Job Scope:
Joining our Global Legal Team to advise on and manage 500 Startups' global portfolio of companies, the Associate Counsel, Investments and Portfolio will coordinate legal review and undertake review of accelerator documentation, financings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate actions and other portfolio company legal requests. This role provides a rare and unique opportunity to interact heavily with founders and co-investors of our portfolio companies across the world, gain deep expertise in an exciting and growing industry, be exposed to emerging venture markets and changing legal regimes, and build a legal career with a commercially-focused trajectory. You'll need to understand legalities, shareholder dynamics and our founders' needs, and design commercial solutions to balance a variety of demands. You'll need a good sense of judgment and be capable of making smart, defensible decisions in instances of uncertainty or less-than-perfect information. You will need to manage stakeholders, guide outside counsel and do what is needed to keep things going and get every transaction to completion.

Responsibilities:

Review and coordinating venture deals and legal requests from portfolio companies which may include financing rounds, M&A transactions, changes to governance terms, waivers of investor rights, restructurings, shareholder voting matters or consents, and routine compliance or corporate governance.
Documentation and diligence support on accelerator program processes and reviews.
Overseeing legal support on accelerator program matters, marketing related documentation and leading standards for accelerator programs.
Making recommendations to the Investment Committee across each of these exercises, maintaining Investment Committee records and driving deal processes to completion promptly.
Learning, identifying, and applying regulatory and fund related legal issues which impact portfolio related decisions.
Reviewing, tracking, and managing implementation of contractual or legal obligations.
Ensuring that portfolio documentation is up to date and accurate at all times.
Supporting and building productive relationships with external legal counsels across multiple jurisdictions to ensure timely and knowledgeable support of all investments and legal projects.
Reviewing and proposing improvements to portfolio operations workflows including coordination and support on systems and platform improvements.
Assist on continued internal and external education and training initiatives including delivery of trainings for 500 Global programs.
Supporting legal operation matters which may include ad hoc legal projects, as required.

Requirements:

Action-oriented and able to independently handle multiple, competing tasks, with strong delivery focus. Responsive, proactive, and always keen to move initiatives forward.
Strong stakeholder management skills; ability to communicate confidently, clearly and sensitively.
Comfortable with a changing environment and a variety of responsibilities, keen to excel in a lean team and able to work independently with minimal direction but high expectations.
Thrives in a fast-paced, often chaotic environment.
Passionate about tech and venture capital.

Minimum Qualifications:
2 - 4 years of venture, M&A or corporate and commercial experience in a regional or international law firm, with experience supporting emerging or high growth companies. Prior in-house experience will be an advantage. Prior experience managing or supporting international / cross border commercial projects and/or working with investment funds will be a significant advantage.