Associate Commercial Counsel

Job description

About this role

If your ambition is matched by your work ethic—and you're hungry for a place where growth, impact, and ownership are the norm—YipitData might be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. Are you a passionate, solutions-oriented attorney looking for a new role in a fast-paced financial tech company? Joining YipitData’s legal team is a rare opportunity to become a core contributor to the success of a company that is building the future of investment research. At YipitData, our legal team is an essential and collaborative partner in the Company’s growth. As Associate Commercial Counsel, you will be a core player in partnering with our commercial teams to negotiate, execute, and close deals.

Responsibilities

• Develop contract negotiation and drafting skills to close deals. You will guide our commercial teams through the lifecycle of a deal - from initiating a contract or negotiating an NDA through closing the deal.
• Learn in a rapidly changing environment by navigating new problems and conceiving novel contracting frameworks.
• Enhance processes, efficiency, and best practices, including continuing to build out our contract management platform and working with our commercial teams to improve our forms and processes.
• Collaborate with our team to facilitate contract reviews and internal processes.
• Evaluate and advise on appropriate legal courses of action to meet the Company and business unit needs.

Qualifications and requirements

• You have a law degree (JD or equivalent) from a top law school, license to practice and are a member of good standing in New York, and have the appropriate practical knowledge, skills, and abilities acquired through 3-5 years of relevant experience as a practicing attorney at a law firm or in-house, drafting and negotiating business contracts strongly preferred.
• You are excited by and highly determined to work on commercial contracts with both legal and financial/commercial issues. You have a passion for drafting, negotiating, and redlining, and are eager to further develop these skills.
• Your attention to detail is stellar.
• You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and enjoy working cross-functionally
• You thrive in the unknown, are motivated to think creatively each day, and can handle new areas of responsibility independently.
• This is an exciting opportunity for a top law firm associate or experienced attorney at a high-growth tech or data product company with strong communication skills and impeccable judgment.
• This is a remote-friendly opportunity that can sit in NYC (where our headquarter is located), one of our office hubs, or anywhere else in the US. However, depending upon where the remote work is performed, income could be subject to New York State tax withholding.