Associate Counsel

Associate Counsel 

Position: Financial Technology Partners is seeking an Associate Counsel to work on its legal team to provide support on a wide variety of legal issues. This position will work directly with the General Counsel to support FT Partners across functions, teams, and issues.  The ideal candidate will have demonstrated interest and experience in employment law but is someone who has a desire to broaden their legal skill set to become a well-rounded in-house lawyer.

Firm Overview

Financial Technology Partners is one of the most successful boutique investment banks on Wall Street.  Headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in NYC and London, FT Partners has advised on some of the most meaningful transactions in the high-growth Financial Technology sector in recent years.  We offer a full suite of financial and strategic advisory services, including merger and acquisition advisory, private capital raising and capital markets advisory. The Financial Technology sector is a dynamic industry that encompasses the convergence of financial services and technology. We are a 200+ global firm that prides itself on having an extremely collegial and energetic culture. Every member of the organization is expected to meaningfully contribute to the firm’s success. Senior bankers at the firm are formerly of Goldman Sachs, and JP Morgan, Evercore and Barclays.

FT is operating in a hybrid work from home model, three days in the office and two days from home. On the days that you are in the office, free lunch is provided!

Essential Functions: 

• Support the General Counsel on a wide variety of legal matters
• Under guidance of senior legal team, provide day to day legal support and counseling to investment banking teams, People Operations, Finance, and other internal clients
• Improve internal legal, compliance, and risk management processes
• Advise on employment issues including HR practices, performance management, terminations, recruiting, hiring, and compensation and benefits
• Draft, review, and revise employment related agreements and templates
• Review and negotiate a variety of investment agreements
• Review and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including NDAs, software licensing and SaaS agreements, service agreements, consulting agreements, technology licenses, and other operational agreements
• Assist in the development of programs, corporate policies, procedures and programs, as well as legal templates and training

Basic Qualifications: 

• 2+ years of relevant legal experience, preferably at a major national law firm
• Admitted to the bar in good standing in New York or California, or eligible for registered in house counsel
• Strong work ethic and flexibility to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• A practical problem-solver; calm under fire with a positive attitude and a sense of humor
• Confident, proactive, and can learn on the job
• Exceptional analytical ability and advocacy skills
• Excellent written, oral communication, and negotiation skills
• U.S. work authorization required. FT Partners will not sponsor applicants for work visas at application or in the future. 
• Must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccination by date of hire to be considered.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Relevant experience in employment law
• Strong quantitative skills and ability to work with numbers
• Strong people skills with proven ability to build strong working relationships with internal clients at all levels of management and work on cross-functional teams on complex deals

Communications Skills

• Exceptional writing and verbal communication skills, able to prepare high impact materials
• Participates effectively in both internal and external meetings 
• Maturity and poise to work directly with client executives

Team Player

• Team player who can contribute to building a positive team spirit, keeps commitments, inspires the trust of others, works with integrity and ethically, and upholds firm values
• Ability to perform under pressure, amid tight deadlines; can effectively prioritize and plan
• Collaborative across teams and levels, both internally and externally
• Understands coaching for long term development of self and others  

Why FT Partners?

• Managing Partner and Managing Directors formerly of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan
• Award-winning execution; Investment Bank of the Year / Boutique of the Year Awards (among many others)
• Executing both billion dollar and early stage / high-growth VC transactions
• Excellent career path, strong and competitive compensation
• Unparalleled deal flow with premier client base
• Access to world-class executives at high-growth companies
• Dominant footprint in the one of largest sectors: financial technology
• Top-notch financial sponsor relationships
• Close-knit, rapidly growing team 

Selected transactions include advising:

• Payoneer's $3.8 billion Merger with FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp.
• Divvy's $2.5 billion Sale to Bill.com
• GreenSky’s $2.2 billion Sale to Goldman Sachs
• Forge’s $2 billion Merger with Motive Capital Corp.
• Revolut's $800 million Financing at a $33 billion Valuation
• Mollie's $800 million Financing
• Currencycloud’s £700 million Sale to Visa
• Varo’s $510 million E Round Financing
• AvidXchange's ~$400 million Financing
• Bolt’s $393 million Series D Financing
• Feedzai's $200 million Series D Financing
• The Zebra's $150 million Series D Financing
• Upgrade’s $105 million Series E Financing at a $3.3 billion Valuation

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment: Financial Technology Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors. If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact [email protected].