Legal Associate

Summary

Join Finalis as a Legal Associate and become a critical member of the Legal team, supporting the company's legal operations and ensuring compliance. This role blends hands-on legal work with cross-functional coordination, supporting internal teams and client-facing needs. Collaborate with various teams to provide legal guidance, manage contract lifecycles, and maintain governance standards. You will also enhance legal processes and tools for scalability and efficiency. The position involves drafting, reviewing, and negotiating legal agreements; maintaining legal documentation; supporting contract lifecycle management; collaborating with Compliance; acting as a liaison across teams; monitoring legal developments; maintaining the DMS and legal knowledge base; and supporting training sessions. Client-facing responsibilities include reviewing transaction documents, negotiating with clients, assisting with client onboarding, and ensuring legal documentation meets standards. You will also contribute to process improvement and collaborate on playbooks, process automation, and knowledge-sharing systems.

Requirements

• 4–6 years of legal experience, ideally with exposure to both in-house and law firm environments
• Licensed attorney with strong knowledge of U.S. commercial law and financial services regulations (FINRA familiarity is a strong plus)
• Experience in contract negotiation, review, and management—particularly in a regulated or high-growth environment
• Strong written and spoken English with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable working independently, managing multiple priorities, and adjusting to a rapidly changing environment
• A proactive, solutions-oriented team player with excellent attention to detail and a high sense of ownership

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of legal agreements (e.g., NDAs, vendor contracts, engagement letters)
• Maintain, organize, and update contract templates and legal documentation, ensuring version control and regulatory compliance
• Support contract lifecycle management, including execution, storage, deadline tracking, and renewals
• Collaborate with Compliance to ensure regulatory alignment and policy adherence (especially FINRA-related)
• Act as a liaison across teams (Customer Success, Compliance, and Growth) to align legal workflows with business priorities
• Monitor and interpret relevant legal developments and support internal implementation of changes
• Help maintain Finalis’ centralized Document Management System (DMS) and legal knowledge base
• Support training and onboarding sessions to improve legal literacy across the company
• Review and provide input on transaction documents such as: Engagement Letters (buy-side and sell-side) Placement Agent Agreements Inter-Broker Agreements NDAs
• Engage in moderate complexity negotiations with clients and external stakeholders
• Assist in onboarding new clients from a legal perspective and respond to client questions with sound legal judgment
• Ensure legal documentation meets internal standards and compliance obligations
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of legal operations, including playbooks, process automation, and knowledge-sharing systems
• Identify process inefficiencies and propose improvements to optimize legal service delivery
• Escalate complex matters to senior legal leadership while providing preliminary analysis and context

Preferred Qualifications

Proficient in Google Workspace; familiarity with legal ops tools like CLM platforms, Jira, or CRM systems is a plus

Benefits

• 100% Remote work (Work from wherever you want!)
• Competitive USD salary
• Generous Paid time-off (Vacation Time!)
• Additional 17 Flex Days (to use in national holidays or personal matters)
• Professional Growth Benefits in our E-Learning Platform (Coursera) (take your skills to the next level!) 🚀
• People Team Partner (to target your roadblocks and customize an action plan for your career path)
• Buddy Program
• Virtual After-Office Activities
• Diverse Culture & Inclusive environment
• Benefits Package