# Mid-Level Corporate Associate

> Raydar · New York, United States (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-21

**Salary:** USD 240,000–280,000

**Workplace:** hybrid

## Description

About the company

Our client is a law firm.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead corporate deal work for early-stage businesses and their investors, from initial advice through closing. The position involves frequent direct contact with business leaders, hands-on document work and coordination with colleagues in other locations. It sits on a partnership track and offers the chance to grow your own client base.

What you'll do

\- Advise young businesses on setting up entities, governance and day-to-day corporate questions as they scale.

\- Run equity financing transactions for either the business or the investor side, guiding each from first terms through completion.

\- Serve as a trusted counselor to founders, senior executives and funds, with substantial responsibility for client communication.

\- Prepare and negotiate transaction paperwork, including simple early-stage funding instruments and larger investment agreements.

\- Support clients through acquisitions and commercial agreements.

\- Oversee major parts of a transaction, including coordinating junior lawyers and specialists.

\- Work with colleagues in other offices as part of a national practice.

\- Develop your own client base using the firm's business development support.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- Roughly 3 to 6 years of corporate transactional practice, with a focus on startups or investors.

\- Admission to the New York bar, or eligibility to be admitted.

\- Authorization to work in the US without sponsorship.

\- Comfort working directly with founders and investors in a hands-on setting with limited administrative support.

\- Ability to explain your past work concretely, including the number and kinds of deals and your role in each.

Bonus points

\- Hands-on experience with financing rounds across several stages.

\- Experience acting for startups, founders or investment funds.

\- Broad corporate experience across emerging business matters.

\- Familiarity with SAFEs, convertible notes and similar instruments.

\- Exposure to fund formation or startup acquisitions.

\- Existing relationships in the startup and investor community.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: USD 240,000 to 280,000 per year

\- Hours-based bonus

\- Origination bonus

Location and work model

\- New York, NY, United States

\- Hybrid, 3 days a week in the office

\- Full-time

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/2E4E9517E2/apply)

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