# Legal Counsel

**Company:** [EliseAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/eliseai)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $195k – $210k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Legal Drafting, Contract Negotiation, Regulatory Compliance, Legal Research, Corporate Governance, Statutory Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-04-02

> Handles drafting/negotiation of contracts, owns regulatory/compliance projects, advises on legal matters for scaling SaaS company. Requires JD, NY bar admission, 2-5 years corporate law experience at top firm.

## Job Description

## Key Responsibilities

### Contracting/Commercial
- Assisting with the drafting and negotiation of complex customer, partner, vendor, and other contracts
- Helping to establish contracting and organizational processes that will allow us to move with greater efficiency as we continue to scale

### Regulatory/Compliance
- Owning large, complex regulatory/compliance projects and driving them to completion
- Becoming a subject matter expert and trusted advisor on relevant regulatory regimes
- Tracking new and amended laws to ensure we remain compliant in a rapidly-changing legal landscape
- Developing and delivering training programs to company stakeholders to ensure compliance with policies and best practices

### Other
- Assisting with other legal matters, from HR to corporate governance
- Assisting with commercial and financial operational matters in close partnership with our Sales and Finance teams
- Speaking with customers to address their questions and concerns
- Taking on ad hoc projects in other areas across the business

## Requirements

### Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree (or foreign equivalent) from a top law school
- Admitted to practice law in New York State with good standing, or willing and able to waive in to New York
- ~2-5 years of legal experience at a top firm involving diverse corporate work

### Skills
- Ability to effectively and clearly communicate with customers and other outside parties
- Strong legal drafting skills
- Ability to parse and distill complex statutes and regulations
- Strong researcher–demonstrated ability to reliably and thoroughly source data/information, interpret such information and augment with necessary context, and provide actionable recommendations or guidance to decision makers
- Highly organized; rigorous attention to detail
- Sufficient mathematical aptitude and financial literacy to effectively partner with Sales and Finance

## Compensation
- Salary range: $195,000 - $210,000
- Equity in the company
- Medical, Dental and Vision premiums covered at 100%
- Fully paid parental leave
- Commuter benefits
- 401k benefits
- Fitness & home services stipend
- Unlimited vacation and paid holidays

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