Emerging/High Growth Counsel (5-10 yrs)

Stitt + Zosky; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Stitt + Zosky seeks an Emerging Companies Lawyer with 5–10 years of experience to help build a new kind of law firm in a Toronto-based hybrid role. You will advise technology and high-growth clients on venture financings, commercial and technology contracts, M&A, and employment matters, while collaborating with in-house engineers to design the firm’s technological platform.

The ideal candidate brings 5–10 years of emerging companies or corporate/commercial experience at a leading firm or

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of emerging companies or corporate/commercial experience at a leading firm or in-house.
• Strong commercial judgement and clear communication.
• Enthusiasm for using technology to reshape legal service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Advise technology and high-growth clients on venture financings, commercial and technology contracts, M&A, and employment matters.
• Collaborate with in-house engineers to design the technology powering the firm's legal services.

Skills

Emerging Companies Experience

Corporate/Commercial Experience

Job description

Our client, a new tech-driven law firm, is reinventing legal services from first principles. The firm pairs top-tier lawyers with AI automation to deliver elite legal work with fast turnaround, predictable pricing, and a better experience for clients and lawyers alike. Its founding team brings experience from frontier AI labs and leading law firms. This US based firm is making its earliest hires and is seeking an Emerging Companies Lawyer with 5–10 years of experience who wants to help build a new kind of law firm.

In this role you will advise the firm's growing roster of technology and high-growth clients across venture financings, commercial and technology contracts, M&A, and employment matters. You will also work with the firm's in-house engineers to design the technology that powers the firm's legal services, shaping how legal work get done.

The ideal candidates will have 5–10 years of emerging companies or corporate/commercial experience at a leading firm and/or in-house, strong commercial judgment, clear communication skills, and enthusiasm for using technology to reshape legal service delivery.

This is a unique founding-stage opportunity to be an emerging companies lawyer in a start-up environment without the traditional billable hour model. Competitive compensation plus equity. Toronto-based hybrid role, three days per week in the office.