ECVC Associate [Mid-Level] + Partner Opportunities @ Elite Startup Platform

Whistler Partners; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Whistler Partners is seeking a midlevel associate to join their expanding ECVC practice in New York. This role requires substantive experience in venture capital and startup counseling, focusing on advising emerging companies and handling venture financings.

Candidates should possess strong drafting, communication, and client management skills, with a business-oriented mindset. This position offers substantial responsibility within a high-growth platform and opportunities for direct client engagement.

Qualifications

• 5th-8th year associate with substantive ECVC experience.
• Strong background in venture financings and startup counseling.
• Ability to operate in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Advise startups and emerging companies through growth stages.
• Handle venture financings and general corporate matters.
• Work closely with founders and executive teams.

Skills

ECVC experience

Venture financings

Startup counseling

Strong drafting skills

Client management skills

Job description

Overview

Whistler Partners is partnering with a highly active emerging companies and venture capital platform that is continuing to grow its ECVC practice, particularly in New York at the midlevel associate level.

The group advises startups, founders, growth-stage companies, and investors across the full company lifecycle, with work spanning venture financings, company-side counseling, strategic transactions, and broader growth-company matters.

The platform is also open to speaking with partner-level candidates across multiple offices as the practice continues its broader expansion.

Why this role?

This is a strong opportunity for an associate who wants to work directly with highly respected dealmakers inside a busy and growing ECVC practice with meaningful client exposure and substantive responsibility. The group is deeply embedded in the startup and venture ecosystem and offers associates the opportunity to work closely with founders, investors, and emerging growth companies on sophisticated, high-velocity matters. Importantly, this is not a retool opportunity. The team is specifically seeking someone who already has meaningful ECVC experience and can step directly into an active practice. For the right candidate, this is the kind of platform that can significantly accelerate both development and long-term trajectory within the startup and venture market.

Key Responsibilities

• Advise startups, emerging companies, and venture-backed businesses through various stages of growth.
• Handle venture financings, company-side counseling, and broader general corporate matters.
• Work closely with founders, investors, and executive teams on strategic transactions and day-to-day legal issues.
• Support high-growth clients operating across technology and innovation-focused sectors.
• Partner directly with senior attorneys on sophisticated ECVC and growth-company matters.

Qualifications

• 5th–8th year associate with substantive ECVC experience.
• Strong background in venture financings, startup counseling, and emerging companies work.
• Ability to operate in fast-paced, entrepreneurial client environments.
• Strong drafting, communication, and client management skills.
• Business-oriented mindset and comfort handling sophisticated growth-company matters.
• Collaborative approach and desire for meaningful responsibility within a growing platform.

TL;DR

Elite ECVC platform hiring a midlevel associate in New York with real startup and venture experience — no retools. High-growth practice, strong deal flow, direct client exposure, and meaningful responsibility. Partner-level candidates also considered across multiple offices.