General Counsel

InforCapital; Beverly Hills, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 245,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus 25–40%

In-office Beverly Hills role

Job summary

Hybridge Capital Management, Beverly Hills-based real estate investment platform, seeks its first General Counsel. The role covers sole-in-house responsibilities for both Hybridge and Max Benjamin Partners, with a focus on litigation strategy, transactional documents, and governance.

The ideal candidate has a J.D., CA Bar admission, 10+ years’ experience, and a track record handling complex commercial real estate, financing, and private-equity matters.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active CA Bar in good standing.
• Experience leading complex commercial and real estate matters.
• Proven ability to manage outside counsel and legal spend.

Responsibilities

• Own all litigation and pre-litigation disputes for the firms and assets.
• Set litigation strategy, assess exposure, and manage outside counsel with budgets.
• Draft and negotiate purchase agreements, joint-venture and financing docs.
• Lead due diligence on acquisitions and financings for investments vehicles.
• Advise on hiring, compensation, and workplace policies under CA and federal law.
• Maintain entity structure, governance records, and capital-raising questions.

Skills

Litigation management

Contract negotiation

Due diligence

Employment law knowledge

Budget oversight

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Active State Bar of California in good standing

Job description

Role overview

Hybridge Capital Management, the affiliated private equity platform of Beverly Hills-based real estate investment bank Max Benjamin Partners, is hiring its first General Counsel in a joint appointment across both entities. The firm has participated in more than $4 billion of debt and equity across 500+ transactions and manages over $180 million in assets across resort and hospitality development, value-add multifamily, and distressed and special-situation real estate. The General Counsel will serve as the senior legal officer for both firms, reporting directly to the Managing Partner, and will be the sole in-house lawyer at a principal-led firm with no existing legal department.

Key responsibilities

• Own all litigation, arbitration, mediation, and pre-litigation disputes across the firms, their investment vehicles, and portfolio assets, including partnership/joint-venture disputes, construction claims, lender/loan-document disputes, and commercial contract matters.
• Set litigation strategy, assess exposure, drive matters to resolution, and select, engage, and manage outside counsel while holding budgets accountable.
• Draft and negotiate purchase and sale agreements, joint-venture and operating agreements, preferred-equity documents, loan documents, guaranties, intercreditor agreements, ground leases, and hotel management/franchise agreements.
• Run legal due diligence on acquisitions and financings (title, survey, entitlement, environmental review) and maintain subscription documents, side letters, and investor-facing materials for the firms' investment vehicles.
• Advise on hiring, compensation, classification, wage-and-hour compliance, and workplace policies under California and federal law; draft offer letters, employment agreements, and the employee handbook.
• Maintain the firms' entity structure and governance records; advise on securities and investment-adviser questions in capital raising and fund operations, including private-placement exemptions; manage the insurance program (D&O, E&O, general liability, property).

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with the State Bar of California.
• Ten-plus years of practice, including meaningful time at a top law firm; in-house experience at a real estate, private equity, development, or hospitality company is a plus.
• Lead-attorney experience running complex commercial and real estate litigation through trial, arbitration, or settlement, described as the core requirement.
• Real transactional experience in commercial real estate: acquisitions, dispositions, financing, joint ventures, and entity structuring.
• Working knowledge of California employment law and a track record of managing outside counsel and controlling legal spend.
• Preferred: fund-formation and private-placement experience; familiarity with hospitality and multifamily operations; prior experience as the sole or first in-house lawyer at a growing firm.

Compensation & location

Base salary of $245,000-$350,000 depending on experience, plus a discretionary annual bonus targeting 25-40% of base tied to litigation outcomes, cost control, and firm performance, along with deal participation. The role is based in-office five days a week in Beverly Hills, with an immediate start date.