Assistant General Counsel

Assistant General Counsel

About Atomic Vest

We are a fast-growing, mission-driven company powering the expansion of financial services and wealth creation globally. We build critical financial infrastructure that allows consumer-facing companies to offer engaging investing experiences to their customers in a frictionless way. We host advanced investing capabilities ranging from ESG investing to multi-currency trading across 60 global markets. We are a team of financial empowerment enthusiasts that have come together from various industries including tech, banking, finance, and law.

The company has raised $55M in funding and is positioned to rapidly scale. Come join an exciting opportunity to make a lasting impact!
 
### About the role

We're looking for a Corporate Counsel to join Atomic's legal team and serve as a key partner to the General Counsel. You'll combine substantive legal analysis on cutting-edge fintech issues,; negotiating commercial contracts, managing disputes, and providing legal advice to the risk committee — with hands-on involvement in legal operations, including maintaining and improving our contract and vendor management database.

This role is about building depth and resilience in a legal department that today relies on a single senior attorney. You'll handle some of the legal work that keeps the business moving while being mentored by the General Counsel to assume increasingly more varied and interesting responsibilities. You will have the opportunity to further develop as a well-rounded in-house lawyer with exposure to commercial transactions, regulatory matters, mergers and acquisitions, legal operations, cross-border transactions, disputes, privacy and corporate governance.

Atomic is a remote-first company; candidates based in the US are required, with New York metro or San Francisco Bay Area a plus.
 
### Key Responsibilities

Business Support

- Serve as a legal point of contact for the internal teams, fielding requests and providing timely guidance
- Assist with regulatory projects and special initiatives as directed by the General Counsel, including international regulatory filings, mergers and acquisitions and applications for new permissions and activities
- Coordinate document preparation for regulatory submissions: notarization, apostille, assembly of exhibits, and formatting for filing requirements
- Provide backup to the General Counsel across all legal functions, ensuring continuity and coverage

Commercial Contracts

- Negotiate and review commercial contracts with partners, including master agreements and order forms
- Manage routine contract negotiations end-to-end, escalating non-standard terms or high-risk issues to the General Counsel
- Review new contracts against a standardized checklist covering payment terms, exit clauses, reserve provisions and enforcement mechanisms, flagging deviations for legal review
- Track and document modifications to standard contract terms, ensuring visibility to affected teams across Atomic

Disputes & Litigation Management

- Handle day-to-day dispute management, including demand letters, and pre-litigation matters
- Manage lower-complexity employment matters, coordinating with outside counsel when needed
- Track and respond to litigation deadlines, discovery requests, and regulatory inquiries
- Prepare legal analyses for the risk committee on matters requiring legal review

Legal Operations & Contract Database

- Maintain, improve, and expand the vendor and contract management database (Ivo platform), including partner agreements, order forms, and compliance records
- Develop automated reports on auto-renewal dates, termination windows, and other key contract metrics
- Partner with Compliance to align vendor due diligence workflows with the contract database
- Identify and implement process improvements to increase the efficiency of the legal function

Qualifications

- J.D. from an accredited law school
- 5 to 7 +years of experience in a corporate legal department, law firm, or mix of both ;
- Substantive knowledge and prior experience in one or more of the following: fintech, brokerage, investment advisory, banking, payments, crypto or financial services Experience in at least two (or more) of the following areas: commercial contracts, broker-dealer or investment advisor regulation, legal operations, mergers and acquisitions, cross border transactions, litigation/disputes, privacy, employment and corporate governance
- Familiarity with of contract and vendor management databases and CLM programs,Comfortable working independently and exercising sound judgment on when to escalate
- Ability to manage multiple matters and workstreams simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication skills for working cross-functionally with non-legal stakeholders
- Highly organized with the ability to develop and maintain standardized processes and checklists

Nice to Have

- Prior in-house experience, especially in fintech, brokerage, crypto, payments, banking, or financial services
- Familiarity with international regulatory filings and cross-border compliance requirements
- Knowledge of broker-dealer, RIA, or investment company regulatory frameworks
- Tech savvy with proficiency in the use of spreadsheets, powerpoints, data analytics, and AI to leverage productivity