I am representing an AI-native legal practice built to deliver the most complex corporate, PE and commercial work faster and more precisely than the traditional market. We pair senior practitioners with proprietary technology that removes low-value process from legal practice entirely. SRA regulated. Fixed fee. Founded in 2025 and backed by tier-one VCs.
The role
This is a principal-level position, not a senior associate seat. You will own the firm’s most strategically significant commercial real estate mandates end-to-end, lead its highest-value client relationships, and work directly with the product and engineering team to shape how technology is applied to legal practice. The ceiling is set by output and ambition, not tenure.
What you’ll own
You will lead complex commercial real estate transactions from initial briefing through to completion, acting as the trusted first call for developer, investor and institutional clients. You will set the technical standard for the team — mentoring lawyers, leading reviews, and building the playbooks and precedent that form the firm’s institutional memory. You will also contribute directly to business development and the firm’s strategic direction.
What we’re looking for
- Minimum eight years’ PQE with a track record in commercial real estate at a top-tier firm or in a senior in-house role
- Qualified and in good standing with the SRA, State Bar of California, or New York State Bar
- Demonstrated ownership of senior client relationships from origination through to renewal, with commercial instincts to match your legal judgment
- A record of developing junior lawyers, with clear views on what good legal work looks like and how to teach it
- Genuine engagement with technology — not as a passive user, but as someone with opinions about the tools and a desire to shape them
- Comfortable in a small, ambitious team where the structure of your role is something you help define rather than inherit
- Written and verbal communication that holds up against any counterparty — clear, precise, persuasive
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