Legal Associate, Doma
$72.8-136.9k
+ Bonus
2-3 days a week in office
Architecting the future of real estate transactions
Open for applications
Architecting the future of real estate transactions
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$72.8-136.9k
+ Bonus
2-3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To remove the friction and frustration from real estate transactions.
Role
Who you are
- Doma Technology seeks a savvy, motivated, and organizationally effective legal associate who is hungry to help power rapid growth of the company’s transformative technology and service offering within the company’s risk appetite
- Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
- 1-2 years of experience (in-house counsel or law firm)
- Preferred 2-4 years of experience
- Admission to practice in at least one state, preferably California
- Ability to provide accurate, relevant, timely, and clear advice to General Counsel and business partners
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Obsessive attention to detail and very high commitment to accuracy, thoroughness, and polish of work
- Sound judgment and the ability to source and evaluate various potential courses of action fairly
- A self-starter who can work well collaboratively, deliver on commitments, prioritize assignments, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Organizational effectiveness: you readily perceive how to get things done in a variety of business settings, and can independently function to achieve objectives while preserving strong relationships and influence
- Integrity, openness and transparency
- Humility and service: consultative and supportive approach to partnership
- Willingness and ability to learn Doma Technology business, including the basics of the product line; regulatory environment; basics of analytic and software development and deployment; end-user applications of products and services
- Strong computer skills, specifically with Microsoft Office products
- Bonus points: Familiarity with the business of title insurance or settlement agency responsibilities and regulation
What the job involves
- The Legal Associate will have a unique opportunity to see the impact of their contributions across the full spectrum of company matters at a fast-growing technology startup
- Doma Technology has an only-of-its-kind risk decisioning algorithm that we license to partners, paired with a settlement services offering we contract to lenders
- The Legal Associate will spend significant time protecting the company’s interests through contracting and intellectual property matters
- The Legal Associate will report to the General Counsel and will collaborate to support the legal function across all company matters including labor and employment, corporate litigation, office leases and subleases, corporate governance and licensing, insurance, and other matters that may arise
- This is a highly dynamic role, where the legal issues crossing your desk every day will be numerous, interesting, and develop both your existing competencies and new knowledge
- This is a highly collaborative role, where you will work directly with executive leadership, outside counsel, and commercial partners
- Primary responsibility for:
- Contract review and renewal management
- Corporate insurance matters
- Privacy matters
- Support General Counsel with a wide scope of corporate matters including:
- Labor and employment
- Corporate litigation
- Intellectual property
- Office leases and subleases
- Work with compliance team on:
- Corporate governance activities
- Company licensing activities
- Legal and legislative research in support of the company’s innovation agenda
- Company policies and procedures
- Engage and coordinate with outside counsel as needed, while minimizing expenses
- Work Location: Hybrid, 2-3 days per week in our San Francisco office
- Other duties as assigned
Our take
Closing real estate deals is a process fraught with delays and complications. To date, however, the real estate market has been slow to take advantage of the kind of tech innovations that have transformed finance and retail. Doma is one of an increasing number of startups looking to make a change. Previously known as States Title, Doma’s machine learning technology is designed to make every aspect of closing and escrow quick and simple.
Doma is delivering on its ambition, too. Its technology can reportedly shrink title processing time from five days to one minute, and mortgage processing from fifty days to fewer than seven. This game-changing efficiency continues to win the company some of the country’s largest mortgage lenders as clients, giving Doma strong ballast going forward to expand into new areas like home warranties and appraisals.
The company went public in 2021, and whilst it was a deal valued at $3B, Doma has since seen a significant decline in its valuation. Nonetheless, it is making active efforts to move forward, recently announcing a home equity financing offering built for lenders.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2020
$123m
SERIES C
Jun 2019
$25m
SERIES B
Total funding: $178.2m
Company benefits
- We fully support the career development of our team and provide access to development opportunities at all levels
- We offer multiple coverage options so you can find the right fit for your health care, vision, dental, 401K, life insurance, and AD&D plans
- We offer generous paid time off and family leave, as well as flexible working options for many roles
Company values
- Customer Obsessed - We always put our customers first
- Solution Driven - We solve problems other people are afraid to
- People Leaders - We grow all of our people into leaders
- One Team - We believe inclusion and teamwork produce the best results
- Direct with Respect - We communicate with honesty and respect to our colleagues, customers, and partners
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Max Simkoff
(CEO)They co-founded InvestRX and Saas company Evolv. They currently sit on the board of JVS.
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