Head of Legal, Perchwell
$190-235k
+ Equity
4+ days a week in office (SoHo, NY)
Data & workflow platform for residential real estate
Open for applications
Data & workflow platform for residential real estate
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$190-235k
+ Equity
4+ days a week in office (SoHo, NY)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower agents with the next generation of tools to serve their clients and grow their businesses to new heights.
Role
Who you are
- This role requires a strong understanding of enterprise commercial contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, and risk management
- You need to have a strong sense of ownership, are inquisitive and enthusiastic about complex data and software solutions, enjoy being continually challenged, and can demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and admission to the bar in New York State
- 8+ years as an attorney, with a mix of big law firm and in-house experience, preferably in high-growth B2B SaaS startups
- Ability to drive/own commercial contracting and relevant operational components
- History of selective transactional work ie. fundraising rounds though specifically with M&A as buy vs. build
- Ability to think structurally and communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Proven track record of providing strategic legal advice to senior leadership
Desirable
- Domain expertise in the residential real estate market
What the job involves
- We are looking for a strategic, business-minded, driven legal expert to build legal at Perchwell
- As Perchwell’s Head of Legal, you will be responsible for overseeing all legal matters for Perchwell and play a pivotal role in facilitating the future growth of the company.
- You’ll be the primary legal advisor providing strategic guidance that drives business objectives and guiding our commercial agreements and product matters while ensuring regulatory compliance
- Contracting: Oversee the drafting, review, and negotiation of all contracts, including complex commercial contracts with enterprise customers and vendor contracts
- Strategic Legal Counsel: Provide proactive and strategic legal advice to the executive team and business leaders on a wide range of legal matters, including startup corporate governance, commercial transactions, data privacy, and employment law
- Ensure compliance with state regulations
- Provide expert, ethical, and pragmatic legal advice on various matters as a cross functional business partner to departments, notably People, Product, Security & GTM
- Understand and learn about the evolving legal structures in the US residential real estate technology landscape
Our take
The real estate industry was initially slow to get on the tech-drive, but the last few years have seen a groundswell of demand from professionals for tools that allow them to save time and labor doing the “background” work that leads to closing transactions. Perchwell’s end-to-end workflow platform capitalises on this.
Its services allow real estate agents, mortgage brokers and multiple listing services (MLSs) to more easily manage distributed data, access market research and work with clients via one API. Perchwell launched in 2015 and showed encouraging growth in New York City, eventually winning the custom of the Real Estate Board of New York, as well as major private companies like Sotheby’s.
Founded in New York, Perchwell received $25 million from Multiple Listing Service company REcolorado in 2024, after expanding the former's customer base to REcolorado clients in 2022. The aim for Perchwell now is accelerating the growth of its customer base, whilst developing its AI data and workflow capabilities for real estate agents.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2024
$25m
SERIES B
Oct 2022
$15m
SERIES A
Total funding: $55m
Company benefits
- Health, dental, vision, spending accounts
- 401K match
- Unlimited time off
- Annual On-site Events in NYC
- Maternity leave
- HSA and FSA options
Company values
- Innovation: Perchwell values innovation and encourages employees to think outside the box to create new and better solutions for the real estate industry
- Collaboration: Collaboration is key at Perchwell, where teamwork and open communication are essential to achieving success
- Transparency: Perchwell believes in transparency and honesty, both in its business practices and in its relationships with employees and clients
- Continuous Improvement: Perchwell is committed to continuous improvement, always striving to learn and grow in order to provide the best possible service to its clients
Company HQ
SoHo, New York, NY
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Leadership
Brendan Fairbanks
(CEO)Former Investment Banking Analyst at Deutsche Bank and former Private Equity Associate at First Reserve.
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