Legal Associate, Finalis
Securities brokerage platform
Open for applications
Securities brokerage platform
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
Building the world’s largest private securities brokerage platform.
Role
Who you are
- 4–6 years of legal experience, ideally with exposure to both in-house and law firm environments
- Licensed attorney with strong knowledge of U.S. commercial law and financial services regulations (FINRA familiarity is a strong plus)
- Experience in contract negotiation, review, and management—particularly in a regulated or high-growth environment
- Strong written and spoken English with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proficient in Google Workspace; familiarity with legal ops tools like CLM platforms, Jira, or CRM systems is a plus
- Comfortable working independently, managing multiple priorities, and adjusting to a rapidly changing environment
- A proactive, solutions-oriented team player with excellent attention to detail and a high sense of ownership
What the job involves
- As a Legal Associate at Finalis, you will be a critical member of the Legal team, supporting the company's legal operations and helping ensure compliance in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Sitting between junior execution and senior legal strategy, this role combines hands-on legal work with cross-functional coordination, supporting both internal teams and client-facing legal needs
- You will collaborate closely with Legal, Compliance, Customer Success, and Growth teams to provide legal guidance, support contract lifecycle management, and maintain internal governance standards.
- You will also be involved in enhancing legal processes and tools to ensure scalability and efficiency as the company grows
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of legal agreements (e.g., NDAs, vendor contracts, engagement letters)
- Maintain, organize, and update contract templates and legal documentation, ensuring version control and regulatory compliance
- Support contract lifecycle management, including execution, storage, deadline tracking, and renewals
- Collaborate with Compliance to ensure regulatory alignment and policy adherence (especially FINRA-related)
- Act as a liaison across teams (Customer Success, Compliance, and Growth) to align legal workflows with business priorities
- Monitor and interpret relevant legal developments and support internal implementation of changes
- Help maintain Finalis’ centralized Document Management System (DMS) and legal knowledge base
- Support training and onboarding sessions to improve legal literacy across the company
- Review and provide input on transaction documents such as: Engagement Letters (buy-side and sell-side) Placement Agent Agreements Inter-Broker Agreements NDAs
- Engage in moderate complexity negotiations with clients and external stakeholders
- Assist in onboarding new clients from a legal perspective and respond to client questions with sound legal judgment
- Ensure legal documentation meets internal standards and compliance obligations
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of legal operations, including playbooks, process automation, and knowledge-sharing systems
- Identify process inefficiencies and propose improvements to optimize legal service delivery
- Escalate complex matters to senior legal leadership while providing preliminary analysis and context
Our take
Trillions of dollars are exchanged through M&A transactions. While the playbook is known for the lawyers and bankers involved, their workflow continues to be anchored in legacy systems like email and siloed spreadsheets hampering compliance and efficiency.
Finalis hopes to upend this market with an integrated private securities brokerage technology platform. The platform’s central offering is a Hub where banks can affiliate their FINRA licenses, dramatically reducing compliance headaches.
However, Finalis wants to go much further than that with a product suite automating much of the deal process. That means further features like deal rooms and prioritised collaboration opportunities.
While many of these transactions are ‘bread and butter’, stakeholders are reticent to change partially due to the billions of dollars at stake on a deal. However, Finalis’ team, with deep sector expertise and a commitment to the highest standards, stand a good chance of overcoming the inertia in the industry.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
158% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2022
$10.7m
SEED
Jul 2021
$10.7m
SEED
Total funding: $21.4m
Company benefits
- Flexible working hours
- 100% Remote work
- Generous paid vacation
- Personal growth budget
- Inclusive and diverse environment to develop your skills at its maximum potential
- Focus on your career growth
- Enriching learning and development opportunities
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Federico Baradello
(CEO)Attended Princeton University and Harvard University. J.D in Berkeley Law. London School of Economics PhD. Trained at Kirkland & Ellis.
Guido Barosio
(CTO)Stanford University. GSB: M&A, Technology Leadership & Innovation, Business and Management. Groupon LATAM CTO, Globant (LinkedIn.com, Lastminute.com). IAE Austral University, Mentor at NAVES and WISE. Chairman/Philanthropist at Bravo47.
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