Partner-level Attorney (US)

We started Biztech Lawyers to provide our clients with the service they need, wherever and whatever that may be. It’s a bold statement for a boutique firm with ambitious and innovative clients. We already have a talented team in 5 countries on 4 continents, and we’re still growing.

As a tech-centric business law firm - think AI, FinTech, Robotics, IoT, AdTech/MarTech, Healthtech, CleanTech, BioTech, etc. - we are working with some of the leading companies in their fields as well as the disruptors. Our clients include startups and scaleups, established corporates, private equity firms, fund managers and angel and venture capital investors.

Most importantly. we are fiercely committed to creating an awesome team environment for both personal and professional achievement. This is your career, and our aim is to supercharge it through the people, the work, and the programs that fuel who we are.

The role:

We are actively seeking a seasoned Partner to help lead our US practice. You will work very closely with the Managing Director – Americas, attending to all of the same matters and taking on as much client-facing responsibility as capable. This role is ideal for a business-savvy legal professional eager to work closely with international founders, investors, and innovators, providing both strategic and technical legal counsel. We are open to someone based in a major US metro who can work independently and is open to occasional travel.

If you crave a challenge within a dynamic, remote-first environment and want to collaborate with a global network of colleagues who live and breathe tech, this is your opportunity.

• Be instrumental in helping lead our US practice, collaborating with colleagues across APAC and EMEA who have steered legal for rapidly growing ventures.

• Serve as a trusted legal and strategic advisor to investors, entrepreneurs and technology-focused businesses across corporate transactions, M&A, regulatory compliance, venture capital, debt financing and complex commercial agreements

• Drive business development for the firm in the US. For us, business development means using your network, being actively engaged in the start-up community, and thinking about what’s next for your current clients.

• Grow and mentor a team of talented lawyers servicing clients across our core solutions: Corporate, Commercial, Cyber & Data Privacy, Litigation, IP Protection, and Financing.

• Find creative and innovative solutions to client challenges, activating real growth across all facets of technology law.

• Act as an external General Counsel for select clients, advising on capital raises, HR structuring, and corporate governance matters.

• Take ownership of key client relationships and matters.

• Act as a trusted guide, enabling tech innovators to achieve their objectives.

• Embrace complex problem-solving, proactively driving meaningful results.

• Cultivate productive relationships internally and externally.
  Provide pragmatic, actionable legal advice, fostering collaboration within our diverse global team.
  
  You will bring:

• Our Partners require true excellence. You’ll have a track record as a 10-year+ PQE US-Qualified lawyer/attorney, Importantly you are a generalist passionate about the diverse challenges faced by tech clients yet come with deep expertise in your legal field, particularly areas like Corporate, Commercial, Cyber & Data Privacy, IP, or Financing.

• Our nice to have’s include being dual qualified in another jurisdiction, experience from both high-level external legal service (e.g., top-tier law or specialized boutique firms) and in-house roles and a robust professional network.

• You think critically, are intellectually curious, and a highly resourceful problem solver.

• Adept at understanding and integrating emerging technologies, particularly AI, into legal practice to enhance client solutions and firm efficiency.

• You’re a natural communicator who connects authentically with startup/scaleup founders and C-suite teams, understanding their unique challenges.

• You work creatively, finding pragmatic solutions even with incomplete information

• Proficiency in breaking down complexity and developing logical, actionable strategies.

• You possess a self-starter mentality, comfortable working independently, taking ownership, and driving results.

• Excellent organisational and time-management skills, valuing independence.

• You have a venturous, pioneering spirit ready to help lay the foundations for our success in the United States
  
  What else you need to know:

• Our MD is based in Charlottesville VA, with our US team across the East Coast. We can offer remote working at Partner level, with the knowledge some travel will be required.

• Competitive compensation with both a bonus package and profit share program.

• Benefits from day one (health, dental, life, 401k, progressive PTO…)

• Have kids? Undertaking further study? Live out of town? We get you! We can offer flexible work arrangements to work from home, a co-working space, or something that may work for you.

• Work with exceptional clients from high-growth start-ups to established tech companies to tech investors, often with an international element.

• Parental leave and a flexible return-to-work plan.