Role at a glance
- Job function
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Legal & Compliance Attorneys & Legal Counsel
- Salary
- $220K – $270K/yr
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Work arrangement
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
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Qualifications
Required: JD and a license in good standing to practice in California or New York; at least 4 years of relevant M&A experience, including at least 4 years in a top-tier law firm’s M&A group. Strong communication, judgment, strategic thinking, collaboration, ownership, and ability to manage competing priorities are also required.
Preferred
- Preferably a 5th year+ associate.
- Buy-side experience representing fast-growing technology companies.
About the role
Original posting provided by Harvey
Why Harvey
At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.
Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.
At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.
Role Overview
Harvey is hiring a M&A Counsel to execute on complex, high-impact M&A transactions , while supporting adjacent corporate and partnerships legal needs.
This role is ideal for an experienced M&A lawyer who can own and drive M&A work streams end-to-end with minimal oversight, build Harvey’s M&A playbook and design scalable, AI-forward legal processes, and partner cross-functionally to execute Harvey’s acquisition strategy.
What You'll Do
Execute on M&A and other strategic transactions, including due diligence, structuring deal structures and term sheets, drafting and reviewing definitive agreements and negotiating key legal and business terms, managing signing, closing and post-closing integration, and overseeing outside counsel
Design, implement, and continuously improve scalable legal processes, templates, and playbooks to drive efficiency, consistency, and best practices across M&A and other strategic transactions
Act as a trusted business partner to stakeholders across the company, including Corp Dev, Finance, People, Product, and Operations
Support adjacent corporate matters as needed, including entity management, employment and compensation, real estate, and insurance
What You Have
JD degree and licensed to practice in either California or New York in good standing
4-6+ years of relevant legal experience in M&A transactions and the ability to flex across adjacent corporate matters
At least 4 years in the M&A group of a top-tier law firm, preferably as a 5th year+ associate and with buy-side experience representing fast-growing technology companies
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage competing priorities, and think creatively and strategically under tight timelines
Team-focused and collaborative working style; strong sense of ownership and comfort operating independently in a rapidly evolving practice
Exceptional communication skills and intellectual curiosity, with the ability to drive stakeholder alignment, exercise sound judgment and provide solutions-oriented legal advice
Compensation
$220,000 - $270,000 USD
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About the company
Harvey
Startup
Harvey is an innovative technology company focused on streamlining the recruitment process through cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions. By leveraging data-driven insights, Harvey enhances the connection between employers and job seekers, making it easier for companies to find the right talent efficiently. With a commitment to improving the hiring experience for both candidates and organizations, Harvey is at the forefront of transforming traditional recruitment methods into a more effective, user-friendly approach.