Emerging Companies & Venture Capital Attorney Associate

Miami is no longer the "emerging" ecosystem. It's the ecosystem.The founders aren't flying to Sand Hill anymore. The capital moved here. Multi-stage funds opened South Florida offices. Latin American family offices are writing Series A checks out of Brickell. The pitch decks that used to get built in Palo Alto are getting built in Wynwood — and the lawyers papering those rounds should be here too.Except most of them aren't. Most Miami corporate groups are still structured for real estate, hospitality, and cross-border M&A. ECVC work gets treated as an occasional side matter, not a practice. You're either at a firm where you're the only associate who knows what a SAFE is, or you're at a Silicon Valley shop trying to service Miami clients from 3,000 miles away with a three-hour time difference.Neither of those is a career.A nationally ranked AmLaw firm with a deep, established Miami office is building out a dedicated emerging companies and venture capital practice. This is a real platform commitment — not a corporate generalist seat where ECVC is 20% of your docket. They want a mid-level who can grow with this market as the lead associate on the ground.The work includes:Advising founders and emerging companies from formation through exit — entity structuring, equity issuances, founder agreements, option plansDrafting and negotiating venture financings across the stack — SAFEs, convertible notes, NVCA Series Seed through Series D+ documentsRepresenting VC funds and strategic investors on the buy side of financingsCorporate governance counseling — board composition, protective provisions, stockholder dynamicsM&A exits, secondaries, and strategic transactions for portfolio companiesOutside general counsel work for high-growth private companiesWhat you bring:3-5 years of ECVC experience at a major law firmFluency with NVCA documents and the full venture financing lifecycleAbility to work both sides — company and investorFlorida bar (or willingness to obtain)What you get:A dedicated ECVC practice in the fastest-growing tech and capital market in the country — not a side desk inside a generalist corporate groupDirect founder and fund relationships at your levelA platform that's investing in this practice for the next decade, not testing it for six monthsCravath scale salary + bonusReach out here directly or send your resume confidentially to srushing@laterallink.com