Corporate Counsel

About Us

Avenue One is a service platform and marketplace that enables investors to access single-family rental residential assets by connecting an ecosystem of boots-on-the-ground, local partners to institutional capital. We are in the business of partnerships—finding, vetting, and empowering local experts nationwide to broker, find, buy, renovate, lease, manage, and sell properties on behalf of our clients. We coordinate the efforts of our partners through a proprietary technology stack. This system takes in huge amounts of data at national and local levels, which, combined with information about each individual property, gives us and our partners a competitive advantage in pricing, speed, and scale. The technology is constantly evolving, but it can only be as good as our team that drives it, which is where you come in.

Avenue One provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Location

• Based anywhere in the U.S. but primarily working and available during ET business hours.
• Occasional trips to New York headquarters or to other locations for company events or meetings

Experience / Qualifications

• Minimum of 4-6 years of law firm and/or in-house experience with at least some in-house experience preferred
• Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• Experience with (i) drafting and negotiating diverse vendor and service (including SaaS) agreements, (ii) vendor risk management, and (iii) licensing, regulatory, compliance, and privacy matters
• Confident negotiating and drafting diverse non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements (NDAs)
• Real estate transactional experience, including purchases and sales, financings, securitizations, broker transactions, and related agreements; familiarity with construction, brokerage, property management, and landlord-tenant matters a plus
• Experience as an in-house generalist, preferably with broad exposure to commercial contracts and transactions, litigation, consumer regulatory matters, corporate governance, labor/employment, and/or data and intellectual property matters
• High ethical, professional, and governance standards, willing to ask questions and raise concerns
• Enthusiastic and hardworking self-starter, with ability to work efficiently, independently, flexibly, and creatively
• Excellent writing, research, communication, critical thinking, and organizational skills, with high attention to detail
• Proficient (or willing to become proficient) with company and team applications and tools, including Google Workspace, Office, Slack, Workshare, Monday.com, Lucid, Adobe Pro, DocuSign, Carta, Box.com, Drata, Confluence, and others
• Team-first mindset—accountable, highly collaborative, communicative, and supportive teammate
• Ability to multitask and prioritize assignments while providing status updates to team members and other stakeholders

Job Description

• Lead and oversee the vendor management lifecycle for the legal/compliance team, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating vendor and service provider agreements, ensuring compliance with company policies, collaborating with finance, and facilitating vendor onboardings and offboardings
• Collaborate closely with teams across the business, focusing on transactions, NDAs, diverse contracts, and counterparty matters
• Review, analyze, and draft various agreements, term sheets, and other documents and instruments
• Advise on and assist with diverse matters relating to investing in, financing, and managing real estate
• Assist with asset purchases and sales, financings, securitizations, and other capital markets activity
• Interact with investor clients, external counsel, brokers, title companies, property managers, and various vendor partners
• Support KYC/due diligence, onboarding, and ongoing oversight of diverse service providers
• Help maintain comprehensive, up to date, and well-organized legal and corporate governance records
• Handle various organizational, governance, and operational tasks and special projects

 Salary Range

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $150,000 to $200,000 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

 Compensation / Benefits / Culture

• Competitive compensation
• Company-paid Medical, Vision, Dental, and wellness benefits for employees and dependents
• Company-provided home office equipment
• Flexible vacation and sick days
• Team-oriented and supportive working environment
• Company-sponsored events and SWAG