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Remote Sr. Corporate Attorney

Orion Placement


Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 240000 - 350000
Posted: 22 August 2026 (29 days ago)
Application Deadline: 19 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Pay: $240000.00 - $350000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

  • Advise sophisticated businesses on complex high impact corporate and commercial matters.
  • Work fully remotely while joining a high level business law practice serving sophisticated clients.
  • Take meaningful ownership of transactions negotiations client relationships and strategic legal matters.
  • Work directly with business leaders and become a trusted advisor on important business decisions.
  • Handle diverse corporate matters rather than being limited to repetitive or narrowly defined assignments.
  • Earn highly competitive compensation with meaningful performance based bonus potential.
  • Join an entrepreneurial environment that rewards initiative strong judgment creativity and business minded thinking.

Location

Fully remote within the United States. We are primarily targeting attorneys based in major U.S. metropolitan legal markets. Candidates must maintain an active bar license in the state in which they reside.

Note

Candidates must have 5 years of substantive corporate or commercial law experience in private practice a J.D. from a Top 100 U.S. law school and an active bar license in their state of residence. We are seeking attorneys with sophisticated experience advising businesses on corporate transactions commercial agreements governance and related business matters.

About Us

We are a sophisticated business law practice advising companies entrepreneurs executives and investors on complex corporate and commercial matters. Our attorneys combine strong technical legal skills with practical business judgment and an entrepreneurial approach to solving challenging problems. We value talented attorneys who want sophisticated work meaningful client responsibility and the flexibility of a remote practice. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

  • Advise sophisticated business clients on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters.
  • Structure draft review and negotiate complex commercial agreements and business transactions.
  • Counsel clients on corporate governance entity structuring strategic transactions and day to day business matters.
  • Support mergers acquisitions investments financings and other sophisticated transactions as applicable.
  • Manage transactions from initial structuring and diligence through negotiation and closing.
  • Identify legal and business risks and develop practical solutions aligned with client objectives.
  • Work directly with executives founders investors and other business decision makers.
  • Collaborate with attorneys across practice areas to provide comprehensive client solutions.
  • Independently manage multiple sophisticated matters while maintaining exceptional work quality.
  • Build trusted client relationships through responsive strategic and commercially focused advice.

Qualifications

  • 5 years of corporate commercial or business transactional law experience.
  • Current private practice law firm experience strongly preferred.
  • J.D. from a Top 100 U.S. law school.
  • Active bar license in the state where you reside.
  • Strong commercial contract drafting and negotiation experience.
  • Excellent analytical drafting communication and problem solving skills.
  • Experience advising sophisticated business clients.
  • Experience at a highly regarded midsize Am Law or Big Law firm strongly preferred.
  • M&A private equity venture capital financing or other transactional experience is highly valued.
  • Ability to independently manage sophisticated client matters.
  • Strong business judgment and a practical solutions oriented approach.
  • Portable business is welcome but not required.

Why You Will Love Working Here

You will have the opportunity to perform sophisticated corporate work while maintaining the flexibility of a fully remote practice. Attorneys are trusted with meaningful responsibility direct client exposure complex transactions and opportunities to become true strategic advisors. We value intelligence initiative business judgment collaboration and attorneys who want to make a meaningful impact for their clients.

JPC-1822

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Dental insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement plan
  • Vision insurance

Moving forward please ask candidates the following questions AFTER submitting AND send to client as a follow up email
1. What specifically interests you about this opportunity and Salt Law Group
2. How do you see your background and experience contributing to this role
3. Why do you believe this position is the right next step in your career
7/12 update: Candidates must have private practice experience to be submitted (worked at law firms etc) do not submit attorneys coming from public in house government etc

Requirements: Must-have: Remote (can live anywhere) bar license in any state 5 yrs of corporate or commercial transactional law exp Must have graduated from top 100 law school (reference list HERE)

  • Required Years as Associate 5
  • Additional context: Relocation- no Packages - no

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  • Client job title: Corporate & Commercial Attorney
  • Location: Fully remote within the United States
  • On-site hybrid remote: Remote
  • Experience: 5 years
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