[Hiring] Corporate Associate / Counsel @Scale LLP

Role Description

Scale LLP, a national, fully distributed law firm, is inviting experienced attorneys to join its growing national practice. We are a firm built for high-performing attorneys who want the freedom to shape and grow their practices without the bureaucracy and overhead of traditional Big Law.

We are looking for a Corporate Associate based in the United States to support our Corporate & Securities Group. This role offers something rare: as a Scale Associate, you will have the opportunity to work directly with world-class attorneys who have practiced both in-house as Public Company GCs and in BigLaw, domestically and internationally. This opportunity involves substantial client contact and professional growth and mentoring through exposure to a wide variety of deals across clients in the defense tech, AI, and Space tech areas.

If you want to build your practice with real guidance and hands-on client exposure, this is the opportunity.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of substantive, hands-on, law firm experience in client-facing roles
• General corporate representation, entity formation, and corporate governance
• Mergers and acquisitions (including due diligence and transaction documentation)
• Meaningful experience with venture financing transactions and general corporate matters for emerging companies of all stages
• Public company reporting and SEC compliance, and business succession planning

Requirements

• Ability to work directly with clients and provide legal guidance
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to professional growth and development

Benefits

• Good-faith base salary range of $165,000-$205,000, based on experience
• Quarterly bonus for staying on track to meet productivity targets
• Total compensation estimated in the range of $280,000 - $330,000 at 1,800 billable hours
• Full benefits package and flexibility of Scale LLP’s distributed law firm model
• Career track emphasizing advancement, leadership opportunities, and broad exposure across the full spectrum of Corporate matters
• Opportunities for connection, mentoring, best practice sharing, and client development