--- title: 'Associate Counsel, Commercial Retail at Clear Street' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/associate-counsel-commercial-retail-clear-street-new-york-87djxdvqsg9q' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-13' --- # Associate Counsel, Commercial Retail at Clear Street - **Company:** Clear Street - **Location:** New York, NY - **Posted:** 2026-10-05 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/clearstreet/jobs/8256730 ## Job description About Clear Street: Clear Street’s mission is to give every sophisticated investor access to every asset, in every market, through a unified platform built for speed, transparency and scale. We give our clients the technology, tools, and service once reserved for the largest institutions, rebuilt with modern infrastructure. Our single, cloud-native, end-to-end capital markets platform powers investor growth today and is transforming how they can interact with markets tomorrow. For more information, visit https://clearstreet.io. ## About the role Clear Street is building a modern retail brokerage business, bringing institutional infrastructure and technology to individual investors and active traders. As we scale, we’re expanding our partnerships, marketing, distribution and technology relationships. We’re looking for a Counsel, Commercial (Retail) to advise on and negotiate the growing volume of agreements supporting that expansion. You will serve as the lead commercial lawyer for Retail and report to the General Counsel. You will advise Retail leadership, draft and negotiate agreements from term sheet through signature and renewal, and work closely with Compliance, Finance, Privacy and Information Security to manage legal risk. This role suits a pragmatic lawyer who combines strong drafting and negotiating skills with sound business judgment. You will work independently within established playbooks, escalate novel or high-risk issues to the General Counsel, and help Retail move quickly without taking on unnecessary risk. ## What you’ll do - Draft and negotiate a high-volume pipeline of commercial agreements across partnerships, affiliates, creators, paid media, creative production, agencies, events and technology vendors. - Draft and negotiate contracts, statements of work, amendments and NDAs, and develop the playbooks and templates that guide Retail’s routine contracting. - Review incoming agreements and counterparty redlines and set negotiating positions within the playbook. Escalate terms outside the playbook to the General Counsel. - Advise business owners on deal structure, risk allocation, scope, deliverables, pricing and payment terms. - Advise on exclusivity, intellectual property, content usage rights, data sharing, indemnification, limitation of liability, and termination and renewal provisions. - Work with Compliance, Finance, Procurement, Privacy and Information Security to resolve legal issues and confirm that the right approvals are in place. - Partner with Compliance on the legal aspects of advertising, creator campaigns, testimonials and promotions. - Counsel Retail leadership on emerging legal issues and business risks as the business grows and enters new channels. ## What we’re looking for - D. from an accredited law school and admission to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (New York preferred). - Approximately 3–5 years of relevant experience as a commercial or transactional attorney, at a law firm or in-house, ideally in fintech, brokerage, consumer technology, digital media or advertising. - Direct experience negotiating marketing, partnership, agency and vendor agreements. - Strong drafting and negotiating skills, with close attention to commercial detail. - A track record of managing a substantial matter load independently and prioritizing across competing demands. - Sound judgment on risk: you know when to accept a position, when to push back and when to escalate. - Confidence advising business leaders and negotiating with counterparties and external counsel. - A proactive working style: you spot issues early, propose practical solutions and take responsibility for results. Especially valuable - Experience at a startup or business undergoing rapid expansion. - Familiarity with affiliate marketing, influencer agreements, media buying and creative licensing. - Experience working alongside Legal and Compliance teams in financial services. - Experience with technology, data and privacy-related commercial terms. What success looks like - Retail leadership receives clear, timely and practical legal advice. - Routine agreements within the playbook close quickly. - Complex agreements close on favorable, well-documented terms, with material risks identified and escalated appropriately. - Legal, Compliance and other stakeholders align early on issues, which reduces rework and delay. - Legal support for Retail scales with deal volume without sacrificing quality. We Offer: The Base Salary Range for this role is $200,000-$250,000. This range is representative of the starting base salaries for this role at Clear Street. Where a candidate falls in this range will be based on job related factors such as relevant experience, skills, and location. This range represents Base Salary only, which is just one element of Clear Street's total compensation. The range stated does not include other factors of total compensation such as bonuses or equity. At Clear Street, we offer competitive compensation packages, company equity, 401k matching, gender neutral parental leave, and full medical, dental and vision insurance. Our belief has always been that we are better as a business when we are all together in person. As such, we are requiring employees to be in the office 4 days per week. In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, a great location, and amazing views. Our top priority is our people. We’re continuously investing in a culture that promotes collaboration. We help each other through challenges and celebrate each other's successes. We believe that modern workplaces succeed by virtue of having high-performance workforces that are diverse — in ideas, in cultures, and in experiences. We put in the effort to make such a workplace a daily reality and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. #LIHYBRID ## About Clear Street ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Clear Street is a diversified financial services firm replacing legacy capital markets infrastructure with a modern, cloud-native, API-first clearing and custody platform. - **Entity Type**: Private (Funding Stage: Series B) - **Headquarters**: New York, United States - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Kenneth Sicklick, Alex Lawton, John D’Agostini, Andy Volz ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services, Capital Markets, Fintech - **Target customers**: Sophisticated individual traders, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, broker-dealers, ETF issuers, family offices, corporate issuers, traditional and alternative asset managers, and investors [clearstreet.io](https://clearstreet.io/) - **Mission**: To give every sophisticated investor access to every asset, in every market, through a unified platform built for speed, transparency, and scale [clearstreet.io](https://clearstreet.io/careers) ## Products & Services - **Clear Street Platform**: A single, cloud-native, end-to-end capital markets platform that provides clearing, custody, execution, and financing services for U.S. equities, options, and fixed-income. The platform is API-based and AI-enhanced, offering horizontally scalable technology with real-time data and risk management [clearstreet.io](https://clearstreet.io/). ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Total Funding**: $1.0 billion in capital raised [clearstreet.io](https://clearstreet.io/about). - **Key Metrics**: - **Customer Balances**: ~$28.4 billion - **Notional Traded Per Day**: ~$16 billion - **Shares Traded Per Day**: ~550 million - **Transaction Growth**: 94% year-over-year - **Institutional Clients**: ~700 - **Employees**: 800+ worldwide [clearstreet.io](https://clearstreet.io/about) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not explicitly listed in the provided search results, but the company has raised significant capital from institutional investors. ## Competitive Advantages - **Modern Infrastructure**: Replaces legacy, mainframe-based systems with a cloud-native, horizontally scalable platform, providing significant cost and efficiency advantages. - **Single Source of Truth**: All data, risk management, and operations are held in a single system, minimizing risk and operational friction for clients. - **Multi-Asset Support**: Platform is built to handle multiple asset classes (equities, options, fixed-income, and expanding to futures, FX, etc.) on a unified system. - **API-First Design**: A modern API-first approach allows for seamless integration and automation for sophisticated clients. ## Strategic Focus - **Global Expansion**: Recently expanded into the Asia-Pacific region with the acquisition of Boom Securities and has a growing presence in Europe and the UK [clearstreet.io](https://www.clearstreet.io/news/blog/engineering-at-a-mission-driven-fintech). - **Product Expansion**: Continuously adding new asset classes and services to the platform, aiming to serve a wider variety of investor types. - **Talent Acquisition**: Actively hiring across engineering, trading, and corporate services to support rapid growth. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven**: Employees are united by a clear mission to modernize the financial ecosystem. This mission directly drives daily work and aligns business, operations, and technology goals [clearstreet.io](https://www.clearstreet.io/news/blog/engineering-at-a-mission-driven-fintech). - **High-Impact Engineering**: With 150+ engineers, the tech team is building core financial infrastructure from the ground up, offering the chance to work on complex, high-stakes problems. - **Culture & Values**: The company emphasizes integrity, thinking big, a competitive drive to win, client-centricity, and teamwork. It has been recognized as a "Best Place to Work" [clearstreet.io](https://clearstreet.io/careers). - **Global Presence with 18 Office Locations**: Employees can work from hubs in New York (HQ), London, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and many other cities across the US, Europe, and Asia [clearstreet.io](https://clearstreet.io/careers). - **Top Talent**: The company is composed of top talent from both Wall Street and Silicon Valley, creating a unique and high-performance environment [clearstreet.io](https://clearstreet.io/careers). ## Sources 1. [clearstreet.io - About](https://www.clearstreet.io/about) 2. [clearstreet.io - Homepage](https://clearstreet.io/) 3. [clearstreet.io - Careers](https://clearstreet.io/careers) 4. [LinkedIn - Clear Street](https://www.linkedin.com/company/clear-street) 5. 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