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# Deputy General Counsel, New York, NY (1007-SLS) at Solutus Legal Search

- **Company:** Solutus Legal Search
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/solutuslegal/392e2de7-eca4-48e6-80c9-cfd43ad81fb8

## Job description

Our client, one of the nation’s leading and highest-performing public charter school networks, is seeking a Deputy General Counsel to help lead its legal function during a period of significant growth and expansion. This is a highly visible leadership position reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer. This attorney will also lead a team of high performing attorneys.

The Deputy General Counsel will oversee the organization’s corporate legal function, including commercial transactions, corporate governance, finance, intellectual property, real estate, procurement, and other enterprise-level legal matters. The successful candidate will also play an important role in managing and developing the legal team and modernizing the department’s operations through technology, automation, and artificial intelligence.

The organization is founder-led, entrepreneurial, and intensely mission-driven, with a culture characterized by high expectations, intellectual rigor, direct feedback, accountability, and a strong bias toward action. The ideal candidate will be a sophisticated corporate generalist and proven legal leader who thrives in a fast-moving environment and brings the judgment, adaptability, and operational mindset to help build a highly effective legal function.

Responsibilities include:

- Serve as a senior advisor and key partner to the Chief Legal Officer, helping lead the legal department and establish its strategic and operational priorities.
- Oversee the organization’s corporate legal matters, including commercial agreements, procurement, finance, intellectual property, tax, corporate governance, and other enterprise-level transactions.
- Manage, mentor, and develop a team of attorneys and legal professionals, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and collaboration.
- Advise on complex corporate structures, governance matters, and relationships among affiliated entities, foundations, and boards.
- Provide legal guidance on significant financing, real estate, facilities, philanthropic, and strategic initiatives, including geographic expansion.
- Partner with senior executives and business leaders to provide practical, commercially oriented legal advice that supports organizational objectives.
- Lead the modernization of legal operations through contract management systems, legal intake processes, workflow automation, and AI-enabled tools.
- Develop scalable processes, reporting systems, and knowledge-management tools to improve efficiency, track legal matters, and support data-driven decision-making.
- Help establish clear responsibilities and effective coordination across legal functions.
- Manage outside counsel and represent the legal function in senior leadership discussions, contributing to broader organizational strategy and decision-making.

Qualifications:

- J.D. from a highly regarded law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
- At least 8 years of significant legal experience, including in house experience and training at a leading law firm.
- Strong background as a corporate generalist, with meaningful experience across commercial transactions, corporate governance, finance, and other business-related legal matters.
- Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and developing attorneys and other legal professionals.
- Experience helping lead or manage a legal department, including responsibility for improving processes, workflows, and organizational effectiveness.
- Hands-on experience implementing legal technology, automation, or AI-enabled workflows to improve legal department efficiency and service delivery.
- Strong commercial judgment and the ability to advise senior executives on complex legal and business issues.
- Experience with sophisticated corporate structures, financing transactions, real estate, intellectual property, or related enterprise legal matters is highly desirable.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Strong executive presence, communication skills, and the ability to develop credibility with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, operate independently, and deliver results in a demanding, fast-paced environment.

Prior experience in education, charter schools, or the nonprofit sector is not required. Our client is particularly interested in accomplished corporate attorneys from sophisticated business environments who bring strong legal training, broad commercial experience, and a demonstrated ability to lead people and improve legal operations.

This position is based in New York City, at the organization’s offices in the Wall Street area of Lower Manhattan. The role requires in-office attendance three days per week.

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $300,000–$340,000 plus an annual bonus, depending on experience and qualifications. The organization offers a competitive employee benefits package.

This is an opportunity to join a highly successful, mission-driven organization at a pivotal stage in its development. With an established presence in New York City and ambitious plans for geographic expansion, the organization is investing in the leadership, infrastructure, and capabilities necessary to support its continued growth.

For an accomplished corporate attorney who values excellence, embraces an entrepreneurial culture, and is motivated by the opportunity to make a lasting impact, this is a distinctive leadership opportunity.

Solutus Legal Search has been exclusively retained for this search. Resumes submitted directly to our client will be forwarded to Solutus for review and evaluation.

Ref. #1007-SLS

## About Solutus Legal Search

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Solutus Legal Search is a concierge legal search boutique that specializes in the permanent placement of lawyers in corporations and law firms, offering tailored search strategies for each client’s unique hiring needs.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Bootstrapped)
- **Headquarters**: Redwood City, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2000
- **Founders**: Julie Q. Brush (Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Legal Services (Legal Recruitment / Staffing)
- Target customers: B2B – corporations (in-house legal departments from emerging growth to public companies) and law firms (large firms and boutiques).
- Mission or purpose: Deliver premium legal search and consulting services with precision and a holistic, career‑focused approach for both clients and candidates.

## Products & Services
- **[In‑House Search]**: Retained search for corporate legal departments at all seniority levels (Corporate Counsel to General Counsel). Clients range from Series A startups to large public companies across all industries globally. Service type: Retained search / consulting.
- **[Law Firm Search]**: Lateral partner and associate placements, including individual and group partner moves, for large law firms and boutiques. Service type: Retained search.
- **[Candidate Services]**: Strategic career advisory for attorneys seeking job changes or ongoing career guidance, including job opportunities and personalized roadmaps. Service type: Career consulting.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $17.9M (estimated, as of latest available data) [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/solutus-legal-search)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors; privately held. Partners include a broad network of corporate legal departments and law firms.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - 68% diversity placement rate
  - Average placement time of 38 days from start to offer
  - Offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Seattle
  - Over 1,000 placements made since founding
  - 90 years of combined experience on the team
  - Year‑over‑year job postings increased 50% (though headcount declined 8.3% to 5 employees) [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/solutus-legal-search)

## Competitive Advantages
- All recruiters are former lawyers who practiced at top law firms, giving them deep legal market knowledge, candidate assessment expertise, and extensive networks.
- Holistic, career‑focused approach with candidates – they act as strategic advisors, not just placement agents.
- Boutique, concierge‑style service with a proven track record (68% diversity placements, 38‑day average placement cycle).
- Longevity and reputation: over two decades in the legal search industry.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue to provide premium, retained legal search and consulting services for both corporate and law firm clients.
- Maintain a strong emphasis on diversity hiring and holistic candidate career strategy.
- Expand reach across geographies (already covering multiple U.S. markets) and adapt to remote/hybrid work trends.

## Why Work Here
- Work with a small, experienced team of former lawyers who are deeply invested in candidate and client success.
- Culture emphasizes diversity (68% of placements are diverse) and long‑term career guidance.
- Remote and hybrid roles available; job postings include fully remote, hybrid, and on‑site positions (e.g., Senior Product Counsel – Hybrid San Francisco, Senior Commercial Counsel – Remote USA) [jobs.lever.co/solutuslegal](https://jobs.lever.co/solutuslegal).
- Opportunity to work with high‑profile legal departments and law firms across industries.
- The firm uses AI tools to support resume screening but retains human judgment in final hiring decisions.

## Sources
1. [solutuslegal.com](https://solutuslegal.com/)
2. [solutuslegal.com/about-us](https://solutuslegal.com/about-us/)
3. [linkedin.com/company/solutus-legal-search](https://linkedin.com/company/solutus-legal-search)
4. [jobs.lever.co/solutuslegal](https://jobs.lever.co/solutuslegal)
5. [solutuslegal.com/jobs](https://solutuslegal.com/jobs/)

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