Senior Contracts Lawyer

The Team You'll Work With

You'll be joining Carta Law's UK Contracts team as a subject-matter expert in pre-M&A contract law. Carta Law is the largest AI-native law firm for private capital, born from the combination of Avantia Law and Carta. Our lawyers and paralegals work alongside embedded AI agents to deliver investor onboarding, transaction KYC, and high-volume legal work with a speed and consistency traditional firms can't match. As a Senior Contract Lawyer, you'll lead high-value negotiations, own key client relationships, and play a significant role in developing our more junior lawyers and the wider paralegal team.

The Problems You'll Solve

At Carta, our employees set out on a mission to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places. We believe that the problems we solve today unlock the opportunities of tomorrow. As a Senior Contract Lawyer, you'll work to:

• Lead the negotiation of high-value, complex pre-M&A contracts and multi-party agreements across the client portfolio.
• Own and independently manage key client relationships with sophisticated investment fund and asset manager clients.
• Manage external counsel instructions and supervision across relevant matters.
• Drive continuous improvement of Carta's legal technology suite, including Carta Ava — identifying, piloting, and embedding new capabilities.
• Mentor and develop E4 Contract Lawyers and senior paralegals, reviewing their work and providing structured feedback.
• Own and evolve the firm-wide standard clause library and cross-client playbook framework.

About You

• Senior practitioner. You're licensed to practise law in the UK, Europe, US, or Canada, with 5+ PQE.
• Complex negotiator. You have a track record independently leading complex pre-M&A negotiations, including cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters.
• Trusted advisor. You build and sustain trusted advisor status with sophisticated financial services clients and lead senior stakeholder engagement.
• Tech innovator. You're an expert user of Carta Ava, HighQ, and CLM/e-signature platforms, and you drive AI/legal tech adoption across the team.
• Mentor and leader. You develop junior team members with structured feedback and contribute to team strategy and resourcing.
• Commercially sharp.You align legal advice with business objectives and manage external counsel spend effectively.

At Carta, you're not just an employee. You're a builder who is creating infrastructure that accelerates innovation and empowers more ownership. Cartans are helpful, relentless, unconventional and kind; representing Carta's Identity Traits. They work collaboratively and cross functionally to challenge the status quo; working towards a common goal of creating more owners in the private markets.