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Salary: USD 225,000 - 250,000 / annual
Orchard is a venture-backed real estate technology platform that simplifies home buying and selling. The company operates multiple regulated business lines including real estate brokerage, mortgage lending, title services, and closing services, serving customers through an integrated online platform and network of agents.
As Associate General Counsel, you will join a small, high-impact Legal & Regulatory team reporting directly to the General Counsel. This is a broad-based in-house counsel role requiring independent judgment across multiple legal practice areas, with particular emphasis on commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, and product development.
Key responsibilities include:
- Serve as primary negotiator and structurer for complex commercial contracts, partnerships, and joint ventures
- Work across real estate brokerage, mortgage, title, and closing services business lines to build compliant product and service offerings
- Lead expansion into new states, managing regulatory relationships and compliance frameworks
- Partner with Product and Engineering teams to balance innovation with legal and regulatory risk
- Manage outside counsel relationships and legal spend
- Oversee data privacy and information security policies and procedures
- Engage with state regulators on licensing, examinations, and operational compliance
- Participate in financing and M&A transactions as opportunities arise
The role offers significant growth potential as the company scales. You will work autonomously on multiple competing priorities while maintaining close collaboration with executive leadership and cross-functional teams. The position is based in New York City on a hybrid schedule (2 days/week in office), though fully remote candidates are considered for roles in Washington DC, CA, CO, FL, GA, MA, MI, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WA.
Requirements:
- 7-12 years of broad-based legal experience in commercial and/or regulatory practice, ideally combining law firm and in-house roles
- Demonstrated expertise in commercial contract negotiation and drafting
- Experience negotiating and structuring partnerships and joint ventures
- Knowledge of data privacy regimes and policy implementation
- Ability to work independently with sound judgment and good escalation instincts
- Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills across functional teams
- Meticulous attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
- State bar admission in good standing
- Preferred (not required): experience with real estate brokerage/mortgage lending regulations, tech-focused real estate or mortgage company background
