General Counsel, Delivery Enablement // Legal
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Description
At Portage Point Partners (Portage Point), you are not a cog in a legacy machine, you are shaping strategy, influencing outcomes and being rewarded for driving impact. Backed by New Mountain Capital, Portage Point is recognized for accelerated growth and is consistently featured in rankings from Inc.5000, The Financial Times and Consulting Magazine. This recognition is a testament to our focus on excellence, intensity and pace and ability to attract blue chip talent committed to delivering best-in-class outcomes. Our cross-functional platform spans the full business lifecycle and offers middle market clients integrated solutions across Transaction Advisory Services (TAS), Valuations (VAL), Transaction Execution Services (TES), Office of the CFO (OCFO), Performance Improvement (PI), Interim Management (IM), Investment Banking (IB) and Turnaround & Restructuring Services (TRS).
The Delivery Enablement (DE) team supports internal stakeholders by providing a robust operational backbone across TAS, Valuations, TES, OCFO, PI, IM, IB and TRS. The team includes Talent Acquisition, Human Resources (HR), Marketing, Data Analytics, Finance & Accounting and Delivery Excellence. As Portage Point continues to grow, the DE team is laser focused on scalability, quality and automation.
The General Counsel role at Portage Point represents a unique opportunity to assume a wide range of responsibilities and make a significant impact. This General Counsel is the firm's senior legal advisor and will build and lead the legal function as Portage Point scales across practice lines, offices and geographies. The General Counsel will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and oversee all legal, regulatory, risk and compliance matters, including client and vendor engagement terms, broker-dealer and investment banking regulation, employment matters, corporate governance and transactions. You will lead key initiatives, manage discrete workstreams and work closely with senior leaders. If you thrive in a self-engineered, high-performance culture and want to help build the future of a rapidly growing professional services firm, this is the right role for you.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the principal legal advisor to the CEO, Board, Sponsor and executive leadership on legal and governance matters
- Own the firm's client contracting framework, including engagement letters, retention applications, MSAs, SOWs, NDAs and indemnification terms and set risk-based approval standards
- Oversee regulatory compliance across the platform, including the broker-dealer and FINRA obligations, independence and conflicts procedures, data privacy and cross-border requirements for international operations such as Triple P India
- Manage disputes, litigation, claims and professional liability matters, including engagement of outside counsel
- Advise on employment matters, restrictive covenants, partner and equity arrangements, and support corporate development activity including acquisitions, new office openings and entity structuring
- Lead internal trainings and best practice sharing
- Support talent acquisition and firm-building initiatives
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree from a top undergraduate program
- Juris Doctor (JD) from a top law school and active bar admission in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- Located in or willing to relocate to Chicago, Dallas, New York or Palm Beach
- Invested in a team-based culture, motivated to collaborate in office four days per week and willing to work at client sites as needed
- Seven plus years of legal experience, including time at a leading law firm and experience in an in-house role at a professional services, consulting, financial advisory or investment banking firm
- Deep experience negotiating client engagement terms, limitation-of-liability and indemnification provisions and managing professional liability risk
- Ability to act as a trusted, commercially minded partner to practice leaders, enabling the firm to win and deliver work while managing risk appropriately
- Superior written and verbal communication skills, including executive-ready presentation and reporting skills
- Proven ability to thrive in lean, fast-moving teams
- High attention to detail, responsiveness and ownership mindset
- Track record of success in high-pressure, client-facing environments
Skills
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Short answers (1)
- If yes, who are your referrer(s)? optional
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- Do you have bachelor’s degree or higher?
- Are you located in or willing to relocate to one of our core markets – Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Palm Beach or Philadelphia?
- In which location(s) are you looking to be based? (Select all that apply) optional
- Are you committed to a high-performance, team-based culture that collaborates in-office four days per week?
- Are you comfortable with a fast-paced, client-first environment that may require responsiveness during evenings or weekends?
- Have you reviewed the compensation range for the role and does it meet your compensation expectations? optional
- Were you referred to Portage Point by a current team member? optional
- Are you currently eligible to work in the United States of America? optional
- Do you now or in the future require visa sponsorship to continue working in the United States? optional
- What active FINRA licenses do you possess? (Select all that apply) optional
- What is the current status of your FINRA license(s)? optional
Written answers (3)
- What teams, business units or functions have you supported in your current and past roles?
- What is driving your interest in a new opportunity, and how do you see this role contributing to your growth over the next one to five years?
- What is your availability and transition timeline (e.g., non-competes, garden leave, planned time off)?