Legal Counsel
Valon is building the AI-native operating system for regulated finance, starting with mortgage servicing. The Legal Counsel will be a key member of the technology legal team, managing a variety of legal matters and partnering with product, engineering, and compliance teams to establish a strong legal foundation for the company's operations.
Responsibilities
- Own negotiation and drafting for high-impact commercial agreements, including multi-million-dollar enterprise partnerships for ValonOS
- Build contracting processes and operational guardrails that enable the company to scale with both speed and precision
- Lead complex regulatory and compliance initiatives from design through implementation
- Become a trusted advisor on the frameworks governing AI, data, and financial products
- Monitor evolving federal and state law to ensure Valon remains ahead of a rapidly shifting landscape
- Develop training and compliance programs that scale across teams
- Translate emerging AI, data, and mortgage-servicing regulations into product and operational requirements—directly shaping how Valon builds and deploys the system of record for regulated finance
- Work directly with senior leadership on board governance, financings, audits, and strategic projects that influence Valon’s trajectory
- Drive cross-functional legal projects as business needs evolve in a fast-growing environment
Skills
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree (or foreign equivalent) from a leading law school
- Admitted in New York, or eligible to waive in
- ~1–4 years at a top law firm with substantive exposure to corporate, commercial, or complex regulatory matters (ideally a mix)
- Exceptional written and verbal communication with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong legal drafting skills and ability to articulate business and risk implications clearly
- Demonstrated ability to interpret complex statutes, regulations, and supervisory guidance
- Researcher with a bias toward actionable synthesis, not academic analysis
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail—especially in precision-critical contexts
- Comfort with financial concepts necessary to evaluate commercial terms
- Thrives in high-ownership environments with minimal bureaucracy
- Comfortable balancing urgency with uncompromising precision in regulated domains
- Energized by ambiguity, complexity, and solving hard problems with smart people
- Views legal as a product-enablement function, not a back-office gatekeeper
- Enjoys fast pace, honest feedback, and a culture that rewards initiative and impact
Benefits
- Participation in our equity program
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