Portage Point Partners

Operationally focused advisory and interim management

General Counsel - Delivery Enablement, Legal

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-time$300k - $390k /yrHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree from a top undergraduate program is required.
A Juris Doctor degree from a top law school and active bar admission in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction are required.
The candidate must be located in or willing to relocate to Chicago, Dallas, New York, or Palm Beach.
The candidate must collaborate in the office four days per week and work at client sites as needed.
At least seven years of legal experience are required, including experience at a leading law firm and 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 is required.
The candidate must be able 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 are required, including executive-ready presentation and reporting skills.
The candidate must be able to thrive in lean, fast-moving teams.
High attention to detail, responsiveness, and an ownership mindset are required.
A track record of success in high-pressure, client-facing environments is required.

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, master services agreements, statements of work, nondisclosure agreements, and indemnification terms, and set risk-based approval standards.
Oversee regulatory compliance across the platform, including broker-dealer and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority 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.

Salary Range: 300000 to 390000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

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

About the Company

Portage Point Partners

Operationally focused advisory and interim management

Portage Point Partners provides business advisory and interim management to help companies navigate complexity, transitions, and underperformance. Its team of operators and advisers diagnoses issues, develops practical plans, and leads execution during critical periods across finance, operations, and strategy. They differentiate themselves through hands-on operational execution and real-world leadership, covering performance improvement, transformation, and restructuring while aligning stakeholder interests. The goal is to restore performance and maximize value for owners, creditors, employees, and other stakeholders.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Chicago, IL
Founded: 2016

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