Venture Capital Attorney

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Job Description

Based in Cambridge, MA, this role will provide legal support to F-Prime Capital, a venture capital firm associated with Fidelity Investments. The selected candidate will work closely with F-Prime’s investment professionals to support all aspects of F-Prime’s investment transactions, including venture capital investments, follow-on financings, exits and day-to-day support.

The Purpose of Your Role

You will be part of the corporate legal team within Fidelity’s in-house legal department, dedicated to supporting F-Prime Capital.

The Expertise And Skills You Bring

• J.D. required.
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience at a reputable law firm.
• Law firm experience required.
• Experience representing venture capital investors and venture capital-backed companies in a range of matters, including equity and debt financings, mergers & acquisitions, and capital markets transactions.
• Experience working with NVCA model documents and company capitalization tables.
• Experience with venture capital funds, including private fund formation, fund management and associated regulatory issues, a plus.
• Exceptional judgment and range. You will need to excel at quickly analyzing complex legal and business issues in a variety of substantive areas.
• Highly organized, self-motivated and self-directed. You need to be able to work efficiently, under pressure, with varying degrees of supervision, and lead projects in a dynamic environment.
• Must thrive in a team environment. The hybrid nature of this role includes working in person three days per week in Cambridge, MA and two days per week remotely (note this supersedes Fidelity’s standard working model referenced below).
• Strong analytical, advocacy, and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to advise and influence senior executives and professionals.
• Outstanding writing and oral communication skills, adaptive to and effective for different audiences.
  
  
  

The Value You Deliver

• Leading all aspects of venture capital transactions for F-Prime’s life sciences, healthcare services, technology and blockchain/crypto investment groups.
• Providing general business counsel.
• Drafting and reviewing documents.
• Participating in cross-functional working teams.
• Forming working relationships with your business and legal colleagues.
  
  
  

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com.