Orchard
Orchard
Orchard is a real estate technology company focused on making home buying and selling simpler and less stressful. Its platform helps customers search for homes, purchase a new property before selling their current one, and coordinate the process through a personalized online dashboard. Orchard combines digital tools with guidance from real estate professionals to support customers throughout the transaction.

Associate General Counsel - Orchard, New York City Hybrid

Orchard is seeking an Associate General Counsel to lead commercial and regulatory legal work for its digital home-buying and selling platform. The role supports compliant growth across regulated real estate businesses through contract negotiation, product guidance, and state expansion.

Description

  • Independently advise on commercial and regulatory matters across multiple legal practice areas
  • Ensure Orchard products and services comply with residential real estate laws and regulations
  • Negotiate and structure complex commercial agreements, partnerships, and joint ventures
  • Advise brokerage, mortgage, title, and closing businesses as they expand into additional states
  • Create compliant policies, controls, and operating structures for business lines
  • Collaborate with Product and Engineering on customer-facing products and services
  • Assess legal and regulatory risk while supporting innovation and business growth
  • Develop relationships with state regulators on expansion, compliance, inquiries, and examinations
  • Oversee outside counsel with attention to cost and effectiveness
  • Lead the development and enhancement of data privacy and information security policies and procedures
  • Potentially support equity and debt financings and strategic mergers and acquisitions
  • Report to the General Counsel

Requirements

  • 7–12 years of experience in commercial and/or regulatory law
  • Background combining law firm and in-house experience with increasing responsibility
  • Strong commercial contracting experience, including negotiations with large companies
  • Experience negotiating and structuring partnerships and joint ventures
  • Experience with data privacy regimes and related policy implementation
  • Knowledge of real estate brokerage and/or mortgage lending laws and regulations is preferred but not required
  • Previous experience at a real estate brokerage or mortgage company is preferred but not required
  • Ability to navigate evolving and overlapping regulations in a business setting
  • Ability to work independently, seek guidance when appropriate, and escalate issues as needed
  • Admission in good standing to a state bar

Benefits

  • Stock options and other incentive compensation may be included in the package
  • Medical, financial, and/or other benefits
  • Hybrid schedule requiring two office days per week for New York City-based employees

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