The Nature Conservancy · 4 hours ago
Senior Attorney (Office of Investments and Impact Investing)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$145K/yr - $185K/yr
5+ years expThe Nature Conservancy is a science-based organization dedicated to protecting the lands and waters upon which all life depends. The Senior Attorney will provide legal advice and direction for the Office of Investments and Impact Finance and Markets, ensuring transactions are legally sound and aligned with the organization's mission.
Environmental ConsultingNatural ResourcesNon ProfitWaterWildlife Conservation
Responsibilities
Provides guidance to clients in structuring transactional activities to most effectively achieve Conservancy goals for the project
Drafts, reviews and negotiates, and advises clients on complex agreements with financial service providers and fund managers, and may also support work with investors, non-profits, governments and corporations
Serves clients in legal matters related to finance and investments including advising the Office of Investments (reviewing legal issues with prospective investments in TNC’s endowment), Impact Finance and Markets (developing impact investment deals) and the Related Entities team (advising on corporate governance of subsidiaries)
Advises other attorneys based on substantive expertise
Serves in an advisory role organization-wide on key issues or major projects with a particular focus on private securities
Influences decision-makers at all levels of the Conservancy through strong communication skills
Manages outside counsel effectively
Advises on corporate governance and management issues relating to subsidiaries and affiliated entities
May supervise and/or provide guidance to less experienced attorneys and/or paralegals and other support staff
Assists in establishing and implementing policies and procedures that support organizational goals and ensure compliance with laws and regulations
Performs special projects as requested by department management
Serves as the primary legal contact for various clients
Travel occasionally; work long or flexible hours as needed
Qualification
Required
Juris Doctorate or equivalent and license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
Five (5) years relevant legal experience, including negotiating complex transactions and agreements with a strong background in fund formation and venture capital work. (Please have a deal sheet ready or proactively apply with it. Please do not apply if fund formation and VC work has not been a large and substantive part of your background.)
Securities law expertise
Experience negotiating limited partnership agreements and/or working on general partner funds
Solutions-oriented and able to navigate the grey both creatively and decisively
Enjoys being a collegial team player
Demonstrates gravitas and comfort working with senior-level contacts
Strong business sense and commercially minded
Sense of humor. (Yes, please!)
Preferred
In-house experience and/or law firm experience advising clients and senior management
Global and multi-cultural experience with awareness to cultural sensitivities and different ways of engaging
Corporate governance experience
Ability to navigate a complex matrix organization (nice-to-have; able to be learned)
Familiarity with nonprofit taxes (nice-to-have; able to be learned)
Benefits
Health care benefits
Flexible spending accounts
A 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match
Parental leave
Accrued paid time off
Life insurance
Disability coverage
Employee assistance program
Other life and work well-being benefits
Company
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is a non-profit conservation organization that works to protect terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (26)
2024 (21)
2023 (13)
2022 (18)
2021 (13)
2020 (12)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$120.09MKey Investors
Global Affairs CanadaBezos Earth FundNFWF
2025-11-17Grant· $7.94M
2025-10-23Grant
2025-06-09Grant
Leadership Team
Jennifer Morris
Chief Executive Officer
Matt Merrifield
CTO
Recent News
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