Litigation Growth Partner - New York (1008-SLS)

Our client, Latin America's first AI unicorn, backed by Sequoia, General Atlantic and Founders Fund, has exclusively retained Solutus Legal Search to assist in its search for a Litigation Partner. The company is building the operating system for corporate legal departments, using AI to power every stage of the litigation process while lawyers drive the strategy. Already trusted by many of the world's largest companies, it brought that approach to the U.S. and has strong momentum with clients, including Mag 7 companies. The company is now adding a senior litigator to play a central role in both its legal product and its client relationships.

In this role, you'll report directly to the Founder & CEO using your deep U.S. litigation expertise to understand clients’ needs and develop tailored solution proposals. You'll own several accounts, building trusted relationships with general counsel and senior legal executives and serving as their primary point of contact. By analyzing their litigation portfolios and diagnosing operational challenges, you'll identify opportunities for AI-driven automation and build compelling business cases. You'll work cross-functionally with product, engineering, and commercial teams, you'll have high visibility with company leadership and the senior legal executives of major clients.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the company's U.S. litigation subject matter expert, leading meetings with prospective and existing clients to understand their litigation dockets and develop tailored solutions
• Apply your litigation expertise to translate complex legal requirements and client-specific litigation scenarios into tailored solution, defining use cases, workflow requirements, and measurable outcomes
• Build and nurture trusted relationships with legal decision-makers, developing a deep understanding of their litigation dockets, operational challenges, and priorities
• Lead proof-of-concepts engagements tailored to each client’s litigation workflows, establishing success criteria and building business cases around efficiency, cost, and scalability
• Partner with product and implementation teams to assess technical feasibility, scope integrations, and ensure proposed solutions address clients’ legal and operational requirements

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a sharp, business-minded litigator with polished communication skills and the executive presence to be credible with general counsel and senior in-house lawyers. Strong candidates will bring:

• 6+ years of litigation experience at a top law firm, with exceptional academic and law-firm credentials; senior associates, counsel, and junior partners are encouraged to apply

• Deep experience across all phases of litigation, including case strategy, motion practice, discovery, and trial or arbitration

• Client-facing experience, such as managing client relationships, developing case strategy with clients, participating in pitches, or leading settlement negotiations

• Excellent writing and analytical skills, and comfort working with data

• A J.D. and active U.S. bar membership

• Experience with high-volume or repeat litigation, such as consumer, financial services, insurance, product liability, or mass arbitration, is a plus

This role is based in New York, in office full-time. Regular travel is expected for client meetings, typically short trips and day trips.

Compensation is designed to be highly competitive with top law firms, including a base salary of $300,000–$400,000, a guaranteed minimum annual bonus, and uncapped commission tied to new client revenue, plus a meaningful equity stake.

This is a terrific opportunity for an accomplished litigator to pivot into one of the most fascinating and fast-moving areas of law. AI is transforming how litigation is managed and defended, and this role sits at the center of that change. You'll join a leading global legal AI company at a pivotal moment, work directly with its founders, and help shape how companies approach litigation for years to come.

Solutus Legal Search has been exclusively retained for this search. Interested candidates, please submit resumes to [email protected] for consideration. Resumes submitted directly to our client will be forwarded to Solutus for review and evaluation. Given the heavy volume of applicants, we will only respond directly to applicants whose background aligns with our client's hiring criteria. We appreciate your understanding.

Ref. #1008-SLS