Senior Counsel, Tax & Structuring

Location: Remote; Washington, D.C. or Boston, MA preferred. Candidates must be licensed and in good standing in a U.S. jurisdiction.

Salary: $225,000–$300,000 base annually.

Company

hirify.global is an incubation firm building and investing in technology-led companies across healthcare, cyber, and national security.

What you will do

• Find and implement tax-efficient structures across funds, portfolio companies, entities, and transactions.
• Design entity structures for new incubations and support fund, feeder, blocker, and carry structures.
• Support M&A, financings, sale processes, carve-outs, and post-closing tax obligations.
• Evaluate tax provisions, diligence findings, representations, covenants, indemnities, and transaction terms.
• Prepare internal tax memoranda and brief outside counsel and accounting advisors.
• Partner with the General Counsel, Assistant General Counsel for Transactions, finance team, portfolio companies, and deal teams.

Requirements

• J.D. and current license to practice in good standing in a U.S. jurisdiction.
• 7+ years of tax experience, including substantial fund, entity, and transaction structuring work at a strong tax practice and in-house.
• Demonstrated ability to independently identify and implement tax-efficient structures.
• Meaningful M&A tax experience, including transaction structuring, tax diligence, negotiation of tax representations, covenants, indemnities, and post-closing tax obligations.
• Experience with venture financing tax mechanics, including SAFEs, convertible notes, and priced preferred rounds.
• Experience with QSBS planning, 83(b) elections, profits interests, and equity compensation structuring.
• Sound independent judgment under deal pressure, including the ability to make decisions independently and communicate when a business proposal should not proceed.
• Team-oriented, high-energy, and proactive approach with a track record of getting things done.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting venture-backed or high-growth startups.
• LL.M. in Taxation or equivalent depth in partnership and corporate tax.
• Experience with fund formation, blockers and feeders, secondaries, or continuation vehicles.
• Familiarity with cross-border structuring, including non-U.S. holding companies, treaty and withholding considerations, and non-U.S. investor sensitivities.
• Experience using AI legal technology or other productivity tools.

Culture & Benefits

• High-autonomy role with exposure to healthcare, cyber, and national security companies.
• Respectful, collaborative environment with high standards, good humor, and zero tolerance for arrogance or unkindness.
• Access to emerging AI tools through company incubations and internal technology initiatives.
• Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families.
• Fourteen weeks of paid maternity and paternity leave, unlimited PTO with management approval, professional development opportunities, optional 401(k), FSA, and equity incentives.