Head of Acquisitions

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🕒 June 24

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Legalist

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2015

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

💸 Finance

💰 $100M Venture Round on 2019-09

Consulting • Insurance • Finance

Legalist is a technology-powered investment firm specializing in alternative assets. Founded in 2016 and incubated at Y Combinator, Legalist launched its first fund in 2017. The company manages nearly $1 billion in technology-enabled alternative investments for endowments, foundations, hospitals, insurance companies, and family offices. Legalist employs artificial intelligence to identify investments from public datasets and focuses on providing uncorrelated yield for institutional investors. Their strategies include litigation finance, bankruptcy, and government receivables.

📋 Description

• Source and develop acquisition opportunities through direct outreach and relationship building • Build trust with founders, operators, and intermediaries to generate proprietary deal flow • Lead early-stage diligence, opportunity assessment, and transaction qualification • Evaluate businesses across financial, operational, legal, and strategic dimensions • Manage transactions from sourcing through diligence, negotiation, and close • Develop investment recommendations and present to senior leadership • Partner with legal, finance, and operating teams to ensure smooth execution • Help refine acquisition strategy, target criteria, and repeatable deal processes • Partner with leadership and operators of acquired businesses to support post-transaction integration, governance, and performance tracking • Identify and drive operational improvements and growth initiatives across acquired firms, including monitoring KPIs, advising on strategic decisions, and supporting execution of value creation plans

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in M&A, private equity, principal investing, corporate development, investment banking, or a related transactional role • Strong deal sourcing and origination capabilities with the ability to create opportunities • Executive presence and credibility to engage directly with founders and senior operators • Experience leading transactions from initial outreach through close • Strong financial and commercial judgment with excellent negotiation and communication skills • Comfortable operating independently in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Retirement plans • Paid time off • Flexible work arrangements • Professional development