Transactions Counsel - Alternative Asset Manager
This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney seeking a highly visible in-house role with exposure to transactions, fund operations, corporate governance, regulatory matters, and strategic business initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Review, draft, and negotiate NDAs, engagement letters, vendor agreements, and other commercial contracts.
- Support investment transactions from inception through closing, including coordination with investment teams and external counsel.
- Assist in the review, preparation, and management of transaction documentation, closing materials, and post-closing obligations.
- Advise on corporate governance matters, including board resolutions, written consents, organizational documents, and corporate record maintenance.
- Support the formation, maintenance, restructuring, and dissolution of fund entities, SPVs, and other legal entities across multiple jurisdictions.
- Oversee legal entity management processes and maintain related organizational records and databases.
- Assist with regulatory filings, certifications, registrations, and ongoing reporting obligations.
- Partner with compliance and business teams on regulatory and internal compliance initiatives, including restricted list and watch list administration.
- Support AML/KYC and other diligence processes involving fund entities, counterparties, investors, lenders, and service providers.
- Coordinate and manage relationships with external law firms and service providers.
- Provide legal support across a wide range of ad hoc matters affecting the firm's investment and operating businesses.
Qualifications:
- J.D. from an accredited law school and admission to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
- 3+ years of legal experience, preferably in-house or at a law firm.
- Experience advising private equity, private credit funds, hedge funds, alternative asset managers, investment advisers, or other financial institutions
- Experience reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements and transaction-related documents.
- Familiarity with corporate governance, entity management, and fund structures, including SPVs and investment vehicles.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with significant responsibility and autonomy.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with investment professionals, executives, and external advisors.
- Detail-oriented, proactive, and solutions-focused mindset.
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