Legal Counsel - Hedgefund
Hedge Fund Legal Counsel
A leading global hedge fund is seeking to hire a commercially minded Legal Counsel to join its growing Asia platform. This is a rare opportunity to work directly with investment, trading, and business stakeholders in a fast-paced, front-office-facing environment.
The successful candidate will provide legal support across a broad range of hedge fund and trading activities, partnering closely with portfolio managers, traders, risk, compliance, operations, and senior management. The role offers significant autonomy and visibility within the business and would suit someone who enjoys operating as a trusted adviser rather than a purely documentation-focused lawyer.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day legal support to investment and trading teams across multiple strategies and asset classes
- Advise on trading, financing, fund-related, and regulatory matters
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial, investment, and trading documentation
- Partner closely with front-office professionals on new business initiatives, strategic projects, and product launches
- Assess legal and regulatory risks while delivering practical, commercially focused guidance
- Coordinate with external counsel where appropriate and manage cross-border legal matters
Ideal Background
We are interested in candidates from one of the following backgrounds:
- Multi-strategy hedge fund, single-manager hedge fund or quantitative trading firm in house counsels
- Global Markets Legal or desk-facing legal team within a leading investment bank
- Top-tier private practice lawyer with significant hedge fund, derivatives, investment management, or financial markets experience
Requirements
- Approximately 8-20 years of post-qualification experience
- Strong understanding of financial products and investment strategies
- Commercial mindset with the ability to balance legal risk and business objectives
- Comfortable working directly with investment and trading professionals
- Experience operating independently within a lean legal team
- Common law qualification preferred (Hong Kong, England & Wales, US, Australia, etc.)
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