Assistant General Counsel – Investment Management

This is a hybrid role (onsite 2-3 days per week) in the firm’s NYC, Westport, CT, or Ft Lauderdale, FL office.

A private, global asset manager with over $147 AUM globally across multi asset, fixed income, equities and alternatives, is seeking an experienced attorney to join its legal team as a Vice President and Assistant General Counsel – Equity, Fixed Income and Multi-Asset. This attorney will work on a wide variety of investment management matters, with a focus on supporting the Equity, Fixed Income and Multi-Asset businesses. This attorney will assist and advise in structuring, organizing, offering, and maintaining private funds, sub-advised mutual funds and separately managed accounts; draft, review and negotiate such constituent documentation and side letters; work with members of the portfolio management, global distribution, finance, operations and other teams. Additionally, this attorney will be heavily involved with setting up derivatives trading documentation and collaborating with the Compliance Department. In addition to having strong analytical, negotiating and other core legal skills, the successful candidate must be able to work independently and as a team player and have strong communication, client service and project management skills.

Qualifications:

• Significant prior legal experience with either a law firm and/or in-house experience at a financial services institution.
• Experience working on corporate restructurings involving loan and high-yield bonds is a bonus.
• At least 3+ years of direct investment management experience– specifically formation and maintenance of private and/or registered funds and SMAs – including drafting and negotiation of fund/account documents and related compliance, trading and operations requirements and protocols.
• Experience with corporate governance issues, corporate secretarial duties and related issues in a variety of jurisdictions.
• Excellent advocacy, negotiation, interpersonal, organizational, legal research and verbal and written communication skills – ability to interact diplomatically and understand importance of business sensitivities and confidentiality
• Positive attitude. Ability to take initiative, be proactive and work independently. Possess the eagerness to take on broad scope of projects, both within and outside his/her core competencies
• Experience working on derivatives documentation (ISDA, FCM, MSFTA, and options agreements) preferred.
• Juris Doctor from accredited, top-tier law school

Compensation: $220-250K base plus discretionary bonus and competitive benefits package

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