Fund Formation Attorney (2-3 yrs)
Position Location(s): Baltimore, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles – Century City, New York, Pittsburgh, Richmond, and Washington, D.C.
Salary Range: $250,000 – $295,000
Admission(s): Maryland, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, California, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, DC
Schedule: Hybrid (3 days/week onsite)
Firm Description:
Our client is an AM Top 100 law firm with 24 offices in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Their global team of antitrust and competition lawyers excels at finding creative, practical ways for clients to compete aggressively while minimizing risks. Recognized individually and as a practice by Chambers, U.S. News-Best Lawyers, Legal 500 and Global Competition Review, their lawyers strategically guide clients through antitrust and competition challenges.
Position Description:
Our client is seeking an Associate with 2-3 years of law firm experience representing private fund sponsors and institutional investors on a variety of complex fund formation matters.
Qualified candidates will have experience with:
- the Adviser’s Act and related exemption, registration & compliance issues applicable to fund managers,
- Regulation D and other securities laws governing private placements,
- market fund terms and the issues commonly negotiated in the fund offering process.
Responsibilities will include:
- drafting limited partnership agreements and limited liability company agreements in the private investment fund context,
- reviewing and identifying issues in fund documents on behalf of institutional investors,
- preparing offering documents, including PPMs.
Candidates must have a strong academic record and prior large law firm experience. Bar admission in one of the States where the role is posted, or the ability to waive in, is required.
This is an excellent opportunity to be involved in all aspects of the formation, structuring, capital raising, compliance and ongoing management of alternative investment funds across strategies, including private equity, real estate, mezzanine and other traditional closed end funds, as well as hedge funds, evergreen funds and other hybrid funds.