Counsel, Secondaries

Description:

Job Description:
A Global Alternative Investment Manager Operating Integrated Businesses is looking to hire an attorney to join its legal team. The position would be focused on legal matters pertaining to v' secondaries group (“A Global Alternative Investment Manager Operating Integrated Businesses Secondaries”).
The legal counsel (the “Counsel”) will work on transactions across A Global Alternative Investment Manager Operating Integrated Businesses Secondaries' private equity, credit, real estate and infrastructure verticals. The Counsel should possess excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, organization and time management skills and be a “good corporate athlete” with a great attitude who can work autonomously and anticipate needs in a fast-paced environment. A successful individual in this role will be a proactive self-starter who is comfortable speaking up and running with projects; all while demonstrating strong integrity and professionalism in dealing with both internal and external stakeholders. This role will also require an understanding of the A Global Alternative Investment Manager Operating Integrated Businesses platform as a whole and how legal/business issues in the Secondaries group can impact the entire platform. This role is a great opportunity to be part of a team-oriented legal group and work at one of the largest alternative investment managers in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Primary Functions & Responsibilities

• Manage transactions from a legal perspective including working with investment professionals and outside counsel on deal documentation and ensuring consistency across transactions
• Assist with governance and other matters for A Global Alternative Investment Manager Operating Integrated Businesses Secondaries' registered, continuously offered, non-traded, closed-end fund
• Review investment restrictions and LP-specific exclusion/excuse provisions in connection with transactions
• Oversee the NDA process and work with NDA counsel and third parties in reaching resolution on outstanding points
• Manage internal conflicts and work with other parts of the platform to resolve conflicts
• Manage outside counsel conflicts and ensure appropriate joint representation waivers are executed

Qualifications:
Education:
JD required with a strong academic background
Experience Required:

• Approximately 5-6 years of secondary deal work
• Significant collaboration with colleagues across multiple functions, including those in senior and executive leadership
• Proven record of accomplishment in relationship management with internal and external stakeholders

General Requirements:

• Great communication skills
• Outstanding attention to detail
• Strong client service orientation
• Excellent time management skills and ability to collaborate with others
• Outstanding leadership and project management capabilities
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities and competing demands; result oriented
• A solutions-oriented self-starter with the ability to see the big picture
• A proficient issue spotter who sees through the complexity and is a creative problem-solver
• Ability to thoughtfully balance the legal and commercial aspects of an issue
• An analytical mind and a passion/interest in bringing new ideas to increase efficiency of existing processes

Reporting Relationships:
General Counsel, Private Funds & Secondaries

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