AVP – Investment Counsel [NY, DC, CHI]

Our client is seeking an experienced attorney to join its in-house legal team supporting an active institutional investment platform. This role serves as a trusted legal advisor to the investment business, partnering with stakeholders across investments, legal, compliance, finance, and risk on a broad range of transactional, governance, and strategic matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide legal support for a diverse portfolio of institutional and alternative investment activities, including private fund investments and other strategic investment transactions.

• Structure, review, and negotiate fund documentation, investment management arrangements, negotiated investor terms, and other transaction-related agreements.

• Advise investment professionals throughout the full investment process, from diligence and execution through ongoing portfolio oversight and relationship management.

• Counsel business teams on legal, regulatory, governance, and operational considerations impacting investment activities.

• Support entity management, board governance, organizational documentation, and other general corporate legal matters.

• Work closely with internal business partners to deliver practical, commercially focused legal advice that facilitates investment activity while appropriately managing legal and regulatory risk.

Qualifications

• J.D. with an active U.S. bar admission.

• Approximately 5+ years of relevant transactional legal experience.

• IDEALLY: Values someone with familiarity in the insurance industry

• Experience within an institutional investment organization, asset manager, insurance investment group, financial institution, or a law firm with a strong investment funds/private equity/asset management practice.

• Strong drafting, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced business environment.

Details:

• Location: NYC, D.C., or Chicago
• Compensation: $200,000-$260,000 Base + Wider Benefits
• Company: Highly-rated and reputable U.S. insurance company