Corporate Family Office, Investment Management & Private Funds Associate / Senior Associate

Day Pitney LLP; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Day Pitney LLP seeks a seasoned funds attorney to represent investment managers and sponsors in forming open- and closed-end private funds, including hedge funds, private equity, and real estate vehicles.

You will draft and negotiate investment management and fund documents, advise on regulatory matters, and manage multiple client matters while supervising junior attorneys. The role involves extensive collaboration with family offices and institutional investors.

Qualifications

• Experience drafting and negotiating investment management and fund-related documents.
• Advising on regulatory/compliance matters in funds and investment management.
• Experience representing family offices and structuring multi-family offices and executive agreements.

Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility for sophisticated matters and manage multiple workstreams.
• Supervise junior attorneys and work directly with clients.
• Negotiate and document private fund investments, side letters, and governance terms.

Skills

Fund formation

Negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Family office experience

Job description

Overview

• The role involves representing investment managers and sponsors in forming and operating open- and closed-end private funds, including hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, private credit, and real estate funds.
• Work includes substantial experience in drafting and negotiating sophisticated investment management and fund-related documents, advising investment managers on regulatory and compliance matters, and preparing and reviewing private placement memoranda, limited partnership and limited liability company agreements, subscription agreements, side letters, investment management and sub-advisory agreements, and investment manager marketing materials.
• Meaningful experience is required in representing family offices, including structuring, restructuring, and forming single- and multi-family offices; documenting investment management and services among family office entities, members, and affiliated investment vehicles; structuring, negotiating, and documenting direct investments, co-investment transactions, and related special-purpose vehicles; and structuring and documenting executive employment agreements and incentive equity arrangements for family-office personnel (including co-investment, profits-interest, and carried-interest plans).
• Preferred experience includes representing institutional investors (e.g., public and private pension plans, endowments, foundations, insurance companies) in private fund investments, separately managed accounts, co-investments, and strategic investment arrangements, as well as reviewing and negotiating related limited partnership agreements, side letters, subscription agreements, investment management agreements, and associated governance, economic, and investor-protection terms.
• Also preferred is experience negotiating and documenting strategic joint ventures, private equity and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and other general corporate matters.
• Responsibilities include assuming substantial responsibility for sophisticated matters, managing multiple workstreams, supervising junior attorneys, working directly with clients, and managing matters and client relationships with appropriate independence and judgment.
• The firm offers a hybrid work environment allowing attorneys to work remotely two days per week.
• Day Pitney advises a diverse client base, from individuals to Fortune 500 companies, across industries such as Energy and Utilities, Financial Services, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Insurance and Reinsurance, Intellectual Property and Technology, Family Office Practice, Real Estate and Environmental, and Tax Exempt Organizations and Charitable Giving.