Legal Associate, Alternative Asset Transactions

Ropes & Gray LLP; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 265,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Ropes & Gray LLP seeks an experienced Career Associate to support the Alternative Asset Opportunities Practice Group in Boston. This full-time role focuses on fund investments, co-investments, secondary transactions, and related governance matters for institutional investor clients.

The ideal candidate is an attorney with at least five years of transactional experience, able to work independently, and capable of building trusted client relationships while navigating a sophisticated investment

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree and bar admission in good standing
• 5+ years of relevant experience at a law firm or asset management environment
• Strong drafting, legal analysis, organizational, and project management skills
• Knowledge of fund investment, co-investment and secondary transaction documentation
• Ability to build trusted relationships with clients and cross-functional teams
• Experience developing or maintaining document templates, playbooks, precedent libraries, or knowledge management resources
• Proficiency in using artificial intelligence technologies responsibly and ethically

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day legal support for institutional investor clients, including confidentiality agreements, subscription agreements, transfer agreements, KYC/AML processes, investment structuring and related matters
• Draft, review, and negotiate transfer agreements, subscription agreements, and other documentation for asset transactions, including fund investments, co-investments and secondary transactions
• Coordinate with corporate, tax and regulatory colleagues and client teams to implement transactions and maintain records
• Manage a steady pipeline of recurring matters, track deliverables and deadlines, and maintain organized records, templates, and workstreams
• Identify opportunities to improve forms, build precedent resources, streamline workflows, and reduce risk
• Apply sound legal judgment, drafting skills, and project management to deliver accurate work in a fast-paced asset management environment

Skills

Drafting and legal analysis

Project management

Client relationship management

Asset management knowledge

Document templates & knowledge mgmt

AI governance in legal practice

Transactional matters experience

Education

Juris Doctor & bar admission

Job description

Ropes & Gray LLP seeks an experienced Career Associate to support the Alternative Asset Opportunities Practice Group in Boston. This full-time role focuses on fund investments, co-investments, secondary transactions, and related governance matters for institutional investor clients.

The ideal candidate is an attorney with at least five years of transactional experience, able to work independently, and capable of building trusted client relationships while navigating a sophisticated investment