Legal Manager

JW Michaels & Co.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JW Michaels & Co. seeks a Legal and Compliance Manager in San Francisco to coordinate legal, governance, regulatory compliance, and investment activities.

You will supervise fund governance, manage investment-related processes, and drive AML and fund registration tasks while collaborating with Investor Relations and external vendors. The role requires a bachelor’s degree, 6+ years in finance, familiarity with private funds, and experience with contract management and data rooms.

Qualifications

• Familiar with private investment funds, their governance and regulatory framework.
• Experience negotiating, summarizing, and organizing commercial contracts.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel.
• Experience using virtual data rooms or legal agreement management tools.

Responsibilities

• Supervise legal and governance activities related to the Company’s funds.
• Manage the legal process and tracking of all investment-related activities for the full life cycle of an investment.
• Lead fund registration and maintenance tasks, AML requirements, and investor-request processes.
• Support the external compliance team and coordinate with external vendors.

Skills

Fund governance

Contract negotiation

MS Office (Excel)

Legal data rooms

Education

Bachelor's degree

Notary Public license a plus

Job description

The Company is seeking a Legal and Compliance Manager based in San Francisco who will skillfully and accurately assist in the coordination and execution of the Company’s general legal and governance, regulatory compliance, and investment activities. As a member of the Legal & Compliance team, the Legal Manager will also contribute to the group’s ability to develop, drive, and execute its own team-specific goals and objectives as well as assist in the execution of Company goals. The Legal Manager will report to the Head of Legal and Compliance.

• Supervise legal and governance activities related to the Company’s funds.
• Manage the legal process and tracking of all investment-related activities for the entire life cycle of an investment.
• Take lead on activities related to fund registration & maintenance, AML requirements; updating and revising the Company’s organization chart and process authorities matrix; and activities related to investor requests from Investor Relations (DDQs, RFPs, On-Site Investor Meetings, etc.).
• Support the external compliance team
• Interface directly with external vendors to manage their supportive functions
• Manage obligation tracking via provided software to track select LPA & Side Letter obligations

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Familiarity with private investment funds: understanding of the legal and regulatory framework; ability to read structure charts and signature blocks; knowledge of fund governance and investment management.
• Experience negotiating, summarizing, and organizing various commercial contracts.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel.
• Experience using virtual data rooms and/or legal agreement management tools to upload, version control, redline and organize documents.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Notary Public license a plus.
• At least 6 years of relevant work experience in a similar position in the finance industry, ideally with a Registered Investment Advisor.