Description:
Role Description SummaryYou will work as a Legal Counsel and generally be responsible for:
- Conducting due diligence on funding opportunities
- Providing advice and recommendations about funding matters
- Providing ongoing management of funded matters
- Research on legal and other issues
- Preparing information on litigation finance-related topics
Key Role Responsibilities:
The role requires you to undertake a broad range of duties, such as:
- Conducting due diligence on prospective funding opportunities (including analyzing financial and legal issues, communicating directly with claimants and their counsel, and conducting factual investigations)
- Assisting Investment Managers in the preparation and negotiation of term sheets
- Providing recommendations as to the appropriateness of funding matters and preparing and presenting submissions to the Investment Committee
- Meeting and speaking with lawyers/law firms to discuss litigation finance generally
- Managing funded cases by maintaining client and lawyer communications, monitoring case progress and developments, conferring on strategic issues, considering settlement issues, and managing litigation fees and expenses;
- Conducting general research on legal, strategic, and other issues as requested
- Preparing submissions, articles, blogs, and PowerPoint presentations on litigation finance-related topics and assisting Investment Managers with some aspects of their business development activities
Required Education:
- a J.D. and 6 or more years of litigation experience
- Superior academic credentials
Key Role Technical and Behavioral Competencies
- High-level litigation and analytical skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong written communication skills
- The ability to manage tight timelines and balance competing priorities
- The ability to be self-motivated, results driven and thorough
