Description:
Job Summary:Success in this position will be driven by a collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset, a commitment to legal excellence, and the ability to build constructive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. The legal counsel will play a critical role in enabling Arch's investments to optimize deal execution, manage legal risks, and maintain best-in-class operational and legal standards across its growing portfolio.
Responsibilities:
- Review and negotiate a variety of documents with respect to private markets transactions, including limited partnership agreements, side letters, investment management agreements;
- Collaborate with investment professionals, business-segment legal and other stakeholders to support portfolio construction and ongoing monitoring of investments.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal partners (legal, risk, compliance, investments, senior management) and external constituencies (outside counsel, managers).
- Assist with general corporate matters, including fund operations, entity management, governance, contract review, and regulatory analysis
- Advisory Support: Provide guidance to investment teams on compliance policies, regulatory requirements, and risk considerations.
- Corporate housekeeping. Take minutes, serve as secretary, maintain corporate documents.
- Maintain and enhance compliance program ensuring consistency with Group level compliance policies.
Qualifications:
- Legal Excellence: 8-10 years of relevant experience, preferably including in the legal department of an asset management firm; JD and admission in good standing to a US jurisdiction.
- Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated ability to navigate complexity and drive consensus as well as build and nurture relationships with internal and external stakeholders including but not limited to regulators and business partners.
- Action Orientation: Self-starter with attention to detail,
- Business Partnership: Ability to contribute as a collaborative lawyer and business partner who understands balancing risk with organizational growth and realization of commercial goals. Excellent judgment; ability to proactively and pragmatically move with the pace of the business.
- Presence & Interpersonal Style: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships. Ability to represent the company with high credibility. Strong communication skills and executive presence.
- For individuals assigned or hired to work in the location(s) indicated below, the base salary range is provided. Range is as of the time of posting. Position is incentive eligible.
