Investment Management Associate (’14-’17)

Location: New York

Employer: Vault/AmLaw Top 25 firm

Experience Requirement: 4+ years experience advising on regulatory, compliance and transactional issues arising in the asset management industry. Substantial experience advising clients in the asset management industry on regulatory and compliance issues. Excellent research and drafting skills and creative, solutions-oriented approach to legal and regulatory issues. Strong performance in law school.

Description: Investment Management Associate (’14-’17 graduating class)

Responsibilities include advising financial services firms (including investment advisers and sponsors of private investment funds) on issues under the federal securities laws, including primarily the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and the Securities Act of 1933

• Advising on SEC examinations, enforcement inquiries and investigations
• Facilitating the creation and maintenance of compliance programs and policies and advising on the structuring and registration of investment advisers
• Advising on complex “status” issues under the Investment Advisers Act and Investment Company Act
• Advising on disclosure requirements in connection with fund formation projects
• Advising on deal structures and fee arrangements in transactional contexts, including M&A deals, secondaries and co-investment transactions
• Negotiating regulatory points with counterparties in connection with fund formations and M&A transactions
• Analyzing Securities Act exempt offering requirements, particularly general solicitation/advertising issues.
• Assisting with significant client development projects (alerts, client trainings, etc.) and in-house firm training and education.
• Ideal candidate will have several years of significant responsibility advising clients in the asset management industry at a large law firm.

Bar Admission Requirement: New York

Market Compensation (graduating class):

Signing Bonus: Yes

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Important note to all potential candidates

Carlyle Search Group recruits for many of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the world. These firms have become “biglaw” because they hire the very best and brightest. You should only inquire about this opportunity if you are exceptional.

You must possess ALL of the following if you are seeking to lateral into one of the biglaw firms we work with:

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong organizational skills, with ability to set priorities, manage expectations and perform multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent/polished legal writing/drafting skills
• Possesses strong attention to detail
• Strong people/interpersonal skills including an ability to interface effectively with all levels of stakeholders
• Ability to competently and professionally interface with business partners of all levels of seniority
• Superior negotiation skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong work ethic/willingness to work hard
• Dependable
• High degree of maturity
• Possesses a strong desire to learn and expand legal skill set
• Keen interest and enjoyment of complex transactions
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Excellent research abilities
• Willingness to accept significant responsibility
• Comfortable working directly with clients
• Dedicated to providing clients with the highest quality legal services
• Team player
• Self-starter who is sharp, quick to pick up new concepts, takes initiative and willing to dig in and become an “expert” as needs arise
• Flexibility and adaptability with respect to assigned tasks and engagements due to changing deadlines, deliverables, and task priorities
• Ability to take a practical approach to the practice of law taking into account the dynamics of a deal and the needs of the particular clients
• Possesses leadership skills