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We’re looking for an experienced Legal Counsel for a 3-6 month contract role to join a high-performing investment legal team supporting a sophisticated, best-in-class investment strategy. You’ll work closely with portfolio managers, senior leaders, and external counsel to deliver expert legal advice on complex private fund and asset management transactions.
What you’ll be doing:
* Advising on private investment fund transactions (commingled funds, co-investments, funds of one) from initial funding through to ongoing matters.
* Reviewing and negotiating limited partnership agreements, side letters, subscription agreements and more.
* Providing legal input on private debt, investment management agreements, and BAU asset management queries.
* Managing relationships with external counsel, investment partners, and tax advisers.
* Monitoring regulatory and legal frameworks affecting investment funds and asset management.
* Presenting advice at senior forums and ensuring risks are managed within the organisation’s appetite.
What we’re looking for:
* UK-qualified lawyer with strong post-qualification experience in asset management, private funds, or pensions.
* Expertise in private investment funds, co-investments, funds of one, direct private equity, direct debt, and asset management queries.
* Strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills, with the ability to balance legal risk and commerciality.
* Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
* Experience with derivatives documentation (ISDA, GMRA) is desirable.
* Influence multi-billion-pound investment decisions.
* Work in a collaborative, values-driven culture blending private-sector standards with a public-service ethos.
* Hybrid working and commitment to professional growth.
* Be part of a team whose work directly impacts millions of people’s financial futures.
* If you’re a commercially minded investment lawyer ready for a role where your expertise shapes meaningful outcomes, we’d love to hear from you.
About Elevate
Elevate provides consulting, technology and services to law departments and law firms across the globe. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our 1,600+ strong team of legal professionals, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the United States, Europe, UK, and Asia, Hong Kong and Australia.
ElevateFlex, is the flexible resourcing capability within Elevate, we define and support a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our Customers through the curation of a world-class, global Community of Talent, and advanced, technology-enabled search. We were recently proud to be assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.
Our Vision is a world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes, together.
Equitability and Inclusion are critical to ElevateFlex’s success. As The Law Company, changing the legal business landscape, we know a diverse, inclusive work culture is at the heart of attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work because we know that diversity of experience and perspective drive innovation and is simply good business.
As a strong proponent of diversity, equitability, and inclusion, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring diverse candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply to become part of the ElevateFlex Team – help us change the legal business landscape and make a dent in the legal universe.
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