Corporate Associate / Senior Associate - Investment Management, Private Funds and Family Offices (All Offices)

Day Pitney is seeking an associate with a minimum of six years of demonstrated experience in investment management, private funds, and related corporate transactions to join our growing team. This position may be based in any of Day Pitney’s offices in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington, D.C.

We are seeking candidates with significant experience representing investment managers and sponsors in the formation and operation of open- and closed-end private funds, including hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, private credit, and real estate funds. Candidates should have substantial experience drafting and negotiating sophisticated investment management and fund-related documents and advising investment managers regarding regulatory and compliance matters. Relevant experience includes preparing and reviewing private placement memoranda, limited partnership and limited liability company agreements, subscription agreements, side letters, investment management and sub-advisory agreements, and investment manager marketing materials.

Candidates should also have meaningful experience representing family offices, including:

• Structuring, restructuring, and forming single- and multi-family offices and documenting investment management and other services among family office entities, family members, and affiliated investment vehicles;
• Structuring, negotiating and documenting direct investments, co-investment transactions and related special-purpose vehicles involving family offices and other investment group participants; and
• Structuring and documenting executive employment agreements and incentive equity arrangements for family-office personnel, including co-investment, profits-interest, and carried-interest plans.

Additional preferred experience includes:

• Experience representing institutional investors, such as public and private pension plans, endowments, foundations, insurance companies and other sophisticated investors, in connection with investments in private funds, separately managed accounts, co-investments, and strategic investment arrangements.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating limited partnership agreements, side letters, subscription agreements, investment management agreements and related governance, economic and investor-protection terms on behalf of institutional investors.
• Experience negotiating and documenting strategic joint ventures, private equity and venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and other general corporate matters.

The successful candidate will be expected to assume substantial responsibility for sophisticated matters, manage multiple workstreams, supervise junior attorneys, and work directly with clients in a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment.

Hybrid Work Environment

Day Pitney recognizes the value of flexible working arrangements alongside the benefits of in-office collaboration. To support both, the firm offers a hybrid work environment that provides attorneys the ability to work remotely two days per week.

Requirements

• Minimum of six years of demonstrated experience in investment management, private fund formation, family office matters, or institutional investor representation;
• Substantial experience drafting and negotiating sophisticated fund, investment management, and corporate transactional documents;
• Ability to manage matters and client relationships with appropriate independence and judgment;
• Experience supervising and mentoring junior attorneys;
• Excellent technical, professional, and client-service skills;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Team-oriented approach with an emphasis on collaboration;
• Effective and efficient problem-solving capabilities, including the ability to work proactively and develop practical, creative solutions to meet client and team needs; and
• Bar admission in good standing in the jurisdiction in which the candidate plans to practice.

About Day Pitney

Day Pitney, an East Coast-based law firm with national and international reach, has approximately 330 attorneys in 13 offices in Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Washington, DC. Day Pitney's Corporate, Litigation, and Trusts and Estates attorneys represent a variety of clients from individuals to Fortune 500companies. Since 1902, Day Pitney has been working collaboratively and effectively with clients in a wide range of industries, including Energy and Utilities; Financial Services; Healthcare and Life Sciences; Insurance and Reinsurance; Intellectual Property and Technology; Family Office Practice; Real Estate and Environmental; and Tax Exempt Organizations and Charitable Giving. Day Pitney's lawyers provide deep bench knowledge and experience and work seamlessly across disciplines to guide our clients through the evolving legal landscape. For more information on Day Pitney, visit www.daypitney.com. 

Join Us

If you want to join a collaborative, energetic, and nurturing environment where you will take on complex challenges and have a direct impact on the successes of businesses and the lives of people. Day Pitney is the place for you. You will be a key contributor working on sophisticated legal matters alongside recognized leaders in their fields, with mentoring and support along the way to hone your skills and help you reach your career goals.

All candidate and search firm submissions must be submitted through our online portal.

Required application materials include a cover letter, resume, transcript, and writing sample (two to three pages from your academic or work experience of which you are the sole author).

Day Pitney does not accept blind submissions or unsolicited resumes from search firms.

Day Pitney is an Equal Opportunity Employer.