Funds Lawyer, International Firm, 7 years PQE, Edinburgh or Glasgow Based

Leading international law firm are looking to hire a Funds lawyer with circa 7 years PQE to be based in their offices in Edinburgh or London. 

Team Overview:

• The Funds team provides advice principally to fund managers establishing closed ended private equity style funds with a focus on key sectors including real estate, energy, infrastructure, debt and buy-out funds. A particular area of interest is in the African funds market. The team act for start-up managers as well as some of the firm's key institutional clients.
• The practice also focuses on fund structuring, formation and investment work, advising investors and fund managers as well as undertaking related asset management and regulatory work. 
• Additionally,  the team work closely with members of the tax team to provide the full service of legal advice for the structuring and establishment of funds.  The funds team is a part of the financial services group and therefore has the full support of a team of regulatory lawyers to provide advice on the related financial regulation aspects of fund raising - eg financial promotion and AIFMD. 
• In addition to acting for fund managers, the firm aim to have a balanced practice with a number of mandates acting for investors into fund structures and on secondary transactions. They  regularly act for pension funds including some of the largest local authority pension funds in the UK and they have acted on over 50 investor mandates in the last calendar year.
• The team includes experienced partners with in-depth experience of all aspects of fund raising including funds established in the Channel Islands, Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands. 

Candidate Requirements:

The ideal candidate will be able to support the team and will have experience of advising on various matters relating to establishing and investing in investment funds.  It will also be essential that the candidate enjoys business development.  Relevant experience should include:

• Drafting constitutional documentation including limited partnership agreements, unit trust deeds and shareholder agreements;
• Drafting and negotiating ancillary documentation such as management agreements and administration agreements;
• Advising on carried interest arrangements;
• Reviewing marketing material and conducting verification exercises;
• High level advice on UK financial regulation as it relates to investment funds (specifically a familiarity with AIFMD and the UK's financial promotion regime);
• Negotiating fund documentation with investors and dealing with side letter requests;
• Drafting LLP agreements in relation to setting up new managers;
• Dealing with offshore law firms and administrators;
• Reviewing fund documentation for institutional investors and preparing user friendly reports;
• Negotiating with fund counsel when acting for investors (either as cornerstone investor or as a minority investor) and ideally when acting for UK pension funds; and
• Discussing new funds with both start-up and experienced managers.

On offer is a highly competitive salary and benefits package and a chance to work with a firm that provides exceptional training and development and excellent career prospects. 

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