Funds Lawyer

Description:

We are seeking to recruit a private investment funds lawyer. The candidate will be based at our Edinburgh or Glasgow office but we also work on a genuine cross-office basis and so the candidate will have the ability to work with colleagues in London as well as across our international offices and especially in Luxembourg, Dublin and Frankfurt. Unlike other Scottish based funds teams, you will therefore have exposure to a full spectrum of funds work, including for City and international based clients.

The ideal candidate will be able to support our team and will have experience of advising on various matters relating to the establishment of, and investing in, private investment funds. It will also be essential that the candidate enjoys business development to help us achieve our ambitions for growth. Relevant experience will include:

• drafting constitutional documentation of funds including limited partnership agreements, shareholder agreements and unit trust deeds;
• drafting and negotiating ancillary documentation such as management agreements and administration agreements;
• advising on carried interest arrangements;
• reviewing marketing material;
• 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
• discussing new funds with both start-up and experienced managers.