Investment Counsel

Intro description:

Legalist is a tech-enabled alternative asset manager that uses proprietary data-driven origination to invest in uncorrelated legal and government-payment assets. Founded out of Y Combinator in 2016, Legalist manages over $1.7 billion for endowments, foundations, and family offices.

We're hiring an Investment Counsel to help deploy our latest litigation finance fund. You’ll be joining a growing team of engineers, lawyers, and investment analysts to make real-time decisions in a fast-paced environment. If you're an experienced lawyer interested in building the future of law and finance, we’d love to talk with you.

Core responsibilities:

• Legal research and due diligence on investment opportunities
• Preparation of investment memos
• Real-time negotiation with plaintiffs and attorneys over investment terms and pricing
• Training and working closely with the engineering team to translate legal knowledge into automation

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, History, Law or related field desirable or equivalent experience from a top-tier institution.
• J.D. from an accredited top 20 law school
• 10+ years post-law school experience, including in a litigation practice at AmLaw 200 firm and/or comparable boutique firms
• Experience with plaintiff-side representation, alternative fee arrangements, litigation finance, and/or in an asset-management environment are pluses but not required
• Experience in several of the following areas: commercial litigation, breach of contract, antitrust, multidistrict litigation, employment disputes, whistleblower claims, corporate governance litigation