Company: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Location: San Francisco, CA
Position Type: Full Time
Experience: See below
Education: See below
Partner w/ Kirkland & Ellis LLP (San Francisco, CA). Work w/in the Investment Funds practice grp, specializing in M&A, minority investment transactions, joint ventures, liquidity events & seeding arrangements. Requires JD or LLM, or foreign equiv. & admission to CA state bar. Reqs min 5 yrs exp. as an Associate or related job/role/occupation w/ a global law firm working on corporate M&A or investment funds matters. Exp. must incl.: Supporting private equity (PE) sponsors & buyers w/r/t complex minority investments in existing firms, control sale transactions, other liquidity events & strategic transactions & w/r/t the establishment, fundraising & ongoing operation of asset mngrs, investment funds, real estate funds, & secondary transactions, as well as PE & corporate M&A transactions; Drafting transactional docs related to GP strategic transactions & investment fund formation & ongoing operations, incl. investment agreements, LP agreements, equity subscription agreements, side letters, transfer agreements, upper-tier docs, term sheets, public filings & ancillary docs; Developing legal advice for investors on fund T&Cs; Drafting organizational docs & agreements, investment agreements, purchase agreements, LP agreements & other entity governing agreements, subscription docs, restructuring agreements, mgmt service agreements, exec. employment agreements & other fund formation & operating docs; Researching rules & applicable laws related to the mgmt & operation of asset mgmt firms & PE funds & fundraising in various jurisdictions; & Researching & preparing memos regarding the mgmt & operation of PE funds. Salary: $420,000/yr. Resumes to KEResumes@kirkland.com, use job ref. code # 8974782.