Investment Fund Attorney

Job Function:
Legal

Job Description:

The Position

At Michael Best, we are looking to add a Senior Investment Funds Attorney with 7+ years of experience to our nationally top ranked Corporate, Venture Capital and Emerging Growth team, “ Venture Best ”. The partner can be located in any of our offices.

What We Look For: Our ideal candidate must have strong experience in the following areas:

• Structuring, negotiating, forming, and cooperating private investment funds and related management companies.
• Forming, organizing, and operating of venture capital funds, incubators and their general partner and related management company entities.
• Advising funds in all stages of their operations, including preparation of offering materials, negotiation with investors, drafting of governance agreements, counseling related to financing activities and all aspects of day-to-day operations.
• Advising clients on compliance matters related to securities law and other regulations applicable to venture capital funds.
• Representing sponsors across a wide range of strategies and structures, including buyout funds, distressed investment funds, debt funds, open end funds, co-investment vehicles and other private investment vehicles.
• Advising clients on a variety of general corporate counseling matters and management company events.
• Counseling private fund sponsors, family offices, and other investment managers in connection with fund formation, strategic transactions, deployment of capital, and implementation of traditional or unique investment strategies.

Amazing Culture and Client Base :

Building a diverse, inclusive, positive and enthusiastic culture is paramount to our ethos. We know that diverse backgrounds produce different perspectives, richer thinking, and more creative solutions to the challenges our clients face. Join us and take the challenge of doing meaningful work supporting companies in fields like Clean Tech, SaaS, life sciences, cannabis, natural foods, web3, biotech, AI and data analytics, to name a few.

What We Offer: The Venture Best team is energetic, entrepreneurial and we love what we do. We offer a strong team of associates and beautiful office space to help our partners in building and serving our client base. We work with extremely innovative and impactful founders and companies across the country, with a focus on fast-growing venture ecosystems (Salt Lake City, Austin, Raleigh, Madison, Colorado, Chicago, Milwaukee, and growing).

We will provide the new team member with:

• A team dedicated to business development and marketing
• Active mentoring and camaraderie
• Specialists covering many industries and areas of law
• Competitive pay and a lucrative bonus program
• Work life balance

You will be assigned an expert Corporate or Venture Best partner mentor to guide you, help you set goals, and ensure you have access to all of the tools necessary to be successf ul.

Job Requirements:

Knowledge Base & Education:

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
• 7+ years of corporate or transactional experience, specifically in investment funds
• Strong drafting and organizational skills
• Strong ability to manage clients and opposing counsel
• Excellent academic credentials
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills
• Valid authorization to work in the U.S.

The Company

This is an opportunity to work with the Best. We are Michael Best & Friedrich LLP. We are a full-service law firm with more than 350 lawyers and technical professionals who work in collaborative, interdisciplinary practices to serve clients around the world. We work with companies in all kinds of industries, as well as trade associations, nonprofits, educational institutions, governments, family trusts, and high-net-worth individuals.

Since our firm’s founding in 1848, we’ve continuously evolved to meet our clients’ changing needs and expectations. One thing remains the same:
For generations, clients have relied on Michael Best for exceptional legal service and business acumen.

The Location

We have offices in Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Madison, Manitowoc, Waukesha); Illinois (Chicago); Utah (Salt Lake City); Colorado (Denver, Broomfield); Texas (Austin); North Carolina (Charlotte, Raleigh,…