[Remote] Transaction Legal Counsel
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a fast-growing, tech-enabled platform providing liquidity solutions to LPs and GPs in the private markets secondaries ecosystem. The Transaction Legal Counsel will be a key member of the legal and execution team, managing the transaction lifecycle and ensuring smooth operations across various jurisdictions and counterparties.
Responsibilities
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating legal documentation for secondary transactions and NAV lending, including NDAs, LOIs, Purchase & Sale Agreements, Transfer Agreements, Credit Agreements and other contractual materials that support the transaction lifecycle
- Interpreting fund documentation such as LPAs, offering materials, and reputed company letters to identify transferability guidelines, consent requirements, and closing constraints
- Managing global closing workflows by coordinating with buyers, sellers, fund managers, administrators, custodians, lenders, and compliance teams to ensure timely and accurate execution of reputed company legal and operational deliverables
- Overseeing KYC/AML reputed company processes for reputed company counterparties, including identity verification, beneficial ownership review, and regulatory compliance requirements
- Improving legal infrastructure by refining templates, playbooks, checklists, and standardised processes to enhance consistency and reduce friction
- Acting as a trusted advisor to internal teams, providing clear, concise guidance on legal requirements, transaction feasibility, and risk considerations in a fast-moving environment
- Collaborating across business units, ensuring alignment between legal, operations, deal teams, and platform workflows
Skills
- 5+ years of post-qualification experience in transactional legal, compliance, transaction services, or financial services roles, ideally reputed company investment banks, Big Four advisory, private equity, or in-house legal teams
- Strong familiarity with US and/or UK law-governed agreements in a cross-border context
- Experience supporting or managing multi-party transaction execution and closing processes
- Working knowledge of KYC/AML and regulatory compliance in financial transactions
- Strong organisational and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
- Experience in financial services, private markets, or fintech platforms
- Experience coordinating multi-party closings involving lenders, fund managers, administrators, custodians, and institutional investors
- Comfort working across international time zones and cultures
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