Asset Management M&A Associate

Advocates Legal Recruiting•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Our AmLaw 100 client is adding a 5th through 8th year associate to its Asset Management Transactions group in New York. This is a focused corporate seat for lawyers who know asset manager deals: GP stakes, control transactions, structured equity, secondaries, and liquidity solutions. The platform is a serious one, with global deal flow, a deep funds bench, and M&A strength that shows up in the market. You will advise asset managers, private equity sponsors, GP stakes investors, banks, insurers, founders, management teams, and boards on complex transactions across the asset management industry. The work includes full buyouts, minority GP stakes, joint ventures, spin-outs, lift-outs, carve-outs, restructurings, succession planning, continuation funds, preferred equity, structured and synthetic secondaries, LP portfolio sales, NAV financings, strip sales, and tender offers. You will work closely with funds, regulatory, tax, finance, and cross-border deal teams.

Requirements

4+ years of asset management M&A experience, ideally in the 2022 through 2019 class range.
Direct experience with GP stakes and control asset management transactions.
Comfortable managing workstreams.
Proficient in drafting and negotiating core deal documents.
Experience handling client contact.
Ability to identify fund-level and regulatory issues that differentiate asset management M&A from general M&A.

Responsibilities

Advise asset managers, private equity sponsors, GP stakes investors, banks, insurers, founders, management teams, and boards on complex transactions across the asset management industry.
Manage workstreams, draft and negotiate core deal documents, handle client contact, and identify fund-level and regulatory issues specific to asset management M&A.
Work closely with funds, regulatory, tax, finance, and cross-border deal teams.