General Counsel

Twain Financial Partners Holding LLC•St. Louis, MO

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About The Position

Twain Financial Partners is an investment firm located in St. Louis, MO, with over $5 billion in assets under management within the public-private partnership sector. Our firm works with a wide variety of investment types, specializing in tax credit, structured debt, and real estate transactions. Twain works closely with financial institutions, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals to structure and manage investments that offer both attractive economic return and social benefits. The General Counsel serves as a senior executive responsible for providing strategic legal leadership while overseeing the performance, compliance, and risk management of the firm’s investment portfolio. This role integrates legal governance with hands-on asset management, ensuring investments are structured, managed, and exited in alignment with regulatory requirements, contractual obligations, investor expectations, and long-term business objectives. The role partners closely with executive leadership, investment teams, asset managers, and external counsel to support transactions, manage post-close asset performance, and proactively identify and mitigate legal, financial, and operational risks across the portfolio. This role also serves as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, contributing to the development and execution of company-wide strategy.

Requirements

Juris Doctor (J.D.) required; active license to practice law in good standing.
5+ years of experience in investment management, real estate, structured finance, or similar asset classes.
Demonstrated expertise in legal document review, negotiation, and interpretation within an investment or asset management context.
Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of balancing legal precision with commercial decision-making in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Serve as the firm’s chief legal advisor, providing counsel on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, transactional matters, and risk management across all investment activities.
Serves as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, contributing to the development and execution of company-wide strategy.
Manage relationships with external legal counsel, ensuring cost-effective, timely, and high-quality legal support.
Advise senior leadership on legal risks impacting existing assets, new investments, and strategic initiatives.
Establish and maintain internal legal policies, procedures, and controls to support compliant operations across the investment lifecycle.
Support regulatory, audit, and compliance matters related to asset performance and investment structures.
Partner with investment, underwriting, and finance teams during due diligence and transaction execution to ensure legal and asset management considerations are fully integrated.
Support post-close transitions from transaction execution to active asset management.
Contribute to special projects and strategic initiatives related to portfolio optimization, risk mitigation, and operational improvement.
Provide leadership, mentorship, and guidance to asset management/portfolio servicing and legal-related team members.
Guide asset managers in proactively managing their investments, in resolving asset-level issues, including restructures, amendments, waivers, and enforcement actions.
Oversee asset-level compliance, including monitoring covenants, regulatory requirements, and program-specific obligations tied to tax credit or structured investments.
Identify, assess, and mitigate operational and financial risks
Review and interpret legal, financial, and operational documentation to support ongoing asset management decisions.
Oversee the preparation and presentation of portfolio reviews, investor reporting, and internal performance analyses.