Remote | Investment Funds & Asset Management Attorney — $140–$400/hour
About The Position
This is a remote freelance consulting opportunity for experienced attorneys specializing in investment funds, asset management, and securities regulation. The attorney will contribute legal expertise to AI training and evaluation initiatives by analysing legal materials, developing realistic legal scenarios, conducting regulatory research, and assessing AI-generated legal content. The work aims to improve the accuracy, reasoning, and reliability of AI systems in specialized legal domains. Prior AI experience is not required. Assignments may involve fund formation, compliance, investor relations, investment management, fund governance, fiduciary responsibilities, and regulatory obligations. Work includes reviewing offering memoranda, subscription agreements, regulatory filings, and other fund-related documentation; researching U.S. and international regulatory developments; and providing structured written analyses and feedback. Collaboration is remote and asynchronous through designated project tools. Work must not use confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, institution, or other third party.
Requirements
- Extensive, recent professional experience advising on investment funds, asset management, securities regulation, or related financial services matters.
- Deep expertise in investment funds law, fund formation, fund governance, and regulatory compliance.
- Strong understanding of U.S. securities laws, SEC regulations, and relevant international investment fund regulatory frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience drafting, negotiating, or reviewing offering memoranda, subscription agreements, and regulatory filings.
- Practical knowledge of private equity funds, hedge funds, mutual funds, or other regulated investment structures.
- Ability to analyse complex legal documents and identify nuanced contractual, regulatory, and compliance issues.
- Strong legal research, drafting, analytical reasoning, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Experience advising on investor relations, regulatory obligations, risk management, or asset management operations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex legal concepts clearly.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively in an asynchronous, remote project environment.
- Work must be completed without using confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, institution, or other third party.
Nice To Haves
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active bar membership in good standing are preferred.
- Familiarity with fintech, AI applications, or emerging technologies in financial services is advantageous but not required.
Responsibilities
- Analyse and annotate complex legal documents relating to investment funds, asset management, securities regulation, and investor relations.
- Review offering memoranda, subscription agreements, regulatory filings, and other fund-related legal documentation.
- Interpret legal provisions, contractual obligations, and compliance requirements across investment fund structures.
- Assess legal questions involving fund governance, fiduciary responsibilities, and regulatory obligations.
- Develop realistic legal questions, case studies, and practical scenarios involving investment fund and asset management activities.
- Create structured legal examples involving fund formation, investor onboarding, securities compliance, and ongoing fund operations.
- Translate complex legal principles into clear, accurate training materials and design challenging scenarios requiring nuanced analysis.
- Review, edit, and validate AI-generated legal analyses, explanations, and responses for substantive accuracy.
- Identify legal inaccuracies, incomplete reasoning, and areas needing greater regulatory or contractual precision, and provide detailed written feedback.
- Support the development of reliable evaluation criteria for investment funds and asset management legal content.
- Research U.S. and international securities regulation, investment fund structures, and asset management compliance developments.
- Examine SEC requirements, regulatory filings, and evolving legal expectations for investment managers.
- Assess legal and regulatory considerations affecting private equity funds, hedge funds, mutual funds, and related investment vehicles.
- Summarise regulatory developments and their implications for fund operations and investor relationships.
- Produce structured legal analyses, annotations, research summaries, and evaluation feedback.
- Collaborate asynchronously with project stakeholders, communicate complex legal concepts to legal and non-legal audiences, and contribute to consistent research practices and high-quality deliverables.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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