About the Company
Our client is a distinguished Global Single-Family Office with over $10 billion in assets under management and a proven 25+ year track record of delivering exceptional long-term investment results. With deep sector expertise and a disciplined approach, the firm manages a diversified portfolio across private equity, venture capital, real estate, and alternative investments, combining institutional-grade rigor with the entrepreneurial agility to seize high-conviction opportunities. The organization operates with a high-caliber lean team, supported by substantial institutional infrastructure and capital resources. With ambitious growth plans for its U.S. platform, the firm offers a dynamic environment where talent can shape the investment strategy and drive portfolio outcomes.
Role Summary
The Senior Legal Counsel will be a core member of the U.S. investment platform, providing hands-on legal support across the full lifecycle of private equity and alternative investment transactions, as well as day-to-day corporate, governance, regulatory, and operational matters. The role works closely with senior leadership, investment professionals, and external advisors, and requires strong commercial judgment, decisiveness, and comfort operating in a lean, fast-moving environment.
This position is well-suited for a transaction-oriented legal professional with meaningful private equity deal experience who is seeking a long-term, growth-oriented in-house role with broad responsibility and autonomy. The Senior Legal Counsel is expected to independently own matters, balance legal risk with business objectives, and act as a pragmatic business partner to the U.S. investment and operating teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary legal partner for the U.S. platform, providing hands-on legal support across the full lifecycle of private equity and alternative investments, including structuring, execution, M&A transactions, and ongoing portfolio management
- Act as a corporate generalist supporting the day-to-day legal needs of the family office and its operating and investment entities
- Operate as an embedded business partner, driving legal matters to resolution, exercising sound commercial judgment, and providing clear, practical recommendations
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of agreements, including investment, shareholder, operating, financing, commercial, and service agreements
- Support acquisitions, dispositions, co-investments, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and other complex transactions across multiple sectors
- Advise on corporate governance matters, entity structuring, and compliance matters for a U.S.-based organization operating across multiple states and internationally
- Provide legal guidance across a diverse portfolio of industries; experience with sectors such as gaming, oil & gas, manufacturing, software, technology, and real estate is viewed as a plus
- Manage and coordinate external counsel, including leading transaction workflows, overseeing deliverables, and ensuring cost-effective, high-quality legal execution
- Advise senior leadership on regulatory, compliance, and risk management matters relevant to a family office, private equity, and operating company environment
- Balance legal risk with commercial objectives by delivering practical, solutions-oriented advice in a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment
- Where applicable, support the development and mentoring of legal or cross-functional team members and contribute to building scalable legal processes
- Remain flexible and open to travel as required in support of transactions and portfolio companies
Skills & Attributes
- Broad legal skillset with the ability to operate across complex transactions, corporate governance, regulatory considerations, and day-to-day operational matters
- Strong commercial judgment and business acumen, with the ability to assess risk, identify practical solutions, and provide clear recommendations that enable efficient decision making
- Transaction-oriented mindset, with comfort taking ownership of matters and driving them to resolution in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Ability to operate autonomously, while partnering closely with senior leadership, investment professionals, and external advisors
- High level of discretion, integrity, and professionalism, with sound judgment in handling sensitive and confidential matters
- Excellent negotiating, drafting, and communication skills, with the ability to distill complex legal issues for non-legal stakeholders
- Comfortable operating in a lean, high-performance, multi-sector environment with competing priorities and time-sensitive demands
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple complex matters simultaneously without sacrificing quality or judgment
- Collaborative mindset with the credibility and confidence to engage effectively across investment and operating teams
Qualifications & Experience
- J.D. from an accredited law school
- Approximately 5–10 years of legal experience, with a strong preference for private equity–focused transactional and M&A experience
- Background in a leading law firm and/or in-house environment
- Demonstrated experience supporting complex M&A and private investment transactions, including structuring, negotiation, and execution
- Experience operating as a corporate generalist, handling a broad range of legal matters across transactions, governance, regulatory, and commercial areas
- Exposure to multi-state U.S. operations and cross-border or international transactions
- Ability to operate independently in a lean environment, exercising sound judgment and ownership over matters from initiation through resolution
- Prior experience working closely with investment professionals, senior executives, or principals in a fast-paced, high-accountability setting
- Management or mentorship experience is a plus, but not required
- Licensed to practice in New York, Delaware, and/or Massachusetts is preferred.
Location
- Onsite role located in Boston, MA
