Legal & Compliance - Fund Formation Attorney, AVP

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Business Unit: Legal & Compliance (L&C)

Job Title: L&C - Fund Formation Attorney, Assistant Vice President                  

Job Description:

The attorney would be a part of a small and specially dedicated centralized fund formation legal team within Blackstone and would:

• Serve as one of the main point persons regarding advice on fund formation legal matters throughout all stages for fundraising across most of Blackstone’s fund products

• Assist and coordinate with outside counsel and business groups on legal matters relating to capital formation / fundraising and fund related issues with respect to investments 

• Interact closely with Institutional Client Solutions, business teams and L&C

• Participate in structuring new products and other related product development initiatives

• Assist in updating and revising of investment vehicles’ offering materials

• Assist in the review of investor communications and responses to investor inquiries

• Assist investment and business groups in structuring and facilitating new investments in various parts of capital structure

Qualifications:

• 3 years of experience practicing fund formation law

• In-house fund formation lawyer or from a law firm with a fund formation practice

• Must have technical experience and fundamental understanding of closed end private funds

• Experience with open ended private funds is not required but would be very helpful

• Experience drafting fund documentation

• This role requires someone to be an issue spotter, practical thinker and problem solver

• Desire to work as part of a collaborative team and willingness to embrace a variety of issues

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

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If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please email Human Resources at HR-Recruiting-Americas@Blackstone.com.

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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Salary : $135,000 - $185,000