Senior Counsel, Investment Management Legal

About Bridgewater

Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for the most sophisticated global institutional investors.

Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit to understand how the world’s markets and economies work — using cutting edge technology to validate and execute on timeless and universal investment principles.

Founded in 1975, we are a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment for excellence. By fostering a culture of openness, transparency, and inclusion, we strive to unlock the most complex questions in investment strategy, management, and corporate culture.

Our Culture

Bridgewater’s unique success is the direct result of our unique way of being. We want an idea meritocracy in which meaningful work and meaningful relationships are pursued through radical truth and radical transparency. We require people to be extremely open, air disagreements, test each other’s logic, and view discovering mistakes and weaknesses as a good thing that leads to improvement and innovation. It is by continually striving together for the highest levels of truth and excellence that we create meaningful work and meaningful relationships. Within this culture, Diversity and Inclusion is a top priority because it is essential to finding the best talent in the world, enabling our idea meritocracy, and creating an environment where all types of people can thrive. We have a full-time team as well as affinity networks that work on these issues - If you would like to learn more, please let your Bridgewater recruiter know.

About the Legal & Regulatory Group:

The Legal & Regulatory Group is responsible for partnering with Bridgewater businesses to protect the legal and regulatory interests of Bridgewater and its clients, manage legal risk and to ensure that employees act in accordance with the highest legal and ethical standards. Our group maintains in-house expertise in many areas, including corporate, investment management, private funds, intellectual property, employment and commercial law and compliance. The team works closely with a broad range of departments within the firm and manages active relationships with external counsel.

About the Role:

We are currently seeking an exceptional lawyer who is practical, logical, intelligent, and highly motivated to work on a wide variety of legal matters. A broad background in an asset management and investment funds practice will be critical to this role, but the right person must also have the interest in and ability to stretch across multiple disciplines, partnering with senior subject-matter experts and outside counsel on a wide variety of legal and regulatory disciplines. The environment is fast-paced and dynamic and requires juggling a large number of priorities. The right candidate will possess a high degree of integrity, be able to receive and give critical feedback, find ways to improve internal processes and procedures, and commit to the continuous development and improvement of him/herself, the department, and Bridgewater.

You will drive the following responsibilities:

• Managing, preparing, reviewing, and negotiating documentation relating to private fund client and investment activities, including counterparty agreements, fund offering documentation, investment management agreements, side letters, and ancillary documents
• Act as subject-matter expert regarding questions related to agreements and documentation
• Provide legal support for regulatory compliance activities including advising business units on regulations regarding investment management, trading, marketing, conflicts of interest, and regulatory reporting
• Assist in the research, development, and launch of new products and strategies
• Maintain relationships with and manage outside counsel

Minimum Qualifications:

• Undergraduate and law degrees from top-tier institutions
• 5-10 years of practicing law at a law firm with a deep concentration in asset management and private funds; experience working for a private fund manager is a plus
• Ideally will have experience with third party distribution arrangements, private equity funds, and insurance related products.
  • Familiarity with regulations applicable to alternative investment managers and private funds
• Ability to communicate complex legal issues for executive leadership
• Commercial orientation and ability to provide practical counsel as a business thought partner, biased towards considered action, rather than the provision of legal advice alone
  • Passion for financial markets and asset management
  • Willingness and desire to develop knowledge in new areas of law

Physical Requirements

For most of our roles, Bridgewater offers remote work flexibility, with most employees required to work on campus as their principal work location, a minimum of two days (and in some cases three days) per week with the option to work offsite on other days.

Why Choose Bridgewater?

It takes all types to make Bridgewater great. We seek a diverse group of innovative thinkers and push them to engage in rigorous and thoughtful inquiry. We develop people through an honest examination of their abilities and performance, enabling personal growth and professional development. We strive to provide you opportunities that will challenge you and unlock your potential.

In this role, you will grow with us by:

• Taking ownership of increasingly complex systems and processes.
• Taking on oversight and mentorship responsibilities to grow talent as you gain experience.
• Opportunities to grow your career across Bridgewater depending on your strengths, weaknesses, and experience.

One of our core priorities at Bridgewater is to enable our employees to build a great life and career, and we believe our benefits are an important extension of that philosophy. As such, currently Bridgewater offers a competitive suite of benefits including:

• Health insurance with 100% premium covered and access to additional concierge medical services
• 401(k) plan with generous employer match
• Paid time off, including fully paid parental leave and a competitive PTO package
• Workplace flexibility and access to back up childcare
• Financial assistance for family building support, including adoption and egg freezing
• Workplace wellness, including on-site gyms, free meals and healthy snacks, and meditation rooms
• An engaged and active community that includes many company events, affinity networks, and extracurricular interest groups
• For a full list of Bridgewater benefits, click here.

Bridgewater reserves the right to change its current benefits program at any time, in a manner that is consistent with applicable federal and state regulations

This job description is not a contract and confers no contractual rights, privileges, or benefits on any applicant or potential applicant. Bridgewater has the right to change any and all terms of this job description, including, but not limited to, job responsibilities, qualifications and benefits. Nothing in this job description constitutes an offer or guarantee of employment. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer