Junior Career Associate – Fund Formation

We are seeking a junior career associate to join our Fund Formation practice. This is a long-term, non-partnership-track role designed for attorneys who value high-quality transactional work, mentorship, work-life balance, and a defined professional path within a leading global law firm.

About the Practice

Orrick's Fund Formation practice, part of our Technology Companies Group (TCG), is among the most active and highly regarded in the United States. We primarily advise venture capital, growth equity, impact, and crossover fund managers—from established platforms to first-time emerging managers—on fund formation, regulatory compliance, secondary transactions, co-investment vehicles, and capital deployment across the innovation ecosystem. We also represent governmental pension plans, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and other institutional limited partners in their fund commitments and co-investment activity. Our deep integration with Orrick's market-leading emerging companies and venture capital platform provides unparalleled deal flow, client relationships, and career development opportunities.

Responsibilities

The associate will work closely with partners and senior associates on fund formation matters, including:

• Drafting and reviewing limited partnership agreements
• Drafting and reviewing private placement memoranda
• Drafting and reviewing subscription documents and side letters
• Exposure to both sponsor-side and investor-side representations

Prior transactional legal experience through law school clinics, internships, clerkships, or early associate work is preferred. Coursework or interest in securities regulation, investment management, corporate law, or partnership taxation will distinguish top candidates. We are especially interested in candidates motivated by the career associate model: attorneys who seek sophisticated legal work in a collegial environment with a sustainable pace and long-term professional stability.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school
• 1-2 years of experience
• Active bar membership (or eligibility for prompt admission) in West Virginia or Pennsylvania
• Strong academic credentials
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Genuine interest in a long-term career in private fund formation

Benefits

Orrick is committed to providing a comprehensive, competitive, and thoughtful total compensation package to our attorneys and staff, wherever they work. Benefits include:

• Full range of elective health benefits (medical, dental, vision, and life)
• Robust mental well-being programs
• Child, family, elder, and pet care benefits
• Short- and long-term disability
• Industry-leading parental leave benefits
• Health savings account contributions (with applicable medical plan)
• Flexible spending accounts
• 401K program
• Compensated time off through our Flexible Time Off program
• Paid holidays
• Annual discretionary merit bonus, determined by Firm and individual performance

Pay

The expected salary range for this position is between $130,000 and $160,000.

Preferred office location: Wheeling, WV (with remote working available from the Pittsburgh, PA area).