Legal Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the legal team in managing Dodge & Cox Funds and Dodge & Cox Worldwide Funds (Irish UCITS) boards.
• Assisting attorneys in preparing and filing regulatory reports, updates to registration statements, and other filings.
• Aiding in the preparation and review of contracts, including investment management agreements, confidentiality agreements, and vendor contracts.
• Maintaining the firm’s vendor contract database and organizing the legal department’s internal SharePoint site.
• Identifying opportunities to use generative AI tools to improve efficiency in legal workflows and assist other department members.
• Managing projects within the legal department, coordinating tasks and resources across various teams, and ensuring project success.

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree with an excellent academic record.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience, preferably in a legal, compliance, or operations role or as a project manager at an asset manager or other financial services company.
• Intellectually curious, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work both independently and in a highly collaborative environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong emotional intelligence.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Highly organized and able to handle a variety of projects and prioritize effectively to meet multiple deadlines.
• Adept at using Microsoft Office suite; experience with relevant regulatory and industry websites is desirable.
• Experience using generative AI tools to support research, drafting, and organizational tasks is highly desirable.
• Strong data-analysis skills, with demonstrated proficiency in Excel and comfort working with spreadsheets.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $110k - $140k. The listed pay scale denotes only the base salary and does not include discretionary bonus compensation, which may make up an important portion of the total remuneration.

Benefits

Dodge & Cox encourages applicants to consider the value of the many competitive benefits it offers, including coverage of 100% of all healthcare premiums for employees and their families and fully funding a retirement plan at 25% of the total compensation to the IRS limit.