New York Funds & Asset Management Knowledge Lawyer
About Us
As a global law firm, our work spans jurisdictions, cultures, and languages—and so do our people. Our culture is collaborative and inclusive, where diverse perspectives are recognized and valued. We combine deep legal expertise and commercial intelligence to grow, transform, protect, and defend our clients' businesses across every critical moment. We operate in the sectors and regions that matter to our clients, providing forward-thinking insights and innovative, tech-enabled solutions. You’ll build connections and work with colleagues as one global team, unlocking opportunities for clients across borders, cultures, legal, and commercial disciplines.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced knowledge lawyer to join our Funds team in New York. This role supports our Funds team by providing practice support, knowledge management, AI adoption support, horizon scanning, thought leadership, and training.
Responsibilities
- Practice Support:
- Provide precedent and resource recommendations, legal research, and guidance on a wide variety of fund matters
- Coordinate with the firm’s opinion committee to update and maintain the legal opinion template
- Facilitate access to the firm’s resources and services, including recommending lawyers with relevant expertise in other groups or offices
- Knowledge Management:
- Collect, curate, and make easily accessible a collection of precedents, templates, checklists, and other know-how materials relevant to fund matters
- Collaborate with lawyers across the firm’s network on firm-wide knowledge management initiatives
- AI Adoption Support:
- Help drive a fully AI-enabled culture within our Funds team by working with lawyers and the legal technology team to identify use cases for AI/other tech solutions in our private fund work
- Assist with reviewing/piloting third-party tech solutions (in conjunction with the legal technology teams)
- Horizon Scanning:
- Regularly follow key information sources to identify relevant litigation/SEC enforcement, regulatory, and market developments, trends, risks, and best practices
- Provide relevant updates to the group periodically and on an ad hoc basis via newsletters, emails, and team meetings
- Thought Leadership:
- Produce client briefings, blog posts, conference presentations, and other thought leadership pieces to provide valuable resources to our clients and enhance the firm’s reputation
- Support business development and marketing initiatives by contributing substantive content to pitches and other client-facing materials
- Training:
- Organize and deliver training on a range of relevant topics and developments, both internally and to clients
- Coordinate applications for NY CLE credit and ensure related requirements are met
- Provide tailored training to new joiners and curate accessible training opportunities and resources relevant to fund matters
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited US law school
- Admitted to the New York Bar
- At least five years of experience practicing law in fund formation, ideally closed-ended, private fund structures and related regulatory considerations
- Strong legal research and analytical skills
- Ability to create, manage, and update legal precedents, templates, and other knowledge resources
- Experience in organizing and producing training sessions, briefings, and presentations for lawyers and clients on a broad range of legal topics
Preferred Skills
- Proactive and self-motivated
- Ability to identify team needs and develop plans or strategies to address them
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking and presentation skills
- Able to work independently as well as collaboratively with other professionals
Benefits
Clifford Chance US LLP offers a comprehensive benefits and compensation package.
Pay
The salary range for this role is $275,000–$350,000. Actual salary will be based on the candidate's qualifications and relevant experience.