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Paralegal (PE/VC) - Charlotte:
About the Company:
- Global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world’s investors
- Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies
Position Overview:
- Responsible for assisting attorneys within the StepStone Private Equity and Venture Capital legal teams
- Support asset management/investment and entity management matters
- Involved in instituting best practices and improving processes and procedures
- Initially report into the Associate General Counsel, Venture Capital and be an integral member of the StepStone Legal team
Essential Job Functions:
- Assist the Legal team in all phases of fund formation and investment transactions
- Organize and appropriately handle/file legal documents and sensitive, confidential information
- Organize and maintain legal documents and other corporate records
- Complete and review AML/KYC profiles for firm-sponsored funds and firm clients/investors
- Lead the process of completing subscription and related documents for private markets fund investments
- Review and negotiate confidentiality agreements and non-reliance letters
- Review and complete documentation for transfers in firm-sponsored funds
- Gather data and compile various reports for legal team
- Partner with attorneys with respect to invoice management and other legal operations matters
- Work on special projects from time to time as appropriate and subject to availability
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- Undergraduate university degree is required
- 2+ years’ of relevant experience, preferably with some portion as a paralegal and/or legal trainee and/or funds operational in a law firm or asset management firm
- Experience with private markets (private equity, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure, private credit or hedge funds) a plus
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Possess excellent communication skills, both verbally and in written form
- Utilize effective time management skills to maintain a commitment to quality and high attention to detail
- Highly organized individual who is detail-oriented, logical, able to multi-task and committed to meeting deadlines with limited supervision
- Strong process improvement orientation; project management skill sets
- High level reasoning and ability to make common sense decisions tempered by knowledge, often under difficult time constraints
- Foster a sense of teamwork, assisting others when needed/required
- Flourish in a challenging, fast-paced, and professional environment with frequent shifts in priorities as business needs dictate
- Have a strong sense of integrity, behaving consistently with expressed values and ethical principles of StepStone
- Focus on specific goals and demonstrate a sense of personal growth, accountability and urgency for achieving results
About Us:
- Global company with 26 offices in 15 countries
- Principles based on integrity, transparency, respect and creativity
- Integrated global team shares insights into how managers think and operate
Join Us:
- Professionals who are passionate about anticipating changes, solving problems and working together to make it all happen
- Integrated global team shares insights into how managers think and operate
- Competitive compensation package including salary and incentive compensation for all full time hires
- Comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, retirement plan, mental health well-being program, paid time off, student loan repayment program, and wellness initiatives
Disclaimer / Policy Statements:
- Diversity, equity and inclusion are an integral part of our culture
- Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to creating an inclusive environment that empowers our employees
- Multiple Employment Resource Groups representing our dedication to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
