Managing Chief Counsel

General Counsel – Family Office / Private Equity Platform

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This is a first-seat General Counsel opportunity with a rapidly growing investment platform operating across multiple entities and jurisdictions. The company manages an expanding portfolio across private equity, venture, and family office interests, with a lean leadership team and a fast-paced, entrepreneurial culture.

The General Counsel will lead and modernize the organization's legal, compliance, and HR functions. The role requires someone equally comfortable building from the ground up and serving as a pragmatic business partner — translating complex legal issues into clear operational guidance.

Build and oversee the company's legal infrastructure, including entity governance, contract management, compliance, and HR policies.

Partner closely with leadership across finance, operations, HR, and M&A to align legal strategy with business growth.

Modernize legal operations using automation and AI-driven tools (e.g., Manage external counsel relationships while reducing dependency through internal process improvements).

Support HR and people operations in areas such as employment law, DEI compliance, and organizational structure.

Lead risk management, corporate governance, and policy development for new ventures and acquisitions.

Qualifications

10–20 years of legal experience, with at least 3 years in-house.

Background in private equity, family office, investment management, or high-growth multi-entity environments.

Proven experience building or modernizing legal functions (templates, playbooks, compliance frameworks).

Exceptional communication skills — able to present legal strategy in clear, actionable business language.

Builders : You enjoy creating structure where little exists and can scale systems as the business grows.

Integrators : You connect the dots across finance, operations, HR, and M&A to make legal a proactive function.

Pragmatic Partners : You're commercially minded and solution-oriented, not risk-averse or overly academic.

We're not looking for :

Those seeking a large legal department or heavy external support structure.

Those resistant to adopting technology or rethinking traditional legal workflows.

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