Funds lawyer - Johannesburg at Pinsent Masons

Basic requirements

The ideal candidate will be able to support our team and will have experience of advising on various matters relating to the establishment of, and investing in, private investment funds.  It will also be essential that the candidate enjoys business development as we are a growing team.  Relevant experience will include:

• drafting constitutional documentation of funds including limited partnership agreements, unit trust deeds and shareholder agreements;
• drafting and negotiating ancillary documentation such as management agreements and administration agreements;
• advising on carried interest arrangements;
• reviewing marketing material;
• negotiating fund documentation with investors and dealing with side letter requests;
• drafting LLP or shareholder agreements in relation to setting up new managers;
• dealing with offshore law firms and administrators;
• reviewing fund documentation for institutional investors and preparing user friendly reports;
• negotiating with fund counsel when acting for investors (either as cornerstone investor or as a minority investor); and
• discussing new funds with both start-up and experienced managers.

Additional attributes

As well as having the experience mentioned above, the candidate should be:

• strong academically;
• happy to work on creating marketing material, know-how and being involved in business development – this is a growing team and, accordingly, we would like the candidate to take an active part in that;
• prepared to work on a small number of mandates that don't fit a traditional private funds role – this will include joint venture agreements and occasionally advice on M&A transactions in the funds space although that type of work is always done with the support of our corporate team;
• a team player who can work with different teams and lawyers across the firm; and
• keen to work in a growing international firm that is making headlines