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Position Overview
You will support StepStone’s Legal & Compliance Department in a variety of operational processes and projects, primarily focusing on the processing of amendment/legal action reviews proposed by StepStone client private markets fund managers. Technical and operational tools necessary to fulfill responsibilities will be supported by StepStone’s Portfolio Analytics & Reporting department.
Essential Job Functions
Responsibilities:
- Review and analyze proposed amendments to private markets fund agreements (across asset classes)
- Analyze proposed advisory board actions for private markets funds (across asset classes)
- Coordinate communications with internal teams (Reporting, Research, Legal, Tax and Accounting)
- Draft client recommendation memos
- Review and negotiate Confidentiality / Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Assist the Legal team with completing and executing most favored nation (MFN) elections, right of first refusal (ROFR) elections, follow-on elections and other fund liquidity elections
- Participate in the formulation and implementation of process improvements and technology solutions to optimize efficiency, with an emphasis on Legal & Compliance operations functions
Personal Skills:
- Utilize effective time management skills to maintain a commitment to quality and attention to detail; ensure that all work is completed accurately and on time
- Professionally communicate with all levels of staff, internal and external
- 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
Education and Work Experience Requirements:
- Four-year college degree
- One year of paralegal or legal administrative experience
- Experience in financial services (preferably private markets) and/or operational due diligence is a plus
Salary: $82,000.00 - $90,000.00
The salary range is an estimate of pay for this position. Actual pay may vary depending on job-related factors that can include location, education, skill, and experience. The salary range does not include any benefits or other forms of possible compensation that may be available to employees.
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At StepStone, we believe that our people are our most important asset and crucial to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to create an environment that empowers our employees and allows them to be heard, regardless of title or tenure. Our organizational community features multiple Employment Resource Groups as well as mentorship programs to enhance the employee experience for all.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, StepStone 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.
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What We Do
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory and data services to our clients. StepStone’s clients include some of the world’s largest public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies, as well as prominent endowments, foundations, family offices and private wealth clients, which include high-net-worth and mass affluent individuals.StepStone partners with its clients to develop and build private markets portfolios designed to meet their specific objectives across the private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate asset classes.
