Audax Group is a leading alternative investment manager with offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco, and London. Since its founding in 1999, the firm has raised over $40 billion in capital across its Private Equity and Private Debt businesses. With more than 400 employees and approximately 180 investment professionals, the firm is a leading capital partner for North American middle market companies. For more information, visit the Audax Group website www.audaxgroup.com.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Audax Private Debt (“Audax”) seeks a private debt fund, separate account and alternative investments attorney for a role combining legal and operations/business responsibilities to represent Audax in connection with its future growth strategies. The successful candidate must be able to be an effective thought partner and value-added team member to assist the business’ various business management functions, including the investor relations stakeholders and the firm’s limited partners.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Collaborate alongside the firm’s stakeholders on strategic initiatives, in a hybrid role that spans both business and legal functions, including focus on future product launches
- Identify new viable investment structures and work with outside counsel to formulate elegant structural solutions, based on the needs of the firm and investors
- Work alongside our Investor Relations team to formulate terms and product positioning
- Collaborate with internal teams across Finance, Operations, Compliance, Legal, Investor Relations and Marketing, acting at the intersection of those functional areas
- Over time, negotiate directly with lead institutional investors, to enhance the firm’s relationships and long-term partnerships
- Oversee new fund document drafting
- Coordinate regular updates to existing fund documents
- Respond to fund/account-related questions from Investor Relations and Finance Teams
- Draft and review placement agent agreements
- Coordinate limited partner and third-party investor co-investments
REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:
- Law degree required
- Ability to practice in-house in a position based in New York
- At least 3-5+ years of relevant investment, securities, separate account and funds law experience required
- Experience interacting directly with institutional limited partners and investors preferred
- Experience with a range of private debt investment structures and products (private funds, separate accounts, funds of one, ’40 Act funds)
- Expertise in private funds’ regulation by the SEC and relevant transaction documentation
- Exceptional analytical, writing and speaking skills, as well as advanced organizational and planning skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with various levels of personnel
- Recent experience in a major private debt firm, private equity firm, or a large law firm is required
OTHER DUTIES:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
ADDITIONAL NOTICE:
For New York City only: The base salary range for this position is $250,000 - $300,000. The base salary range represents the estimated low and high end for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation may vary and will be determined based on but not limited to, the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and Audax reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. An employee may also be eligible for annual discretionary incentive compensation based on performance.
Audax offers a wide range of employee benefits, including health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off (including sick leave, parental leave, volunteer leave, and vacation), charitable donation match, family support services (including Bright Horizons and Benefit Advocate Center), and a 401(k) in addition to other benefits.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Audax Management Co. is an equal opportunity employer.
Please note that Audax Group and its affiliated entities do not accept unsolicited resumes from a third-party recruiting agency not currently under a signed agreement. Any unsolicited resume that is sent to directly to Audax Group or one of its affiliated entities, or its employees, including those submitted to hiring managers by a third-party recruiting agency not currently under a signed agreement, will be considered property of Audax Group. If a third-party recruiting agency submits a resume without an agreement, Audax Group or its affiliated entities explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the third-party recruiting agency. Any third-party recruiting agency should contact either a member of the Talent Acquisition or Human Resource team at Audax Group, in conjunction with a valid, fully executed contract for service based upon a specific job opening.
What We Do
Founded in 1999, Audax Group is a leading alternative investment manager with offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco and London. With approximately $36 billion of assets under management and more than 360 employees, Audax is a leading capital partner for middle market companies, operating through three distinct business lines: Audax Private Equity, Audax Private Debt, and Audax Strategic Capital.
For more information, visit the Audax Group website www.audaxgroup.com.
