Title: Legal Affairs Associate
Department: Legal
Location: Boston, MA
With approximately $185 billion of assets under management, Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading private investment firms. We create lasting impact for our investors, teams, businesses, and the communities in which we live. Over four decades we have strategically grown our platform to focus on Private Equity, Growth & Venture, Capital Solutions, Credit & Capital Markets, and Real Assets. Today, our team includes 1,880+ employees in 24 offices on four continents.
We partner differently to help people and companies embrace possibility and realize potential.
Founded as a private partnership in 1984, we have fostered a culture of innovation, entrepreneurialism, and agility, empowering our people to define and own their career trajectories. Today, our partnership approach enables us to pursue strategic growth, build enduring relationships with a robust external network, and collaborate across our integrated platform to connect the deep and diverse expertise that unlocks breakthrough insights.
Our people are the heart of our advantage.
Colleagues at all levels have a seat at the table as they tackle business challenges with a principal investor mindset. By asking incisive questions, respectfully challenging one another, and remaining intellectually agile, we work together to achieve exceptional outcomes.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Legal Affairs Associate will be part of the Legal Department and will support the capital markets business units of Bain Capital.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible for the following tasks:
- Play key role in managing $150M+ of external legal spend by analyzing expense data and preparing monthly reports for senior management and portfolio teams.
- Act as liaison to external law firms for all budgetary reporting and SimpleLegal invoicing matters.
- Contribute to the tracking, drafting and filing of SEC and other regulatory securities filings.
- Assist in the negotiation and review process for Confidentiality Agreements and Engagement Letters.
GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree from a top undergraduate program with a strong academic background.
- 1-2 years of experience at a major law firm or in-house at an investment firm.
- Strong analytical skills; comfort presenting and interpreting large amounts of data in Microsoft Excel.
- Diplomatic interpersonal skills to interact with the more than 950 worldwide employees of Bain Capital and with the key partners of our external law firms.
- Excellent project management and organizational skills; ability to prioritize multiple projects with high attention to detail; strong sense of ownership and follow-through skills.
- Self-starter with initiative and confidence to take responsibility for decisions on time-sensitive matters.
- Creative problem solving ability and sound judgment.
- Knowledge of basic financial instruments.
- Rock-solid discretion and capacity to handle highly confidential and sensitive information.
- Prior experience with SimpleLegal a plus.
Bain Capital is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
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What We Do
Bain Capital is one of the world’s leading alternative investment firms. More than 1,200 Bain Capital employees work together at locations in Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Palo Alto, London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Melbourne, Sydney, Madrid, Luxembourg, Munich, Mumbai, Seoul, and Tokyo to manage approximately $155 billion in assets.
Founded in 1984, Bain Capital has advanced a consulting-based approach to investment. We develop close partnerships with management teams around the world, uncovering valuable insights that drive long-term value to businesses and markets. We have expanded this approach beyond private equity to several asset classes, including credit, fixed income, public equity, venture capital, and real estate. We’re dedicated to responsible business practices, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards are critical considerations in our investment approach.
We strive to create lasting impact for all stakeholders: our investors, our teams, our businesses, and the communities we’re a part of. We believe our shared values form the core of our competitive advantage:
- We develop exceptional partnerships. We know great outcomes come from great teams.
- We challenge conventional thinking. We think differently. We nurture a culture of deep objective inquiry and seek the full potential in every opportunity.
- We work with tenacity. We roll up our sleeves, dig in, and come to work every day searching for better outcomes.
- We believe character matters. We prize personal integrity and humility.
Our team also supports a variety of charitable and nonprofit organizations by donating time, expertise and resources through the Bain Capital Community Partnership. Bain Capital Children's Charity, founded in 1996, has proven this by providing more than $55 million to 350 youth-related causes thanks to contributions from the firm’s employees and partners.
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