Address Overview:
Our culture and values:
Act with integrity
Own your success
Think forward
Make an impact
Equal opportunities:
Preqin is an equal opportunity employer, with diversity at the heart of our business. It is the policy of Preqin to ensure equal employment and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Preqin is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, so everyone has the opportunity to be successful. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please let the Preqin recruiter know at the start of the application process. Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process.
As a Junior Counsel on the FAIR team you will have a unique opportunity to examine Limited Partnership Agreements (LPAs) for a variety of client’s interests in alternative asset classes. This person will be in charge of extracting key legal information as part of the FAIR onboarding process around key dates and fee structures outlined in a LPA and liaise with the Preqin Legal Insights team when particular complex structures are identified.
About Colmore
Colmore, a Preqin company, is a market-leading, technology-driven private markets investor services business focused on the Limited Partner and Allocator market. The business operates from four offices located in New York and Dallas in the US, and London and Birmingham in the UK. Colmore employs more than 270 professionals, with the business monitoring over 6,000 private market funds and 50,000+ holdings.
Responsibilities: In this role you will:
- Review legal documents for completeness and update the FAIR Onboarding team if any are missing or incomplete
- Extract key dates and information from a variety of legal documents, including LPAs, side letters, and audited financial statements
- Work alongside the FAIR onboarding team to plan and monitor the legal extraction process of FAIR onboarding
- Escalate complex fee structure to the senior members of the FAIR team and/ or the Legal Insights Team as appropriate
You are a good fit if you are:
- Meticulous when it comes to applying consistent methodology in data review and extraction
- Detailed-orientated and able to efficiently identify key information and nuances within legal language
- A self-starter who enjoys managing their daily work while meeting KPIs and supporting the overall operations of the FAIR team
- Familiar with limited partnership agreements and/ or other legal contracts. While not required, experience within Private Equity industry is preferred
- A team player who wants to develop project management skills and work alongside financial professionals in both the UK and US
- Someone who has 2-4 years of experience in contract law or a similar field
Company Benefits:
- 25 days Annual Leave and 8 Public/Bank Holidays – pro rata for part-time employees
- Group Pension Scheme – matched pension contribution scheme, minimum contribution 5%, maximum company contribution is 10% of your annual salary.
- Private medical insurance, health cash plans, will writing and employee assistance program
- Group life insurance (4x annual salary)
- Business & personal travel insurance
- Anniversary Awards and other awards program
- Employee Referral Program
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
- Company funded social budget
- Study support
Our culture and values:
Be customer-obsessed
We exist for our customers. We listen to them and understand their challenges. We design best-in-class data solutions for their success.
Act with integrity
We build trust through honesty and transparency. We’re committed to doing the right thing for our customers, our company, and each other.
Own your success
We’re a high-performance team. We challenge and champion each other in our pursuit of excellence. We never stop learning and strive to become experts in our fields.
Think forward
We lead the industry through innovation. We foster collaboration and creativity to solve our clients’ next challenge and give them a competitive advantage.
Make an impact
We drive positive change as individuals, and as a company. We’re passionate about creating a better tomorrow for our industry and our communities.
Equal opportunities:
Preqin is an equal opportunity employer, with diversity at the heart of our business. It is the policy of Preqin to ensure equal employment and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, socioeconomic status, political affiliation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Preqin is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, so everyone has the opportunity to be successful. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please let the Preqin recruiter know at the start of the application process. Reasonable accommodations are modifications or adjustments to the application or hiring process that would enable you to fully participate in that process.
