Senior Transactional Lawyer London, United Kingdom

Carta connects founders, investors, and limited partners through world‑class software, purpose‑built for everyone in venture capital, private equity and private credit. Trusted by 65,000+ companies in 160+ countries, Carta’s platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can build, invest, and scale with confidence.

Carta’s Fund Administration platform supports 9,000+ funds and SPVs, representing nearly $185B in assets under management, with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of fund CFOs. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work, Carta is shaping the future of private market infrastructure.

Together, Carta is creating the end‑to‑end ERP platform for private markets. Traditional ERP solutions don’t work for Private Funds. Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers. Carta’s software for the Office of the Fund CFO does just that – it’s a new category of software to make private markets look more like public markets – a connected ERP for private capital.

You’ll be joining our Compliance – Transactional team. Working with the Head of Investment Compliance and an international team of ex‑Big Law lawyers, paralegals, and analysts, you’ll serve as the day‑to‑day legal contact for institutional investors and asset manager clients across private equity, infrastructure, credit, and real estate strategies.

Problems You’ll Solve

• Be the client’s trusted deal‑side compliance partner. Act as the primary day‑to‑day legal contact for institutional investors and asset managers — advising on compliance risk factors across live transactions with clarity and commercial pragmatism.
• Unpack transaction structures that others can’t. Work closely with private equity deal teams to understand complex deal anatomy, identify counterparties, and conduct multi‑dimensional risk analysis — covering AML, bribery and corruption, financial crime, and reputational risk.
• Investigate ownership and control to find what matters. Review fund structures, SPVs, partnerships, and trusts to map corporate ownership and fund flows — building a defensible compliance picture under deal timeline pressure.
• Drive the materials process. Liaise with deal teams, legal, compliance, and relevant counterparties to gather what’s needed to complete reviews on time, without losing rigour.
• Ensure deals close compliantly. Collaborate with clients’ legal and compliance teams to confirm that transactions meet AML/CTF regulations, internal policies, and jurisdictional requirements.

About You

• A qualified lawyer with transactional compliance experience. You’re licensed to practice in the UK or Europe (other comparable jurisdictions considered), with 4‑6+ years PQE recommended in regulatory or investment compliance — and experience representing asset managers, institutional investors, or other financial services clients.
• Commercially sharp and solutions‑first. You approach compliance as an enabler of deal velocity, not a barrier to it — you find the path to yes while keeping clients protected.
• Deeply familiar with complex asset management structures. You’ve reviewed fund structures, SPVs, offshore vehicles, and multi‑jurisdictional counterparties in a live deal context.
• Client‑ready under pressure. You’re comfortable as the named contact for demanding institutional clients in a fast‑paced financial services environment — credible, responsive, and composed when deals get complicated.
• Right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship is required for this role.

At Carta, you’re not just an employee. You’re a builder who is creating infrastructure that accelerates innovation and empowers more ownership. Cartans are helpful, relentless, unconventional and kind; representing Carta's Identity Traits. They work collaboratively and cross‑functionally to challenge the status quo; working towards a common goal of creating more owners in the private markets.

Disclosures

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We work on a hybrid schedule where we come into office 3x/week and work remotely the remaining 2 days. In‑office schedules are set by location and team. Please confirm you can work in person at the location(s) of the job listed above per this schedule.