Private Funds, Legal Counsel

Join Hamilton Lane, a global leader in private markets, as we scale to meet the demands of our growing client base. Here, you’ll work with ambitious, high‑performing teams built on integrity, candor and collaboration, backed by our market-leading data and technology. We invest heavily in our people and our partners, giving you the platform to enrich lives, safeguard futures and grow your career.

As one of the largest private markets investment firms globally, we provide innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors around the world, specializing in flexibility and full‑spectrum access. We currently employ approximately 800 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East, and have $1.0 trillion in assets under management and supervision.

Hamilton Lane is looking to hire a Private Funds Legal Counsel who will support the Company’s closed end and evergreen comingled funds, separate account clients and single investor/fund‑of‑one structures. The individual will handle structuring, drafting, negotiating, and day‑to‑day legal affairs for closed end and evergreen comingled funds and separate account products, including overseeing outside counsel.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing outside counsel in drafting, reviewing and negotiating operative documents for the Company’s closed end and evergreen comingled funds and separately managed accounts based in Luxembourg, the US, and globally.
• Focus primarily on Luxembourg and UK law, while integrating with the broader Client Legal team based in the US.
• Working in coordination with our structuring and product development teams to advise on structuring and closing/launching new funds and client agreements.
• Handle day‑to‑day legal matters for the Company’s existing closed end and evergreen products.
• Proactively identifying and spearheading improvements to processes and best practices.
• Provide practical, risk‑adjusted legal and commercial advice to internal clients and senior leadership.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor within the firm.
• Oversee and guide outside counsel, including direction on key legal and commercial issues.
• Drafting and negotiating amendments, extensions, re‑ups and/or other modifications to the Company’s existing evergreen funds and separate account and single investor/fund‑of‑one client relationships.
• Managing specialized fund investor negotiations and closings.
• Working on distribution and platform agreements for evergreen funds.
• Ensuring compliance with applicable securities and tax laws and regulations.
• Lead strategic initiatives and special projects with minimal oversight.
• Periodic review of, refinements to, and updating of the Company’s form agreements, internal and external processes, and outside counsel guidelines.
• Handling and coordinating US and non‑US regulatory filings and applications.
• Special projects as assigned.

Your background will include:

• 4‑7 years’ post‑qualified work experience as a practicing counsel/solicitor, preferably within the asset management, fund formation, private equity and/or corporate departments of a law firm or financial services business; Luxembourg funds experience preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of corporate, partnership and other private markets’ law is required.
• Well‑developed commercial judgment, with strong problem‑solving skills.
• Exhibit sound practical judgment with a commercial, client‑service orientation.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated initiative, strong integrity, a collaborative approach and a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a positive work ethic.
• Willingness to learn new topics and work in an evolving business environment.
• Experience with legal AI tools is a plus.

Benefits At Hamilton Lane, our benefits philosophy is simple: to provide our employees with a competitive suite of benefits and services to help navigate through the complexities and challenges of working, living, raising a family, and eventually retiring.

• Employees have access to healthcare coverage, mental health resources, health & fitness reimbursement program, and Wellness Rewards Program.
• Tuition and certification reimbursement programs are available, along with continual education and development trainings.
• Hamilton Lane provides paid time off to volunteer and compensates for referring qualified candidates that join our team.
• For growing family, we offer an adoption reimbursement program, paid time off for new parents and newlyweds, and provide travel support for nursing parents.
• Hamilton Lane contributes to retirement programs and offers an employee stock purchasing plan.

Hamilton Lane is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their race, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, domestic partner status, or medical condition.