Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP/Washington, DC

Job Description:

Position Description:

The Washington, DC office of Morgan Lewis, an international law firm with more than 1,400 attorneys, seeks a highly motivated junior to mid-level associate to join our Investment Management Practice Group.

Practice Description:

Morgan Lewis's Investment Management Practice represents broker-dealers, asset managers, banks, funds, FCMs, CPOs and CTAs, insurance companies, institutional investors and corporations, pension plans, exchanges, clearinghouses and data repositories and provides a full range of legal services to clients in the financial services industry in the United States and abroad. Our investment management clients include nine of the ten largest money managers listed by Institutional Investor, over 500 mutual funds, venture capital, private equity, and hedge funds, the largest business development company in the U.S., banks and trust companies, insurance companies, public and private pension funds, fiduciaries and consultants, transfer agents, fund administrators, and other businesses in the investment management industry.

Our interdisciplinary approach to counseling clients combines the knowledge of lawyers familiar with the federal and state securities laws, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code, commodities regulation, federal and state banking and insurance laws, and foreign securities laws. Many of our attorneys have worked at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), investment management firms, banks, broker-dealers, and insurance companies. Morgan Lewis is a leader in investment management law, and was recently ranked first among U.S. law firms as investment management counsel (based on number of new issues).

Job Requirements:

The candidate must have strong academic qualifications, strong analytical and research skills and an interest in and aptitude for finance. Candidates must also possess strong organizational, writing, and negotiating skills. It is helpful, but not required, for the candidate to have had prior work experience involving securities and derivatives sales and trading issues.

The position involves counseling top-tier securities and investment management firms, exchanges and institutional investors on regulatory issues under the federal securities and commodities laws as well as partnering with colleagues abroad to counsel on foreign regulations, such as EMIR, that impact U.S. investors, funds, investment managers, insurance companies, banks dealers, exchanges and clearinghouses. The ideal candidate will have familiarity with securities and derivatives trading agreements, including the ISDA master agreement, the SIFMA MRA and GMRA, the SIFMA Securities Lending Master Agreement, broker-dealer and FCM customer agreements, the ISDA/FIA cleared swap addendum and the MSFTA. Familiarity with the Investment Company Act of 1940, investment adviser registration and regulation, broker-dealer regulatory issues and the CFTC's CPO and CTA registration and regulatory requirements are a plus.

We value collegiality and diversity among our lawyers and seek to make the practice both professionally and personally rewarding. Although this position is located in Morgan Lewis' Washington office, the lawyer will work with partners and associates in other offices in the country and globally. Washington and/or New York bar membership is required.

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