About the role
About Bowery Legal
Bowery Legal combines the sophistication and technical excellence of a leading global law firm with the flexibility, entrepreneurialism, and humanity of a boutique practice.
Our attorneys trained at some of the most respected law firms in the world, including Latham & Watkins, Gunderson Dettmer, Mayer Brown, Greenberg Traurig, Cooley, and Baker McKenzie. We are Big Law-trained lawyers who believe there is a better way to practice: one that delivers exceptional work for sophisticated clients without sacrificing autonomy, collaboration, personality, or quality of life. For people who feel the same way, we are an oasis in the desert.
Bowery Legal has also been recognized by Chambers and Partners as one of the leading law firms in New York in our core areas of expertise, reflecting the caliber of the work we do and the clients we represent.
We are building what we believe can become one of the premier next-generation corporate, transactional and investment funds focused law firms in the country. We are looking for people who are excited not just to join a law firm, but to help build one.
About the Role
Bowery Legal is seeking an experienced investment funds attorney to lead and help build our Investment Funds practice.
This is not simply a role for someone looking to inherit a book of work and execute on existing matters. We are looking for someone with an entrepreneurial spirit who is excited by the opportunity to build a practice, deepen client relationships, develop new business, help shape a growing department, and play a meaningful role in the continued growth of the firm.
The ideal candidate will have at least five years of meaningful experience in investment funds and fund formation, with a particular focus on venture capital and private equity funds. Experience representing emerging and established fund sponsors, general partners, management companies, and investment platforms is strongly preferred.
The attorney will advise clients throughout the lifecycle of private investment funds, including fund structuring and formation, sponsor and management company arrangements, offering and governing documents, investor negotiations, side letters, regulatory considerations, fund closings, and ongoing fund operations.
The role will also involve helping us expand the breadth and sophistication of Bowery Legal’s existing funds capabilities and building a practice that can grow alongside our broader emerging companies, venture capital, private equity, and transactional platform.
What We’re Looking For
We are looking for someone who:
- Has a minimum of five years of substantial investment funds and fund formation experience.
- Has particular experience forming and advising venture capital and private equity funds.
- Has experience representing fund sponsors, general partners, management companies, and other investment platforms.
- Is comfortable taking primary responsibility for sophisticated fund formation matters and serving as a trusted advisor to clients.
- Has strong drafting, structuring, negotiation, and project-management skills.
- Is highly self-motivated and capable of operating with significant autonomy.
- Has excellent judgment and the ability to give clients practical, commercial advice rather than simply identifying legal issues.
- Enjoys developing client relationships and is excited by the opportunity to help generate and grow a book of business.
- Is interested in mentoring and helping develop more junior attorneys as the practice expands.
- Has an entrepreneurial mindset and genuinely wants to help build something rather than simply occupy a role within an existing structure.
Why Bowery Legal
This is an opportunity for the right person to take on a leadership role at a growing firm at an unusually exciting stage of its development.
You will have the opportunity to help define the direction of the Investment Funds practice, build relationships with sophisticated clients, develop new areas of business, and ultimately create a department that reflects your own strengths and ambitions.
We want someone who looks at a growing platform and sees opportunity: the opportunity to build a team, develop clients, create new offerings, and help shape what the firm becomes over the next several years.
At Bowery Legal, we care deeply about the quality of our work, but we also want the process of building the firm to be fun. We are ambitious about where we are going, collaborative about how we get there, and interested in working with people who are excited by the idea of building something meaningful together.
For the right attorney, this is much more than a lateral move. It is an opportunity to help build the next great law firm and find everything you're looking for along with it.