Fractional Chief Legal Counsel or General Counsel (Advisor Network)

**Opportunity Overview** Arootah engages a curated network of senior operators to support clients across the alternative investment industry, including hedge funds, private equity firms, and family offices. Advisors are deployed on project-based engagements when client needs match their expertise. Joining the network does not guarantee placement; it provides access to opportunities as they arise. **Why Join the Arootah Network** - Alt-industry-only engagements with hedge funds, private equity firms, and family offices - Project-based work that fits around existing commitments - Client origination and engagement management handled by Arootah; advisors focus on delivery ### About Arootah Arootah is a talent solutions firm purpose-built for the alternative investment industry. We advise and we execute, covering the full talent spectrum from entry to exit across five services: Talent Acquisition, Fractional Leadership, Talent Development, Retention & Compensation, and Transition. Most talent firms solve one problem. Because we cover the full spectrum, we can help clients identify and solve the right one. We start with diagnosis, then deliver. Our team has run alternative investment firms at the highest levels as COOs, CFOs, and CCOs. That operator experience, combined with 15+ years of alternatives-specific recruiting and a network of 700+ vetted advisors across 18 functional disciplines, is what makes the advice credible and the execution reliable. We also draw on a network of 600+ coaches, deploying those with specific experience guiding senior executives in the alternatives industry. One industry. One talent partner. Entry to exit. Learn more: https://arootah.com/ ### Who We’re Looking For Arootah is searching for experienced Chief Legal Counsel or General Counsel to consult with our highly prestigious client base. As a consultant, you will work with our Alternative Asset Firm and Family Office clients to provide expert advice. Having previously served in this leadership role, you have specific, hands-on experience developing, implementing, and managing a full legal and regulatory program for a leading Alternative Asset Firm or Family Office. ### Core Areas of Expertise - Serve as strategic legal advisor to the Principal/Founder, providing expert guidance on all legal and regulatory matters affecting alternative asset firms and family offices, including securities laws, corporate governance, fund structuring, and regulatory compliance. - Oversee regulatory compliance and securities law matters, ensuring adherence to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Investment Company Act of 1940, Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and regulations from SEC, FINRA, NFA/CFTC, ERISA/DOL, and state securities regulators applicable to diverse alternative investment strategies. - Lead fund formation and structuring, drafting and negotiating formation documents including LPAs, LLC Agreements, PPMs, Subscription Agreements, Side Letters, and offering materials for private equity funds, hedge funds, private credit funds, real estate funds, venture capital funds, infrastructure funds, and other private investment vehicles. - Negotiate investor documentation and terms, managing side letter negotiations, most-favored-nation provisions, fee arrangements, disclosure requirements, and customized investment terms for institutional investors, pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. - Draft and negotiate investment management agreements, structuring separate account arrangements for US and non-US institutional clients, including fee structures, investment guidelines, termination provisions, and regulatory representations. - Advise on investment transactions, providing legal guidance on private equity investments, private credit transactions, real estate acquisitions, infrastructure investments, co-investments, direct investments, secondary transactions, fund-of-fund…