Fund Formation Associate
Company: 5 Legal
Location: Pittsburgh
Posted on: February 15, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description A global and top 100 Am Law firm
seeks an associate to join their Private Investment Funds Practice
in any of their Charlottesville, Chicago, Dallas, Pittsburgh,
Charlotte, Houston, New York City, and Raleigh offices. The ideal
candidate must have 4-8 years of large law firm experience
representing private fund sponsors and institutional investors on a
variety of complex fund formation matters. This associate will be
involved in all aspects of the formation, structuring, capital
raising, compliance, and ongoing management of alternative
investment funds across strategies, including private equity, real
estate, mezzanine, and other traditional closed-end funds, as well
as hedge funds, evergreen funds, and other hybrid funds. This
position will also work with related capital raising transactions,
including programmatic joint ventures and structuring and managing
the equity investment process for one-off investment transactions
on behalf of independent sponsors. Applicants should have primary
drafting experience for limited partnership agreements and limited
liability company agreements in the private investment fund
context, a solid understanding of market fund terms and the issues
and nuances commonly negotiated in the fund offering process,
experience reviewing and identifying issues in fund documents on
behalf of institutional investors, experience preparing offering
documents, including PPMs, and solid experience with Regulation D
and other securities laws governing private placements, and solid
experience with the Advisers’ Act and related exemption,
registration and compliance issues applicable to fund managers.
Candidates should possess strong interpersonal skills and the
ability to interact with and advise legal and business people from
inception through closing and should be starting to draft and
negotiate more substantive transaction documents and commercial
agreements. Must have a strong academic record, excellent writing,
and oral communication skills, and the ability to work
independently with clients and colleagues.
Keywords: 5 Legal, Akron , Fund Formation Associate, Legal , Pittsburgh, Ohio
