swiftlawNew York, NY
Fractional Chief Legal Officer — Private Funds
Fractional Chief Legal Officer — Private Funds
Fractional Chief Legal Officer — Private Funds
swiftlawNew York, NY
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SwiftLaw is a full-stack AI platform that helps emerging managers launch compliant investment funds. We help with fund documentation, entity structuring, investor onboarding, and regulatory workflows. SwiftLaw unifies fund formation into a single workflow: define your strategy, generate institutional‑grade documents, onboard investors, and launch. To date, funds formed with SwiftLaw have raised over $10M, with roughly 80% lower legal costs and same‑day documentation turnaround. We work with leading law firms and emerging manager communities.
Role Description:
This is afractional Chief Legal Officer rolefocused on private funds. You will serve as the senior legal authority for the SwiftLaw platform, providing legal oversight and guidance for core fund formation matters executed through the platform. The role involves advising on fund structure and regulatory compliance, reviewing escalations from automated workflows, and ensuring that fund formation outputs remain legally sound as the platform scales.
Responsibilities:
- Advise on and approve fund structures relying on exemptions from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, including
- Sections 3(c)(1), 3(c)(5), 3(c)(7), and/or 3(c)(9), as well as other applicable U.S. federal and state law exemptions.
- Oversee the structuring of securities offerings for private funds pursuant toSections 4(a)(2) and/or 4(a)(5)of the Securities Act of 1933 and
- Rule 506(b) or Rule 506(c)of Regulation D, including review of offering terms and compliance posture.
- Review and approveprivate placement memoranda (PPMs)or offering statements, including risk factors and material disclosures, to ensure compliance with U.S. federal and state securities law anti‑fraud requirements.
Provide legal oversight for fund and management entity formation, including review and approval of organizational documents (articles or certificates of organization or limited partnership); operating agreements or limited partnership agreements for the fund and its management entity; as well as investor suitability questionnaires; and subscription agreements.
Act as the escalation point for complex or non‑standard fund structures surfaced by automated workflows.
Ensure that SwiftLaw’s fund formation outputs remain aligned with current market practice, regulatory expectations, and defensible legal standards.
Qualifications:
- Senior experience in private funds law and regulatory structuring
- Ability to exercise sound legal judgment on complex fund matters
- Strong knowledge of fund governance and regulatory frameworks
- Experience overseeing legal risk in structured or systems‑driven environments
- Strong analytical, organizational, and decision‑making skills
- Juris Doctor (JD) and admission to the New York Bar (preferred)
- Am Law, leading boutique, or former GC/CLO background preferred
- Expected commitment
Approximately 10 hours per week (fractional).
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New York, NY
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