Legal & Compliance - Transactional Attorney, Associate / AVP

Job Description:

Firm Overview

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $684 billion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com . Follow Blackstone on Twitter @Blackstone .

Job Title: Transactional Attorney, Associate/ Assistant Vice President

Job Description

The Legal & Compliance department seeks an attorney to provide legal transactional support across a number of Blackstone’s investment businesses, including Tactical Opportunities, Growth, Infrastructure, Life Sciences and Strategic Partners, as well as for the firm’s investments in early-stage companies and other strategic investments. The attorney will be part of a highly collaborative, global legal group, working alongside a group of senior transactional attorneys on a variety of legal and transactional-related matters involving these businesses, and will interact closely with investment professionals and outside counsel. This is an excellent opportunity for an attorney to gain exposure to a diverse and significant portion of Blackstone’s investing businesses and the firm’s balance sheet investments and develop legal transactional skills working within a diverse team of senior transactional lawyers.

Primary areas of responsibility include:

• Advise on transaction-related legal, structuring and regulatory matters, including competition filings, foreign direct investment matters and trading of public securities

• Advise on transaction documentation, including bid letters, term sheets and definitive transaction documentation

• In coordination with investment professionals and outside counsel, scope appropriate level of diligence and advise on key findings of outside counsel

• Liaise with operations, tax, fund formation and compliance teams on a variety of matters, including transaction structuring, regulatory matters, co-investment matters and signing and closing process

• Provide legal support to business unit asset management team with respect to existing portfolio companies

• Support business unit general counsel and senior transactional attorneys on long-term projects and initiatives

• Liaise with government relations and public affairs teams on transaction-related matters

Qualifications

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intelligent, organized and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. The successful candidate should have:

• 2 years’ directly related experience as a corporate attorney in a major law firm

• Good judgment and ability to provide risk-adjusted, commercial advice to highly sophisticated individuals

• Demonstrated ability to write and communicate clearly, effectively and confidently

• Experience managing longer-term projects or initiatives a plus

Competencies

The candidate should demonstrate the following personal competencies:

• Ability to understand difficult, complex legal and business problems, and work with colleagues to devise pragmatic and creative solutions

• Prioritization, perspective and focus on critical tasks that add value, and accountability for delivery

• Emotional intelligence and the ability to develop relationships and engender trust

• Ability to work in an extremely fast-paced environment and with a diligent and conscientious work ethic

• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to be proactive in new situations

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or any other category protected by law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), 44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or 852 3656 8600 (APAC).

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