Corporate Counsel

Sunwater Capital is seeking a tech-savvy Corporate Counsel for its legal department. Sunwater Capital is a North Bethesda-based international private equity fund and asset management firm covering real estate, information, and healthcare.

The Corporate Counsel will be responsible for the life cycle of all Sunwater contracts and day-to-day transactions; the role includes oversight of the firms contract management and admin processes, legal technology systems, and admin functionalities.

Sunwater manages the legal functionalities of multiple operating companies/units, including:

Asset management firm (international real estate and healthcare)

Senior living M&A data & publishing firm

Private equity fund (raising third-party capital)

Charitable organizations (media, publishing, information services, grants, and fundraising)

Private trust and personal assets management

Investment advisor and listed company

The Corporate Counsel will report to the firms Managing Director and General Counsel, and coordinate with executives in each department.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of legal documents such as NDAs, employment agreements, acquisition and investment documents, assignments, promissory notes, commercial leases, etc

Communicate with and build requirements from stakeholders throughout the organization

Support the organizations staff with respect to business and legal contract issues and queries

Establish, organize, and update legal templates for recurring transactions

Oversee the firms contract and calendar tracking systems, signature processes, and legal systems

Selecting, implementing, and managing legal software and systems

Creating and managing legal processes such as contract workflows and approvals

Vendor management (Thompson Reuters, CSC, etc)

Select, coordinate with, manage, and deploy outside counsel to a variety of specialized issues and tasks

Select, hire, and manage internal resources including legal personnel and x-departmental administrative resources

Help set goals for departmental performance and achievements

Diligence of potential and current investment assets

Devising and implementing corporate structural changes in connection with outside counsel and GC

Maintaining corporate secretarial and filing functions (eg organization of and applications for company government filings, procuring Certificates of Good Standing, etc, corporate minutes, etc)

Preparing for and managing dissemination of board meetings and materials

Regulatory & compliance research

Monitoring fund compliance and interacting with investors

Drafting file memos regarding transactions and investments

Managing disputes and litigations

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school

Good standing in a State bar within the U.S.

4+ years of corporate experience with at least 2 years of experience in-house (fund experience a plus)

Proven ability and competence to drive change without significant oversight

Ability to forge strong working relationships and maintain responsive, clear, and consistent communication with senior individuals and departments across the firm

Extremely, extremely organized with a high level of attention to detail

Experience with cloud applications, Microsoft Word, and Acrobat Pro