Legal Counsel
Company: Fisher Investments
Location: Gresham
Posted on: March 24, 2025
Job Description:
Fisher Investments is an established international asset
management firm. We are currently seeking to hire a self-motivated
lawyer interested in being a key contributor to the firm's growth.
The role will provide legal support to multiple functions within
the firm, with an opportunity to have a material impact on the
continuing development of the firm. Come join our in-house legal
team and grow your career at Fisher Investments! -The Opportunity:
-This role is for someone who enjoys and thrives on being a
generalist and is not afraid to work on whatever may come their
way. It will give you exposure to many departments and projects
within Fisher Investments, as well as an opportunity to advise on
many different legal areas. In this role, you may at times support
the firm's institutional and/or private client businesses, work on
employment matters, manage litigation, review contracts, advise on
new and developing regulations and work on the firm's global
expansion efforts into new jurisdictions and/or services. While we
will take into consideration a candidate's experience when
assigning work, you will not be pigeonholed at Fisher Investments.
You will have the opportunity to work on a diverse set of issues
and drive results across some of Fisher's most critical areas. -The
Day-to-Day:
This is senior-level professional
work in which lawyers get to develop in their roles, increase their
skills, assume additional responsibility over time, and work
independentlyYou will work on a range of issues each day that may
include:
- Supporting our institutional and/or private client
businesses
- Working on employment and/or litigation matters as they
arise
- Providing legal advice on new/changing regulations in various
jurisdictions as needed
- Advising on intellectual property matters from time to
time
- Reviewing contracts for the firm's vendors and business
partners
- Providing advice to the firm's research group on security
and/or trading matters
- Helping the firm's expansion efforts by assisting with the
creation of new subsidiaries, obtaining licenses/permissions for
expanded services in existing jurisdictions, and negotiating real
estate contractsCoordinate with external counsel on various
matters
- Train paralegals, fellow lawyers and business colleagues on new
and/or changing regulationsYour Qualifications:
- Law degree from an accredited law
school, with admission to a bar4+ years of experience at a law
firm, or at least 3 years of experience at a law firm coupled with
2+ years of in-house corporate experience
- Experience working on some of the matters listed in the
Day-to-Day sectionCompensation:
- $210,000-$240,000 base salary per year in the state of WA. New
hires should expect to start at the lower end of the range
depending on experience
- Eligible for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual
performanceWhy Fisher Investments: -We work for a bigger purpose:
bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our
inclusive culture, our learning and development framework
customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work
Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose
possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits
like:
- 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your
qualifying dependents
- A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
- 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays -
- Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver
Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health
assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care
- This is an in-office role. Based on your role, tenure, and
performance eligibility you may have the opportunity to participate
in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to
change. -FISHER INVESTMENTS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Keywords: Fisher Investments, Gresham , Legal Counsel, Legal , Gresham, Oregon
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