Legal Services Director oversees the activities of the organization's legal department. Provides legal advice, interpretation, and guidance to senior management and officers regarding contracts, state/federal regulatory requirements, intellectual property or trademark protection, and other business matters. Being a Legal Services Director reviews all information and prepares defense for any legal actions against the organization or advises on prosecuting lawsuits on behalf of the organization. Coordinates and reviews the work of internal or external legal staff. Additionally, Legal Services Director manages staff of attorneys. Requires a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school. Requires admittance to a state bar. Typically reports to top management. The Legal Services Director typically manages through subordinate managers and professionals in larger groups of moderate complexity. Provides input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility. May give input into developing the budget. To be a Legal Services Director typically requires 3+ years of managerial experience. Capable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
We’ve founded a company that values you: your time, your career, your talents and drive. We seek hard-working applicants ready to be trained for an exciting role in a fast-paced financial company. We offer remote work flexibility, competitive pay and benefits, rapid opportunity for promotion, and the chance to give back through fully paid community service days. We invest in our employees and our community, and our accelerated growth, dynamic company culture, and high retention rate speak for themselves. As always, we will train the right candidate for the role.
Remote Work Flexibility
This position offers remote work flexibility, allowing for both time in the office and the ability to work from home.
Position Overview
As a member of the Legal team, this position is responsible for reviewing and negotiating vendor and fund client services agreements, performing legal and regulatory research, and supporting other legal initiatives.
Fund Client Contracting, Document Review and Ongoing Support
Vendor Contracting
Legal and Regulatory Mandates
Legal Risk Mitigation
Corporate Secretarial Services
Legal Procedures and Projects
Other Responsibilities
Qualifications and Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
Education Requirements
Application Requirements
The Company
Stone Coast Fund Services is an award-winning, steadily growing hedge fund administrator that’s found a better way in a better place. With a sole office in Portland, Maine, Stone Coast comprises over 200 hard-working and smart professionals who deliver administration services to over 100 hedge fund managers around the country with investors around the world. We hire carefully, treat people well, and are rewarded by exceedingly low turnover in an industry where high turnover is the norm.
The Mission
Our mission, to “take pleasure in work done well, and in working well with others,” is an obligation to our clients, to their investors, to our communities and ultimately to our peers and ourselves. Fund administration, done well, requires carefully selecting smart, dedicated professionals and providing them with the resources, training and workplace culture that will engender their loyalty and bring out their best. To that end, we strive to develop and nurture relationships that are characterized by trust, respect and affection. We look for colleagues – and clients – who will share and reciprocate these values.
The Location
Our location is central to our mission. Stone Coast is in the heart of Portland’s Old Port waterfront, a picture-perfect tourist destination that we’re fortunate to call home. Our offices offer beautiful views of Portland Harbor and the islands of Casco Bay. From our front door, we can walk to award-winning restaurants, cafes, museums and shops. Living in Portland and surrounding areas offers excellent schools, minimal commutes and proximity to beaches, mountains and state parks.
Interested?
We seek high aptitude, intellectually curious candidates that enjoy working as part of a team, satisfying our clients and striving for the highest standards. The quality of our services derives solely from the quality of our people. Therefore, we seek smart, hard-working, ethical and friendly professionals – from recent college graduates to fund administration veterans.
Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
At Stone Coast, we strive to reflect the community of which we are so grateful to be a part, and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and colleagues without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, age, veteran status, and any other basis or status designated under applicable laws.
If you don’t see an opening for which you are qualified, but do have relevant industry experience, please feel encouraged to apply to our General Application at the Career Center at www.stone-coast.com . Our growth compels us to continuously search for talent, and we may be contemplating a position that fits your experience.