Legal & Compliance Associate, AlphaSights
Summer 2025
$77.5-95k
Option to WFH each Friday
4-5 days a week in office
Connecting businesses with industry professionals
Open for applications
Connecting businesses with industry professionals
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$77.5-95k
Option to WFH each Friday
4-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
On a mission to unlock humanity’s knowledge and power progress for professionals, businesses, and society.
Role
Who you are
- The drive and resilience to deliver excellent service amidst tight timelines and changing circumstances
- Career maturity and alignment – clarity of direction, commitment to getting there and awareness of how Client Protection at AlphaSights fits with your journey
- People-oriented, emotionally intelligent team player – ability to de-escalate situations patiently and calmly, yet quickly and effectively
- Strong communication skills – ability to communicate complex topics clearly and effectively both in writing and in person
- Critical thinkers – comfortable assessing complex situations and making nuanced decisions based on policies and processes
- Bachelor’s degree, with strong academic credentials in any field and noteworthy extracurricular leadership
- 0-1 year of work experience; preferred in related fields such as law, risk management, consulting, operations, or compliance. Recent graduates with high potential are also welcomed
- Track record of strong academic performance (minimum GPA of 3.3)
- Extracurricular achievement throughout school and university
- Fluency in written and spoken English is essential. Fluency in a relevant foreign language is a plus
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
What the job involves
- The Legal & Compliance Associate would work on our Client Protection team
- Our team reports directly into the General Counsel of AlphaSights and partners closely with our world-class Legal team
- We have a wide remit and visibility, operating cross-functionally on a variety of levels within the business and with our clients
- This is an exciting opportunity for meticulous team players with a background in operations, law, compliance, or risk management looking to transition into a high-growth commercial environment
- As a Legal & Compliance Associate, you will be joining a high-performing global team that works closely with our core service delivery teams to ensure our clients are always served to the highest compliance standards while enabling AlphaSights’ fast-growing commercial success
- You will monitor client requests, develop and implement new policies and compliance products, anticipate possible business roadblocks, train our employees, and provide guidance and advice to our delivery teams on a daily basis
- You’ll need to think quickly and critically, have meticulous attention to detail, and strong verbal and written communication
- You’ll be working on several short term and long term requests at once, you’ll quickly develop effective communication, prioritization, and project and client management skills
- Monitor active projects to flag and mitigate potential risks
- Provide guidance to delivery teams on the projects they are working on
- Work with the rest of your regional and global team on long-term projects to anticipate, develop, and set cutting edge industry standards in this rapidly growing sector
- Collaborate with key internal stakeholders globally to drive progress and behavioral and procedural enhancements
- Design and implement global operational policies and processes that protect our clients
- Create and deliver tailored in-person and e-learning trainings to our delivery teams
- This is a fast-paced, cross-functional role with a clear focus on problem solving, attention to detail, creative thinking, innovation, and results
- Legal & Compliance Associates who succeed at AlphaSights often embark on successful careers in compliance, risk, or operational leadership
Application process
- Available start dates for this position: Summer 2025 (San Francisco)
Our take
Businesses often invest significant time and effort into finding expert knowledge in a process that can be a difficult and arduous. AlphaSights bridges the gap between businesses and industry experts by sourcing people with relevant knowledge so businesses don't have to.
Through use of artificial intelligence, AlphaSights is able to provide an end-to-end service for businesses whilst rigorously complying with company requirements. A central, ever evolving system allows the company to keep on top of the new and most relevant industry professionals in real time to provide tailor-made and effective service.
AlphaSights supports private equity funds, hedge funds, consultancies, Fortune 500 companies and Social Impact & Non Profits.
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Insights
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back within 2 weeks
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Career progression
"AlphaSights has 2 instances per year in which employees can be chosen for elevation, as early as with 1 year experience the person can get a..."
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2008
$8.4m
SEED
Total funding: $8.4m
Company benefits
- A team-oriented, strong supportive culture that emphasises professional development and celebrating success
- Professional development opportunities that work to ensure that you’re supported, along with an opportunity for internal upward mobility as our growing team continues to scale
- Comprehensive medical benefits (health, vision, and dental)
- Subsidised lunch programme, corporate gym discounts, monthly team events, free breakfast & snacks
- Holiday allowance, excl. public holidays
Company values
- Results-orientation: Are you energized by results and outcomes?
- Drive: Do you excel beyond what’s asked of you?
- Adaptability: Do you thrive in an ever-changing environment?
- Humility: Do you view yourself as a constant ‘work-in-progress’?
- Empathy: Can you see the world through other’s eyes?
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Max Cartellieri
(Co-CEO)Has been a Consultant at McKinsey & Company and Investment Executive at BC Partners. Co-founder and CEO at Ciao for seven years.
Andrew Heath
(Co-CEO)Previously Associate at the Boston Consulting Group and Managing Director at GoIndustry.
People progressing
After joining AlphaSights back in September 2019 as part of the Lateral Recruitment function, Pip has helped to grow our teams across the business and elevate into the Senior Recruiter role.
After graduating in 2016, Will joined AlphaSights in our Client Services Team. In this time, he has worked on a variety of different projects and recently progressed into a Vice President role.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at AlphaSights
- We believe that investing in DEI is the right thing to do and is vital to driving progress. We go the extra mile to build teams of people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, because diversity of thought drives innovation and knowledge diffusion which creates value for our clients, employees and society
- Diversity. We strive to build diverse teams, so we heavily invest in identifying and attracting top talent with diverse backgrounds and experiences
- Equity. Fair and equal treatment is in our DNA. Our processes, culture and values are designed to ensure everyone is treated equitably and with respect
- Inclusion. Our community is vibrant and we want all employees to have a feeling of belonging at AlphaSights. Through our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) we provide support and community for employees globally
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