Legal Analyst, Opto Investments
$120-170k
Offers equity
Private market access for independent investment advisors
Open for applications
Private market access for independent investment advisors
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$120-170k
Offers equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower fiduciaries with the technology to confidently invest in private markets.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 3+ years in legal analyst or equivalent role, with 1+ years of experience specifically in investment, financial services, or startup
- Aptitude for and experience with various software applications and technical platforms
- Private markets, registered funds or other fund formation experience
- Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Attention to detail and quick learner who can own certain processes with minimal oversight
- Management of multiple tasks while working independently and collaboratively across internal and external teams
- Ability to identify inefficiencies and process pain points and expeditiously problem solve and solution with a technology mindset
- Ability to prioritize time-sensitive projects and pivot to urgent matters while maintaining timely deliverables and workload management
- Experience with legal and/or regulatory requirements for financial products and services, including private funds
- Self-starter with a high sense of urgency, personal accountability, and ownership
- Experience working with an investment firm’s compliance team or department
- Experience identifying, recommending and implementing process improvements
- Ability to manage a high volume of work in a fast-paced, high pressure, constantly-changing environment
Desirable
- J.D. or advanced degree
- Direct experience with SEC-registered investment advisor and/or broker-dealer
- Experience working in a startup environment
- Specialized experience with private investments
- Expertise with private fund offering documents and structures
- Experience with registered funds
- Experience coding or working directly with engineering teams
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced legal analyst to principally work on private fund formation, complex legal project management, regulatory compliance initiatives and to generally support the legal team in its broad array of responsibilities
- This role calls for technical aptitude and a willingness and desire to integrate technology and efficiency into traditional legal functions
- Taking ownership of large projects and collaborating with other internal and external teams, including Operations, Investment Management, Product and Engineering
- Working directly with legal team to draft, finalize and maintain private fund offering materials and associated documentation
- Project managing complex assignments and regulatory initiatives across multiple stakeholders from start to finish
- Partner with Advisory Services, Investment Management and Operations teams to create efficiencies in internal legal processes and completion of projects and deliverables
- Partner with Engineering and Product teams on implementation of technological solutions to improve efficiency and legal process
- Performing a variety of legal research and due diligence review and analysis regarding securities laws, rules and regulations and other issues related to the company’s business
- Acting as liaison between company, outside counsel, vendors and other internal and external parties
- Preparing and filing legal documents with appropriate entities, as required
Our take
For investment advisors looking to put together strong portfolios for clients, private investments represent a vast and attractive section of the market. However, these assets remain underused, with advisors having on average only 0-4% of their wealth invested in them, due in part to restricted access and lack of appropriate resources. Opto Investments enables Registered Investment Advisors to “level up” their practices, by providing access and insight into the private investment market.
Traditionally, access to private investments has been restricted to those with large teams of specialists who are able to assess the market and fill out the too-often convoluted paperwork. Opto Investment supplies a platform which combines these processes, allowing RIAs to explore the private market landscape and turn insights into actionable investments. The process is managed from start to finish, incorporating client goals throughout, with the company leading advisors from sourcing and diligence to investor servicing and reporting.
Opto Investments has already partnered with over 80 Registered Investment Advisors, and it has raised huge amounts of funding. With recent new launches and strategic partnerships secured, Opto is ready to transform how advisors approach private investments.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Sep 2022
$145m
SERIES A
Total funding: $145m
Company benefits
- Health insurance: We are proud to cover the premium for you and your dependents' medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO: Solving hard problems is hard work. We want to make sure that you take the time you need to recharge
- 401k plans: Invest in your future. We offer every full-time employee a 401k, with more investment perks coming soon
- Fitness stipend: A monthly fitness reimbursement for classes and memberships to ensure you're able to invest in your health
- Commuter benefits: Reimbursement for public transportation and parking to lessen the burden of office travel
- Parental leave: Generous paid leave gives parents the time and space they need to support their family as it grows
Company HQ
NoMad, New York, NY
Leadership
Ryan V.
(CEO)Joined Opto in 2022 as CEo. Prior to that, they worked in Finance at BlackRock, Quellos Group, and aQuantive.
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