L Catterton - Associate, Paralegal I (Greenwich, CT)
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With approximately $35 billion of assets under management across nine fund strategies and 17 offices globally, L Catterton is the largest consumer-focused private equity firm in the world. Leveraging deep category insight, operational excellence, and a broad network of strategic relationships, L Catterton's team of nearly 200 investment and operating professionals parters with management teams to drive differentiated value creation across its portfolio. Since 1989, the firm has made over 250 investments, such as Ainsworth, Bartaco, Birkenstock, Cholula, Equinox, Jio, Kodiak, Kopari, Ole & Steen, Peloton, Pinarello, Restoration Hardware, Rhone, The Honest Company, Tonal, Tula, and Zarbee’s. For more information, please visit the L Catterton website.
L Catterton is characterized by:
A 35-year history of consumer growth investing in distinctive companies within attractive and targeted consumer categories of interest.
Consistent and attractive risk-adjusted investment returns across all economic cycles.
Highly differentiated deal sourcing capabilities, with a majority of the firm’s investments completed on a proprietary basis.
Unmatched global reach and capabilities across geographies.
An active approach to portfolio value-creation driven by an operating-centric ethos and supported by a dedicated team of operating professionals alongside a well-developed ecosystem of external resources
L Catterton’s fund strategies include:
Flagship Buyout: Investments of $250-500mm+ in North American and Global consumer growth companies and iconic brands.
Growth: Investments of $10-125mm in North American and European early-to-late stage consumer growth companies.
Impact: Investments in early-to-late stage impact-oriented consumer growth companies.
Latin America: Investments of $40-75mm+ in Latin American middle-market consumer growth companies.
Europe: Investments of €30-80mm in Western European middle-market consumer growth companies.
Asia: Investments of $25-150mm in Asian consumer growth companies.
RMB: Investments of ¥30-100mm in Chinese high-growth consumer companies.
Real Estate: Investments in global mixed-use projects anchored by luxury retail.
Private Credit: Investments primarily in senior secured debt of private equity-backed, middle market consumer companies.
With approximately $35 billion of assets under management across nine fund strategies and 17 offices globally, L Catterton is the largest consumer-focused private equity firm in the world. Leveraging deep category insight, operational excellence, and a broad network of strategic relationships, L Catterton's team of more than 200 investment and operating professionals partners with management teams to drive differentiated value creation across its portfolio. Since 1989, the firm has made over 270 investments, such as Ainsworth, Bartaco, Birkenstock, Cholula, Equinox, Jio, Kodiak, Kopari, Ole & Steen, Peloton, Pinarello, Restoration Hardware, Rhone, The Honest Company, Tonal, Tula, and Zarbee’s.
L Catterton is characterized by:
- A 35-year history of consumer growth investing in distinctive companies within attractive and targeted consumer categories of interest.
- Consistent and attractive risk-adjusted investment returns across all economic cycles.
- Highly differentiated deal sourcing capabilities, with a majority of the firm’s investments completed on a proprietary basis.
- Unmatched global reach and capabilities across geographies
- An active approach to portfolio value-creation driven by an operating-centric ethos and supported by a dedicated team of operating professionals alongside a well-developed ecosystem of external resources
L Catterton’s fund strategies include:
- Flagship Buyout: Investments of $250-500mm+ in North American and Global consumer growth companies and iconic brands.
- Growth: Investments of $10-125mm in North American and European early-to-late stage consumer growth companies.
- Impact: Investments in early-to-late stage impact-oriented consumer growth companies.
- Latin America: Investments of $40-75mm+ in Latin American middle-market consumer growth companies.
- Europe: Investments of €30-80mm in Western European middle-market consumer growth companies.
- Asia: Investments of $25-150mm in Asian consumer growth companies.
- RMB: Investments of ¥30-100mm in Chinese high-growth consumer companies.
- Real Estate: Investments in global mixed-use projects anchored by luxury retail.
- Private Credit: Investments primarily in senior secured debt of private equity-backed, middle market consumer companies.
POSITION OVERVIEW
L Catterton is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Paralegal to join our Legal and Compliance Department in Greenwich, CT. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in corporate law, exceptional organizational abilities, strong written and verbal communication skills, and a keen eye for detail. The Paralegal will support our Legal and Compliance team on private equity deal and fund matters.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Global Entity Management. Assist in the formation, tracking, and dissolution of deal and fund entities.
- Regulatory filings (and related tracking and management of such filings), specifically including Corporate Transparency Act filings.
- KYC documentation and customer due diligence management for deal and fund entities.
- Tracking legal billing for outside counsel relationships.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Minimum of two years of experience as a Paralegal or in a similar legal support role, preferably within a private equity firm, corporate group of a law firm, or other corporate legal environment.
- Strong understanding of M&A and corporate law, preferably within the financial industry.
- Strong team player who can work independently but also function as part of a dynamic and collaborative team across global offices
- Attention to detail, accuracy and follow-up
- Superior interpersonal skills, proven ability to influence, develop relationships and work with a diverse group including key external relationships, peers and colleagues, as well as senior level management
- Highly developed written and verbal communications skills
- Ability to work well under pressure, manage multiple assignments and personnel, prioritize workload and maintain composure under pressure; take initiative and possess a business-orientated, entrepreneurial mind set
- Demonstrated ability to exercise confidentiality, discretion, maturity and good independent judgement
- Exceptional integrity, professionalism and character
- Highly developed problem-solving skills and demonstrated critical thinking ability
- Proven ability to build relationships at all levels
- High proficiency with MS Office suite skills
