Investment Counsel

The Investment Counsel is responsible for providing complex counsel and related services regarding investment transactions and related matters, preparing and negotiating investment transaction documents; providing general legal counsel and representation to executive management; and providing research and other legal support. This position will proactively work with the Investment Management Division, the TRS legal team, Executive staff, members of TRS executive and leadership teams, and external stakeholders. This position reports to the Director, L&C Investment.

WHAT WILL YOU BRING

Required Education
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.

Required Experience
• Four (4) years of full-time directly related, progressively responsible experience as a transactional attorney or related experience.
• Two (2) years of full-time directly related, progressively responsible experience in at least one of the following areas: transactional work in private equity, real estate, or energy and infrastructure transactions, derivatives contracts, or mergers and acquisitions.
• Experience may be concurrent.

Required Registration, Certification, or Licensure
• Licensed to practice law in the State of Texas and a member in good standing of the State Bar of Texas; or hold a valid, active law license issued by another state and be eligible for Texas licensure under Board of Law Examiners Rule XIII: Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions (candidate must obtain Texas license within eight months of hire date).

Preferred Qualifications
• Two (2) years of experience providing legal services for transactional matters such as corporate, derivatives or private fund transactions.
• Experience effectively and succinctly communicating with a high-level audience, such as a governing Board or executive management.
• Experience overseeing and managing outside counsel.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of:
• Corporate law, Partnership law, federal tax laws, federal regulation of securities and commodities, regulation of broker-dealers and investment advisers, and/or international investment law.
• Legal issues and concepts in at least one area of law relevant to job functions pertaining to the agency investment program.
• Fiduciary responsibilities or ethics issues.
Skills in:
• Monitoring, reviewing, drafting, and advising on legislation.
• Written and verbal communications, including awareness of reactions to others; analyzing, developing, and advocating legal positions; giving advice; and preparing and presenting complex legal documents or reports to a variety of audiences.
• Negotiating, mediating, and resolving agreements and disputes.
• Performing legal research and analysis of relevant information, and rendering advice based on sound legal judgment.
• Task management and organization, including setting priorities to meet deadlines and manage a high-volume workload in a fast-paced and -changing environment, while completing detailed work with a high degree of timeliness, appropriate brevity and economy, and accuracy.
• Using a computer in a Windows environment with word processing, spreadsheet, and other business software (Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Westlaw, Tamale, etc.).
Ability to:
• Establish and maintain harmonious, productive, efficient, and mutually beneficial working relationships of trust with co-workers, other agency staff, and external contacts (such as consultants, outside fund management, opposing counsel, state government personnel, and the public).
• Work effectively in a professional team environment.