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Work with the members of the internal legal team and outside counsel in all areas of our clients' legal, compliance, and regulatory matters. Serve our client, DST Global, as well as other family office clients. Key areas of responsibility will include managing, overseeing and coordinating outside counsel teams in connection with venture capital fund formation and private equity investing. This includes negotiating and drafting investment and shareholder agreements, performing legal due diligence on investment target companies, and preparing and delivering summaries of the foregoing to client investment team members. Work with outside counsel and other engaged investment professionals (such as investment bankers, brokers, accountants and U.S. and international tax experts), which includes providing instructions and parameters for investment matters, reviewing, and assessing work of external counsel, communicating investment matters and areas of inquiry, coordinating access to internal documentation, and cohesively integrating advice and work product of external counsel on behalf of client(s). Oversee our clients' internal legal matters, as assigned, including regulatory compliance in the areas of securities regulation, U.S. and international taxation, banking, corporate governance, and fund formation. Advise deal teams consisting of DST Global partners and investment professionals on diligence matters, regulatory matters, shareholder arrangements, capitalization, investment structuring, and related issues. Review and comment on transactional documents per compliance requirements, client mandates as well as prevailing market standard terms across jurisdictions. Draft and finalize transactional documents including: term sheets containing the proposed terms and conditions of investments; definitive share purchase agreements for the acquisition of securities; shareholder agreements governing the relationship among various investors and the underlying portfolio company; securities documentation relating to initial public offerings; merger and sale agreements governing terms of any securities sales undertaken; board and stockholder resolutions; and investment fund agreements. Advise and provide representation in general corporate matters relating to the DST Global and advisory company offices, such as vendor contracts, engagement letters, office leases, corporate compliance, regulatory matters, and local law requirements. Conduct legal research and prepare drafts of memos concerning general corporate matters, securities compliance, and related matters. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Juris Doctor (JD) or Master of Laws (LLM) degree from an accredited U.S. law school and four (4) years of experience as an Attorney in the area of private equity, M&A, and venture capital transactions at a U.S. or international law firm or leading private equity or venture capital fund. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Four (4) years of required experience must include four (4) years of experience with: (1) drafting and negotiating principal investment and ancillary documents for venture capital and growth equity investments globally; (2) managing legal due diligence processes across multiple jurisdictions; (3) global capital markets and securities laws; (4) corporate governance and regulatory compliance matters; and (5) management experience including overseeing and managing outside advisors and internal deal team members, including junior corporate attorneys and other specialists. Must have a New York bar membership in good standing.