Associate Investment Manager, Legal Counsel

Associate Investment Manager, Legal Counsel

Location:

Houston, Texas
Job Type: Permanent / Full-Time
Company:
Omni Bridgeway

Omni Bridgeway is a publicly listed company on the ASX (Australian Stock Exchange) (ASX:OBL) since 2001 and has professionals around the world managing a global investment portfolio of legal assets.

We have a highly experienced team of 160+ specialists in law, intelligence, and finance with expertise in civil and common law legal and recovery systems. We work with individual claimants, law firms, corporations, sovereigns, and multilateral institutions.

Our team assesses investments and enforcement opportunities arising in nearly every region, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, the UK and the US. We have funded hundreds of cases to completion, offering disputes financing and judgment enforcement capability and experience that is unsurpassed in the industry.

You will work as a Legal Counsel and generally be responsible for:

• Conducting due diligence on funding opportunities
• Providing advice and recommendations about funding matters
• Providing ongoing management of funded matters
• Research on legal and other issues
• Preparing information on litigation finance-related topics

The role requires you to undertake a broad range of duties, such as:

• Conducting due diligence on prospective funding opportunities (including analyzing financial and legal issues, communicating directly with claimants and their counsel, and conducting factual investigations)
• Assisting Investment Managers in the preparation and negotiation of term sheets
• Providing recommendations as to the appropriateness of funding matters and preparing and presenting submissions to the Investment Committee
• Meeting and speaking with lawyers/law firms to discuss litigation finance generally
• Managing funded cases by maintaining client and lawyer communications, monitoring case progress and developments, conferring on strategic issues, considering settlement issues, and managing litigation fees and expenses;
• Conducting general research on legal, strategic, and other issues as requested
• Preparing submissions, articles, blogs, and PowerPoint presentations on litigation finance-related topics and assisting Investment Managers with some aspects of their business development activities

• a J.D. and 6 or more years of litigation experience
• Superior academic credentials

• High-level litigation and analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong written communication skills
• The ability to manage tight timelines and balance competing priorities
• The ability to be self-motivated, results driven and thorough