Corporate and Securities Attorney

Organization Summary

Cascade Asset Management Company ("Cascade") is the private investment firm that manages a multi-billion-dollar portfolio on behalf of Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation Trust. Cascade's mission is to generate superior long-term returns to support and advance the vital work of Mr. Gates and the Gates Foundation.

Led by the same Chief Investment Officer for more than 30 years, Cascade has built a strong track record through a fundamental, long-horizon investment approach. Cascade invests across asset classes and geographies, primarily through direct investments, as well as a select group of funds and segregated accounts.

Cascade is headquartered in the Seattle, Washington area.

Our Legal and Regulatory team prioritizes collaboration, creativity, innovation, and the ability to scale our activities to achieve efficiency and effectiveness. In addition to providing superb legal advice, our team focuses on building deep relationships to add value to our investment process. This is a great opportunity for you if you are a hands-on professional looking to make an immediate impact.

You will join our legal team and, as a part of the Securities, Trading and Regulatory group, you will provide legal support to a complex portfolio of global assets. Your primary responsibilities will include advising our investment team on the legal, regulatory, and compliance issues affecting a wide array of investment transactions and identifying and monitoring complex legal and regulatory developments across multiple asset classes and jurisdictions.

The role also supports the legal and operational infrastructure for Cascade’s trading activity, including negotiating documentation, managing broker and counter party relationships, and addressing custody, derivatives, market infrastructure, and other trading-related issues.

• Closely partner with Cascade’s investment team to provide strategic, holistic, and portfolio-informed advice with respect to public and private investments in multiple industries and jurisdictions worldwide, including minority and controlling interests in operating companies and funds
• Develop an in-depth understanding of our portfolio and operations to deliver cross-functional solutions across a range of complex global rules and regulations
• Analyze and prepare U.S. filings, including Schedules 13D/G, Form 13F, Form 13H, Forms 3, 4, and 5, Form 144, and Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification and Report Form, as well as comparable foreign filings
• Analyze and address MNPI concerns and manage our employee trading policy
• Analyze and address public company governance matters, including D&O questionnaires and related disclosures
• Monitor public company positions for ownership thresholds, disclosure obligations, trading windows, and other issuer- or security-specific restrictions
• Partner with the trading desk and investment services team on day-to-day trade support, including pre-trade issue spotting, trade-clearing, trading restrictions, and post-trade legal and regulatory follow-up
• Design, maintain, and improve internal tools, processes, and reference materials used to support trading and public company portfolio monitoring, including restricted trading lists, legal watch lists, portfolio reports, and order-management system restrictions or warnings
• Proactively identify key regulatory changes and developments that could impact our activities/portfolio and develop strategies to mitigate legal and regulatory risk
• Contribute to the modernization of legal team workflows, including by identifying practical opportunities to use AI-enabled tools and other technology to improve efficiency, consistency, and access to legal knowledge
• Collaborate…