Content Lawyer - Registered Funds
New York City, NY (Hybrid)
Posted 3 days ago
Job Summary
Own the content strategy and editorial production for registered funds, shaping commentary on regulatory developments and market trends.
- Lead editorial calendar and content pipeline across registered funds topics
- Translate complex regulatory concepts into polished client-ready prose
- Collaborate with practice group attorneys and marketing to drive business development
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Content Strategy
- Develop and execute a forward-looking editorial calendar and content pipeline covering key topics across the registered funds space, including Retail 3c7s, interval funds, tender offer funds, non-traded REITs, business development companies (BDCs), and closed-end funds.
- Monitor legislative, regulatory, and market developments—including SEC rulemaking, no-action letters, exemptive applications, and enforcement actions—and identify opportunities for timely written commentary.
- Coordinate with practice group attorneys and firm leadership to align content priorities with the firm's strategic objectives, client interests, and business development goals.
- Evaluate emerging trends in registered funds product structuring and distribution to ensure the firm's published content reflects the most current market thinking.
- Drafting & Editorial Production
- Research, draft, edit, and publish a broad range of written work product, including client alerts, long-form articles, white papers, market commentary, and regulatory summaries.
- Translate complex legal and regulatory concepts into clear, polished, and commercially oriented prose accessible to a sophisticated readership of asset managers, fund sponsors, and institutional investors.
- Maintain rigorous editorial standards across all published content, ensuring accuracy, consistency of voice, and adherence to the firm's style and branding guidelines.
- Manage the end-to-end editorial workflow, from initial topic identification and outline development through drafting, internal review, and final publication.
Requirements
- J.D. or equivalent
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in investment management, securities regulation, or a closely related practice area, with substantive exposure to registered funds products and the regulatory framework governing them.
- Demonstrated expertise in the Investment Company Act of 1940, SEC regulations, and the structuring and operation of registered closed-end funds, interval funds, tender offer funds, BDCs, and non-traded REITs.
- Exceptional writing and editing skills, with a proven ability to produce polished, publication-ready content on complex legal and financial topics.
- Strong analytical and research skills, with the ability to synthesize regulatory developments and market trends into clear, commercially relevant commentary.
- Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, meet editorial deadlines, and maintain a consistent publishing cadence.
- Meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy in all published work.
- Effective interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage productively with attorneys, business professionals, and senior firm leadership.
Preferred
- Familiarity with content management systems, digital publishing platforms, and editorial workflow tools is preferred.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is one of the world’s leading international law firms. The Firm was established in 1884 and has approximately 1,500 lawyers. Headquartered in New York with offices in Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Tokyo and Washington, D.C., the Firm provides coordinated legal advice and transactional capability to clients around the globe.This website contains attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Salaries
Posted range
$250K/yr – $300K/yr
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