The role operates under moderate supervision of partners within the firm’s Investment Funds group, advising alternative investment managers, institutional investors, and other market participants on the formation, offering, structuring, operation, and investment in private investment funds and related vehicles across multiple jurisdictions.
Work includes providing counsel on private equity, private credit, hedge, hybrid, real asset, infrastructure, and other alternative investment strategies, along with related regulatory and compliance matters.
Responsibilities include supervising associates and specialists through all stages of fund formation, investment, and transactional matters, and participating in practice growth initiatives through client development, cross-marketing, and other business generation efforts.
Required experience encompasses advising alternative investment managers on the offering and formation of private equity, hedge, private credit, hybrid, and single investor funds in the U.S., Cayman Islands, and EU, ensuring compliance with the Securities Act, 1940 Act, and Advisers Act, and structuring U.S.- and EU-domiciled fund platforms for non-U.S. (including Latin American) alternative asset managers, including cross-border securities-law and Investment Company Act analyses.
Further required experience includes advising institutional investors (e.g., sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, secondaries funds) on commitments to private closed-end funds and the acquisition and sale of secondary interests, specifically representing secondary buyers as lead investor counsel in GP-led continuation vehicles (e.g., single-asset and multi-asset CVs holding real estate and infrastructure portfolios), LP-interest acquisitions, and co-investment sleeves, coordinating multi-party negotiations.
The role requires experience advising sponsors on the formation and launch of ESG and sustainable-infrastructure private funds, including structuring to qualify as Article 9 funds under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), and negotiating with development finance institutions and multilateral investors as anchor investors.
Experience is also required in advising managers and investors on private fund vehicles investing in real-asset and credit strategies, such as residential mortgage and residential-credit platforms, real estate debt funds, hotel real estate, digital infrastructure, and energy/power infrastructure assets.
Finally, required experience includes advising on cross-border private equity, M&A, and strategic-alliance transactions involving Latin American targets and counterparties, covering buy-side and sell-side representation across multiple economic sectors and coordinating multi-jurisdictional due diligence across Latin America.

Sidley Austin LLP

Managing Investment Funds Associate

3+ PQE · October 16, 2026 (Today)

Sidley Austin LLP

3+ PQE · October 16, 2026 (Today)

Salary

$310,000 - $390,000

Employment type

Full-time

Practice area

Corporate · 40 Act · Investment Funds · Private Equity

Location

New York City

Trusted recruiters

Work with a recruiter who has a real relationship with the hiring team and comes recommended by your peers.

Overview

The role operates under moderate supervision of partners within the firm’s Investment Funds group, advising alternative investment managers, institutional investors, and other market participants on the formation, offering, structuring, operation, and investment in private investment funds and related vehicles across multiple jurisdictions.
Work includes providing counsel on private equity, private credit, hedge, hybrid, real asset, infrastructure, and other alternative investment strategies, along with related regulatory and compliance matters.
Responsibilities include supervising associates and specialists through all stages of fund formation, investment, and transactional matters, and participating in practice growth initiatives through client development, cross-marketing, and other business generation efforts.
Required experience encompasses advising alternative investment managers on the offering and formation of private equity, hedge, private credit, hybrid, and single investor funds in the U.S., Cayman Islands, and EU, ensuring compliance with the Securities Act, 1940 Act, and Advisers Act, and structuring U.S.- and EU-domiciled fund platforms for non-U.S. (including Latin American) alternative asset managers, including cross-border securities-law and Investment Company Act analyses.
Further required experience includes advising institutional investors (e.g., sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, secondaries funds) on commitments to private closed-end funds and the acquisition and sale of secondary interests, specifically representing secondary buyers as lead investor counsel in GP-led continuation vehicles (e.g., single-asset and multi-asset CVs holding real estate and infrastructure portfolios), LP-interest acquisitions, and co-investment sleeves, coordinating multi-party negotiations.
The role requires experience advising sponsors on the formation and launch of ESG and sustainable-infrastructure private funds, including structuring to qualify as Article 9 funds under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), and negotiating with development finance institutions and multilateral investors as anchor investors.
Experience is also required in advising managers and investors on private fund vehicles investing in real-asset and credit strategies, such as residential mortgage and residential-credit platforms, real estate debt funds, hotel real estate, digital infrastructure, and energy/power infrastructure assets.
Finally, required experience includes advising on cross-border private equity, M&A, and strategic-alliance transactions involving Latin American targets and counterparties, covering buy-side and sell-side representation across multiple economic sectors and coordinating multi-jurisdictional due diligence across Latin America.

Trusted recruiters

Top recruiter for this opening
Ed Hossain
Long Ridge Partners
Ed Hossain
Long Ridge Partners
Ethan McMahon joined Sidley’s New York City office in the Corporate group.
Ed was really great to work with. I really appreciated his guidance, thoughtfulness, honesty, and initiative throughout the process. He was able to utilize his relationships with key contacts to best position me with my top targets.
Top recruiter for this opening
Jack Bergin
Illapa Search
Jack Bergin
Illapa Search
Yahel Kaplan joined Sidley’s New York City office in the Corporate group.
Jack has been an absolutely phenomenal recruiter - he's constantly on top of things, was a stupendous consiglieri and has helped me land an awesome gig. I cannot stress enough how much of a gem he is. Highly recommend.

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Last updated: October 16, 2026

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