Funds Partner - Elite US Law/Cravath Scale

This opportunity is for a prestigious law firm with a highly regarded fund formation practice and a large roster of major fund sponsors, managers and investor clients.As part of an international push to build out their funds coverage they are looking to hire a high caliber Partner (or Counsel) to join them at a time when they are looking to commit and invest significantly in the practice area.They advise across the asset class on the full range of matters, going beyond fund formation and fund raisings, acting as true business partners to their clients. The client is currently oversubscribed for PE work and whilst they are broadly asset-class agnostic that area of expertise would be to your mutual advantage.Requirements:Currently Partner level in the fund formations practice of a leading law firm or;Counsel with 7 years of experience in funds at a top firm who are interested in becoming Partner and growing a book of business.Candidates should have some portable business.Contact us for a confidential discussion.Rutherford is one of London's leading buyside legal search firms. With over 14 years of providing top roles to legal talent across the funds space; from private equity to debt, infra and real estate to public funds, both in-house and private practice (transactions, finance, structuring, tax). Our clients include the leading law firms as well as tier-one asset managers, alternatives funds and VCs. If you are interested to know who is hiring in this space, or perhaps you are thinking about a move later in the year, please reach out for a confidential discussion with one of our specialists