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About the Role

First Eagle is seeking a Senior Legal Specialist to join the Legal team. The successful candidate will be responsible for various legal and compliance duties related to registered funds and corporate transactions.

Responsibilities

• Participate in preparation and review of materials for Board and Shareholder meetings
• Compile, organize, and maintain legal and compliance documentation for registered funds in accordance with SEC regulations
• Participate in preparation of registration statement filings and related regulatory materials, and coordinate with internal business units
• Liaise with various service providers to ensure appropriate filings and regulatory requirements are met
• Collaborate on calendar to track registered fund deliverables and ensure deadlines are met
• Work on records management, entity management, and structure charts
• Support mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions
• Facilitate regulatory matters for non-US offices
• Coordinate and provide administrative support for various strategic corporate initiatives
• Deliver high-level paralegal/legal specialist assistance and project support to internal lawyers as needed
• Identify and implement improvement opportunities across business segments and initiatives to enable legal processes, tools, and technologies (e.g., assess usage of AI for process improvements)
• Support various corporate initiatives

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree with 8+ years of relevant experience at a law firm or financial services
• Experience with investment company and general corporate work
• Experience with the EDGAR filing process
• Proficiency in drafting and reviewing offering documents and similar disclosure materials
• Proven ability to work directly with clients, external parties, and cross-functional business units
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and proofreading skills
• High standards, personal accountability, and a detail-oriented approach to complex tasks
• Experience and confidence to work in a growth environment
• Aptitude to handle multiple, disparate, tasks with resilience
• Solution-oriented mindset
• Self-motivated professional capable of working independently while maintaining a collaborative team spirit
• Strong computer skills (familiarity with document management systems and electronic meeting material systems is a plus)

Skills

• Investment company work
• General corporate work
• EDGAR filing process
• Drafting offering documents
• Reviewing offering documents
• Client interaction
• External party interaction
• Cross-functional business unit interaction
• Verbal communication
• Written communication
• Proofreading
• Records management
• Entity management
• Structure charts
• Mergers and acquisitions support
• Corporate transactions support
• Regulatory matters facilitation
• AI for process improvements assessment
• Document management systems
• Electronic meeting material systems

Location

• New York City
• Chicago
• Columbus
• Boston

Work Type

• Flexible/hybrid work environment

Experience Level

• Senior

Education Level

• Undergraduate degree

Salary/Compensations

• $125,000 to $180,000

Benefits

• Generous paid time-off
• Medical/dental/vision healthcare plans
• 401(k) retirement and profit-sharing plans
• Flexible/hybrid work environment
• “dress for the day” flexible work attire

About the Company

• First Eagle Investments is an independent, privately owned investment management firm headquartered in New York with approximately $213 billion in assets under management as of April 22, 2026.
• Dedicated to providing prudent stewardship of client assets, the firm focuses on active, fundamental, benchmark-agnostic investing, with a strong emphasis on downside mitigation.
• With a heritage dating back to 1864, First Eagle strives to help clients avoid permanent impairment of capital and earn attractive returns through widely varied economic cycles.
• The firm’s investment capabilities include equity, fixed income, alternative credit and multi-asset strategies.
• At First Eagle, clients come first, always.
• To deliver on this commitment, we nurture an environment that attracts, develops, and retains a talented, inclusive workforce.
• We also aim to inspire each of our employees to do their life’s best work with us and for our clients.
• We have built a culture that promotes inclusion and respect, and holds every member of the organization to the highest standards of integrity and accountability.

Equal Opportunity

• First Eagle Investments and their affiliates and subsidiaries is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at First Eagle, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religious belief, including dress and grooming practices, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, breastfeeding or medical conditions related to breastfeeding, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), or any other protected characteristic as established by law.