Full-Time

Associate General Counsel

First Eagle Investments

First Eagle Investments

501-1,000 employees

Independent asset manager offering multi-asset strategies

Compensation Overview

$200k - $250k/yr

+ Annual incentive bonus

New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Flexible/hybrid work environment.

Bachelor's, JD

Category
Legal & Compliance (2)
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Requirements
  • An undergraduate degree and Juris Doctor degree are required, along with a license to practice law.
  • Four to eight years of relevant legal experience are required.
  • Significant experience representing CLO managers, arrangers, underwriters, issuers, or other market participants in CLO transactions is required.
  • Strong familiarity with CLO documentation and structures, structured finance and securitization transactions, leveraged loans and credit markets, and warehouse financing arrangements is required.
  • The candidate must be able to manage multiple transactions simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong drafting, negotiation, analytical, and project management skills are required.
  • The candidate must demonstrate excellent judgment and the ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice.
Responsibilities
  • Serve as a key legal team member on CLO management and investment transactions, including new issue CLOs, CLO resets and refinancings, warehouse financings, and risk retention and regulatory-related transactions.
  • Coordinate transaction negotiation and execution among internal stakeholders, outside counsel, arrangers, investors, issuers, underwriters, trustees, collateral administrators, rating agencies, and other transaction participants.
  • Review and negotiate indentures and trust deeds, offering documents, collateral management agreements, warehouse agreements, subscription documents, engagement agreements, investor side letters, risk retention and retention financing agreements, and ancillary transaction documents.
  • Manage transaction timelines and closing processes from launch through closing.
  • Advise investment professionals regarding CLO governing documents and transaction constraints.
  • Analyze indenture and trust deed provisions and provide practical guidance regarding eligibility criteria, concentration limitations, coverage tests, reinvestment and post-reinvestment provisions, trading restrictions, and bespoke transaction features.
  • Assist in evaluating proposed amendments, restructurings, workouts, and other portfolio-related matters affecting CLO investments.
  • Monitor developments affecting the CLO and leveraged finance markets, including United States and European regulatory developments.
  • Advise internal stakeholders regarding applicable securities, risk retention, structured finance, and investment management regulations.
  • Assist with regulatory and disclosure matters related to CLO issuance and ongoing management activities.
  • Coordinate with compliance and other internal control functions on relevant legal and regulatory issues.
  • Manage relationships with outside counsel across multiple transactions and jurisdictions.
  • Review legal advice and transaction documents to ensure consistency with firm objectives and market standards.
  • Coordinate with trustees, collateral administrators, placement agents, arrangers, accountants, rating agencies, and other service providers.
  • Participate in the development of new CLO products, structures, and financing solutions.
  • Assist with strategic initiatives involving United States and European broadly syndicated loan CLO platforms, middle-market CLOs, fund financing arrangements, warehouse facilities, and capital markets transactions.
  • Support acquisitions, joint ventures, and other business initiatives involving the CLO platform.
  • Contribute to process improvements and scalability initiatives across the legal function.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with European CLOs and/or middle-market CLOs.
First Eagle Investments

First Eagle Investments

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First Eagle Investments is an independent investment management firm managing about $161 billion in assets as of 06/30/2025 for institutional and individual clients. It uses active, fundamental, and benchmark-agnostic investing with a strong emphasis on downside risk to safeguard client capital. The firm offers equity, fixed income, and multi-asset strategies, drawing on a heritage dating back to 1864 to help clients avoid permanent capital impairment while aiming for durable returns across economic cycles. Its goal is to provide prudent, durable investment outcomes by managing downside risk through a long-standing, multi-asset approach and collaboration with affiliated advisers and partners.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1864

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What believers are saying

  • Diamond Hill adds fixed income depth and multi-cap equities, broadening client coverage immediately.
  • May 18, 2026 active ETF inflows matched full-year 2025 totals in under half the time.
  • First Eagle keeps launching products, including small-cap, core municipal, mid-cap, and U.S. equity ETFs.

What critics are saying

  • First Eagle now juggles Genstar ownership changes, Diamond Hill integration, and retention simultaneously in 2026.
  • The Dandini July 9, 2026 Delaware fund lawsuit shows continuing disclosure-litigation exposure.
  • Active ETF success depends on continued inflows; any reversal weakens First Eagle’s growth narrative quickly.

What makes First Eagle Investments unique

  • First Eagle reached $213 billion AUM after Diamond Hill closed on April 22, 2026.
  • Its active ETF platform crossed $3 billion AUM within 18 months, by May 12, 2026.
  • The firm runs valuation-driven global value, small-cap, and alternative credit franchises.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Profit Sharing

Hybrid Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Performance Bonus

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

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