Senior Assistant General Counsel, Impact Investments
Social FinanceAbout the role
About Us
Social Finance is a national nonprofit and registered investment adviser (SF Advisors, LLC). We work with the public, private, and social sectors to create partnerships and investments that measurably improve lives. Since our founding in 2011, we have mobilized over $500 million in new investments designed to help people and communities realize improved outcomes in workforce and economic mobility, health, and housing.
We are driven by the belief that social and economic systems should enable all people to thrive, and the conviction that we can create the most meaningful and measurable change in our communities when governments and markets work together. Our organization is built upon five core values: people, performance, integrity, collaboration, and inclusion.
Our work spans four areas: Impact-first Investing, Workforce and Education Investments, Advisory & Public Sector Practice, and the Social Finance Institute. Our Impact-first Investment team designs, launches, and manages investments that provide solutions for effectively deploying impact capital across a range of social outcomes. Our Workforce and Education Investments team designs, launches and manages financial solutions focused on addressing workforce challenges, including skills acquisition and training access. Our Advisory team partners with government and philanthropy leaders to implement data-driven programs for advancing social impact. And through the Social Finance Institute, we aim to build the field and change systems through actionable research, communities of practice, and educational outreach.
Application review will begin on June 8, 2026, and continue on a rolling basis.
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Senior Assistant General Counsel to join our five-person legal team, reporting to the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Social Finance does highly innovative work that is often without legal precedent; as a result, the legal work requires more creativity and project team collaboration than most in-house roles. The legal team prides itself on being strategic partners and friendly collaborators to teams across the organization.
Social Finance operates across fund structures, regulatory frameworks, government partnerships, and transactional work simultaneously. Our legal team covers all of it. This is a broad, hands-on role for a lawyer who excels in a dynamic environment, manages complexity with ease, and demonstrates the initiative and judgment to advance work independently.
You will work across both legal and compliance functions. The role includes at least some corporate generalist components, but top candidates will have a foundation in fund formation or management, transactional work and financial regulation. The successful candidate will bring not only rigor and attention to detail but also the creativity and flexibility to navigate ambiguity and help design practical solutions. Depending on experience, this role may oversee one or more attorneys and/or paralegals.
Key Responsibilities
Your largest responsibilities will depend on your unique background and strengths, however the scope of responsibilities include:
- Advise deal teams from initial structuring to drafting and negotiation of final financing and outcome-contingent agreements; oversee external counsel in discussion and negotiation with project stakeholders (within private, nonprofit and public sectors); contribute to deal document negotiations.
- Serve as thought leader to deal teams throughout entire deal lifecycle, including on key contract terms and best practices for achieving impact via contracting
- Collaborate with internal and external counsel to develop credit facility agreements, asset purchase agreements, and ancillary financial agreements
- Draft and execute entity formation agreements for impact investment special purpose vehicles which may include trusts, partnerships, limited liability companies or other corporate forms
- Advise on investment fund development, structuring and legal implementation; oversee drafting and negotiation of fund documentation with key stakeholders.
- Collaborate with internal and external counsel to develop private placement memoranda and support finance structuring
- Support capital raises; lead investor agreement drafting and negotiation
- Conduct legal due diligence on prospe
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