Deputy City Attorney (Investment) - Retirement Team - City Attorney's Office (8177)

Company Description

Appointment Type: Permanent Exempt (PEX) position; individuals who are appointed to Exempt Positions are appointed at the pleasure of their appointing officer and are considered to be "at-will."

• Application Opening: March 12, 2026
• Application Deadline: Continuous, earliest close 5:00 p.m. Thursday, March 26, 2026
• Compensation Range: $155,428-$272,350
• Recruitment ID: RTF0164035-01097727

The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is seeking a qualified and motivated investment attorney for advice and transaction work.

About the Office
The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is an innovative, nationally-recognized municipal law office working to protect and advance the rights and interests of the City and County of San Francisco and its residents. With nearly 350 talented and dedicated employees, the Office provides exceptional legal services to the City’s Mayor, Board of Supervisors, officials, and departments. Our work empowers City leaders with effective, responsive, and creative legal solutions and representation so they can deliver critical public services, and our affirmative advocacy enhances the lives and wellbeing of San Francisco’s residents and visitors.

The Office recognizes that diversity in the backgrounds, identities, and experiences of our employees enriches our workplace and enhances our work. We aspire to recruit, employ, retain, and promote talented individuals representing the full spectrum of our community, and welcome all candidates, including candidates of any race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and age, and candidates with disabilities. We have a clear vision: to be the place where a diverse mix of people want to come and stay, grow professionally, and find purpose and engagement, and where all employees feel welcomed and respected, and valued for their work and contributions to the Office and the City. To learn more about the Office’s efforts to provide an inclusive workplace where employees feel they belong and can meaningfully contribute, please visit: https://www.sfcityattorney.org/aboutus/dei/.

The Office offers a hybrid work schedule for eligible employees.

To learn more about the City Attorney's Office please visit our website.

Job Description

About the Retirement Team
The Retirement Team is a collaborative group of six attorneys and a legal secretary. The Team counsels the Retirement Board and the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System (SFERS), which administers, manages, and operates the City’s retirement plans. SFERS serves approximately 81,000 members and beneficiaries, and manages approximately $40 billion in assets. The Retirement Board also administers the San Francisco Deferred Compensation Plan (SFDCP), which has over 37,000 participants and approximately $6.7 billion in assets. Additionally, the Team counsels the San Francisco Retiree Health Care Trust Fund (RHCTF) and RHCTF Board. The RHCTF currently has approximately $1.6 billion in assets and is a trust fund whose purpose is to defray the healthcare costs of the City and other participating employers. The Retirement Team’s work covers a broad array of municipal issues that impact our clients, including matters related to pension benefits, the trust funds’ investment portfolios, and various regulatory and tax issues. The Team also represents SFERS in administrative hearings on industrial and ordinary disability retirement applications involving employees of the City, the Community College District, and the School District before the California Office of Administrative Hearings and may defend those administrative decisions in court.

Deputy City Attorney Position and Responsibilities
The Team’s lead attorney serves as general counsel to the Retirement Board, SFERS and the RHCTF. Two attorneys provide investment advice, and procurement and general contract advice. Three attorneys manage and present disability benefit cases and provide benefits advice related to SFERS. We are seeking an additional attorney to provide investment advice. The responsibilities listed below are representative of the range of duties to be assigned and are not intended as an exhaustive list.

• Provide legal advice regarding investments across various asset classes and strategies, including public and private equity, fixed income, private credit, real assets, venture capital and absolute returns, and co-investments, including review and negotiation of investment documentation and post-investment matters su