Corporate and Securities Attorney

Organization Summary

Cascade Asset Management Company (“Cascade”) is the private investment firm that manages a multi-billion-dollar portfolio on behalf of Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation Trust. Cascade’s mission is to generate superior long-term returns to support and advance the vital work of Mr. Gates and the Gates Foundation.

Led by the same Chief Investment Officer for more than 30 years, Cascade has built a strong track record through a fundamental, long-horizon investment approach. Cascade invests across asset classes and geographies, primarily through direct investments, as well as a select group of funds and segregated accounts.

Cascade is headquartered in the Seattle, Washington area.

Team Description

Our Legal and Regulatory team prioritizes collaboration, creativity, innovation, and the ability to scale our activities to achieve efficiency and effectiveness. In addition to providing superb legal advice, our team focuses on building deep relationships to add value to our investment process. This is a great opportunity for you if you are a hands-on professional looking to make an immediate impact.

Position Description

You will join our legal team and, as a part of the Securities, Trading and Regulatory group, you will provide legal support to a complex portfolio of global assets. Your primary responsibilities will include advising our investment team on the legal, regulatory, and compliance issues affecting a wide array of investment transactions and identifying and monitoring complex legal and regulatory developments across multiple asset classes and jurisdictions. The role also supports the legal and operational infrastructure for Cascade’s trading activity, including negotiating documentation, managing broker and counterparty relationships, and addressing custody, derivatives, market infrastructure, and other trading-related issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Closely partner with Cascade’s investment team to provide strategic, holistic, and portfolio-informed advice with respect to public and private investments in multiple industries and jurisdictions worldwide, including minority and controlling interests in operating companies and funds
• Develop an in-depth understanding of our portfolio and operations to deliver cross-functional solutions across a range of complex global rules and regulations
• Analyze and prepare U.S. filings, including Schedules 13D/G, Form 13F, Form 13H, Forms 3, 4, and 5, Form 144, and Hart-Scott-Rodino Premerger Notification and Report Form, as well as comparable foreign filings
• Analyze and address MNPI concerns and manage our employee trading policy
• Analyze and address public company governance matters, including D&O questionnaires and related disclosures
• Monitor public company positions for ownership thresholds, disclosure obligations, trading windows, and other issuer- or security-specific restrictions
• Partner with the trading desk and investment services team on day-to-day trade support, including pre-trade issue spotting, trade-clearing, trading restrictions, and post-trade legal and regulatory follow-up
• Design, maintain, and improve internal tools, processes, and reference materials used to support trading and public company portfolio monitoring, including restricted trading lists, legal watch lists, portfolio reports, and order-management system restrictions or warnings
• Proactively identify key regulatory changes and developments that could impact our activities/portfolio and develop strategies to mitigate legal and regulatory risk
• Contribute to the modernization of legal team workflows, including by identifying practical opportunities to use AI-enabled tools and other technology to improve efficiency, consistency, and access to legal knowledge
• Collaborate internally with the legal, investment, performance, operations, tax, and accounting teams and externally with outside counsel and other partners to develop innovative and thoughtful solutions to challenges arising in managing a global portfolio
• Review, draft, and negotiate commercial agreements
• Lead or participate in cross-functional internal projects

Professional Qualifications

The ideal individual will thrive in our collaborative environment, where organizational success, innovation, pursuit of excellence, learning, and personal and professional growth are prized above traditional career progression through title advancement. We are looking for relevant substantive knowledge and excellent technical skills, as well as personal attributes that match our highly collaborative and humble culture.

• J.D. degree, with at least 6 years of relevant experience
• Excellent legal training and judgment, including significant law firm experience
• In-house experience with an investment organization or public company is a strong plus
• Substantive knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to securities and other investment products, including the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and others
• Substantive knowledge of other regulatory issues relevant to a complex global portfolio (e.g., HSR, FCPA, industry regulations, etc.)
• Experience advising on trading, market structure, broker or counterparty relationships, custody, derivatives, or other trading-related operational issues is a strong plus
• Curiosity about emerging technologies, including AI, and an eagerness to apply them thoughtfully and responsibly in a legal environment
• Experience analyzing issues with a holistic perspective and a commercial approach
• Ability to foster and maintain valued and respected relationships both internally and externally at all levels, and to cultivate a positive and productive team dynamic
• Exemplary written and oral communication skills, with the ability to succinctly translate legal principles into practical and actionable business use

Personal Attributes

• Intellectual curiosity, with a growth mindset and eagerness to stretch outside your comfort zone, learn new areas of expertise, and broaden your skillset
• Problem solver who takes initiative in looking over the horizon in anticipation of opportunities, new developments, and challenges
• Highly collaborative, with the flexibility to take on stretch assignments and the humility to thoughtfully execute less glamorous assignments
• Gifted at navigating ambiguity
• Highest levels of professionalism and integrity

What We Offer

Cascade is committed to paying employees equitably for substantially similar work. Base salary for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, knowledge, education, and degree to which a candidate meets the role requirements, current business needs, and market factors. A reasonable estimate of the current base salary range for this position will generally be between $300,000 to $325,000 per year, but the final salary offered may be outside this range based on these reasons and individual circumstances. Additionally, base salary is only part of the total compensation package as we believe that our employees are the reason for our success, and in recognition of their contributions, eligible employees may participate in a generous annual performance-based discretionary bonus program.

Cascade proudly supports our employees and their families with a comprehensive fully paid benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, long-term disability insurance, and a generous employer match to 401(k) retirement savings contributions. Employees are also eligible for 18 days of paid vacation each year for the first four years of employment, eight paid holidays, up to three floating holidays per year, up to 14 days of sick leave, and a generous paid parental and family leave program. Our benefits also include several employee wellness programs and mental health resources, a charitable giving match, and reimbursement for fitness, daycare, and/or commuter expenses.

What We Value

Cascade is deeply committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants seeking employment. All employment decisions are based on a candidate’s or employee’s capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, age, national origin, citizenship, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Questions regarding accommodation requests due to a disability should be directed to Human Resources.

Employment Requirements

Upon hire, you are required to present proof of your eligibility to legally work in the U.S.