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title: 'Legal Counsel – Credit Funds – Client Role at Arootah'
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# Legal Counsel – Credit Funds – Client Role at Arootah

- **Company:** Arootah
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Compensation:** $200k–$225k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/arootah/30eaf793-6d27-4d75-b469-721cb98c75c0

## Job description

## About the Role

Our client, a leading alternative investment manager, is seeking an experienced attorney to join its Legal & Compliance team in a dedicated in-house counsel role supporting a growing credit investment platform.

This is an opportunity for an attorney with investment management experience to move into, or continue building their career within, an in-house environment and work directly alongside investment professionals, senior leadership, operations, and compliance teams. The role will provide legal and regulatory guidance across private and registered investment funds, with exposure to fund formation, ongoing operations, governance, compliance, and a range of credit investment strategies.

## Responsibilities

- Serve as an in-house legal resource to investment, operations, compliance, and other business teams.
- Advise on regulatory matters involving the Investment Advisers Act, Investment Company Act of 1940, securities laws, and other requirements applicable to investment managers.
- Support the formation, structuring, and ongoing operation of private and registered investment funds.
- Provide legal support across credit strategies including private credit, direct lending, asset-based lending, structured credit, and CLOs.
- Review and negotiate fund documentation, including offering materials, partnership agreements, subscription documents, and side letters.
- Advise on fund governance, potential conflicts, trading restrictions, and related compliance matters.
- Support the marketing and distribution of investment products in the U.S. and internationally, including placement agent arrangements.
- Partner closely with the compliance team on policies, procedures, regulatory matters, and ongoing risk management.
- Manage relationships with external counsel and other legal service providers.
- Monitor regulatory developments and advise investment and business teams on their potential impact.

## Qualifications & Preferred Experience

- 4–6+ years of relevant legal experience at a law firm, investment manager, or combination of both.
- J.D. from an accredited law school and admission to at least one U.S. state bar.
- Experience advising investment managers, private funds, registered funds, or alternative investment strategies.
- Strong understanding of private fund formation, investment documentation, and ongoing fund operations.
- Knowledge of the Investment Advisers Act and Investment Company Act of 1940 preferred.
- Familiarity with SEC requirements and regulatory compliance applicable to registered investment advisers.
- Experience with private credit, structured credit, CLOs, hedge funds, or other alternative investment strategies is strongly preferred.
- Strong drafting, negotiation, analytical, and communication skills.
- Ability to operate independently and provide practical, business-oriented legal advice to investment professionals and senior stakeholders.
- Experience at a leading investment management law practice or alternative asset manager is preferred.

Additional Information

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support portions of the hiring process, including resume review and candidate evaluation. These tools assist our recruiting team but do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by human reviewers.

## About Arootah

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Arootah is a peak-performance advisory firm at the intersection of finance, technology, and wellness, providing executive coaching, business consulting, and talent solutions to alternative investment firms and financial executives.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped/self-funded; no public funding rounds disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: New York, NY, USA (remote-first operations)
- **Founded**: Year not publicly disclosed
- **Founders**: Rich Bello (Founder & CEO) — previously COO of Blue Ridge Capital, a $10B hedge fund he helped scale; earlier roles at Morgan Stanley and EY

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Alternative investments (hedge funds, private equity, family offices), executive coaching, talent acquisition/development, business consulting, wellness optimization
- **Target customers**: B2B — hedge funds, private equity firms, family offices, and their service providers; also individual C-suite executives and high-growth companies
- **Mission/purpose**: "Empower companies, executives, and individuals to maximize their full potential" by applying hedge-fund-proven strategies to raise standards, overcome challenges, and achieve results ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/careers/))

## Products & Services
- **Talent Solutions (Talent Acquisition)**: Institutional-grade, senior-level recruiting across investment and non-investment roles for alternative investment firms. Supports contingent, retained, and outsourced recruiting models and covers 18 core disciplines including operations, finance, compliance, investor relations, technology, and business development ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/))
- **Talent Development**: Executive and team coaching, leadership training, and performance effectiveness programs aimed at measurable improvements in decision-making, collaboration, and execution ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/))
- **Fractional Expertise / Consulting**: Senior experts placed within firms across 18 functional disciplines on a scoped-engagement basis — senior judgment without the cost of permanent hires ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/))
- **Professional Coaching**: One-on-one and team coaching for financial executives and their teams to achieve peak performance ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/about/))
- **Business Consulting**: Pragmatic strategies to stimulate growth, inspire peak performance, and strengthen accountability ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/about/))
- **Wellness Optimization**: A virtual suite of wellness resources plus a physical Arootah Wellness Headquarters in NYC featuring an organic restaurant, spa, apothecary, elixir bar, bookshop, and boutique ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/careers/))
- **App & Software Development**: Internal development of digital tools to support the wellness and coaching offerings ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/careers/))

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding — not publicly available; notable scale signal: network of **700+ advisors and consultants** across functional areas ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/about/meet-the-team/))
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors disclosed. Leadership pedigree is the primary credibility signal — Founder Rich Bello scaled Blue Ridge Capital to $10B AUM; President & COO E. Kurt Kim built and operated a multi-strategy credit hedge fund complex and exited a fintech platform; Head of Talent Solutions Chris Lillis previously held leadership roles at Jackson Lucas, PJT Partners, Two Sigma, and UBS ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/about/meet-the-team/))
- **Growth Signals**: Active hiring across multiple roles (COO — Alternative Investments, Director of Investment Operations, Quantitative Researcher, Tax Compliance Manager, Investment Analyst) posted on Lever ([jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/arootah/)); expansion of Talent Solutions practice into a full Talent Spectrum model (acquisition + development + fractional leadership); investment in a physical wellness headquarters in NYC; AI-assisted recruiting pipeline signals scaling operations ([jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/arootah/))

## Competitive Advantages
- **Hedge-fund-native playbook**: Strategies are distilled from the hedge fund industry and extrapolated to any client — a differentiated approach vs. generic consulting firms ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/careers/))
- **Fractional senior talent model**: Clients get seasoned expertise across 18 disciplines at engagement-level scope, without permanent-hire cost — a flexible alternative to full-time hires ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/))
- **Talent spectrum under one roof**: Recruiting, development, and fractional placement are integrated, aligning human capital with strategy end-to-end ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/))
- **Founder credibility**: Rich Bello's track record building a top-tier $10B hedge fund gives instant trust in alternative investment circles ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/about/meet-the-team/))
- **Differentiated wellness angle**: A physical wellness headquarters and virtual wellness resources create a unique finance-tech-wellness intersection unlikely to be replicated by pure-play consulting firms ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/careers/))

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling the Talent Solutions practice**: Building out institutional-grade hiring, talent development, and fractional leadership offerings as the flagship growth engine ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/))
- **Expanding the advisory footprint**: Leveraging the 700+ advisor network to serve more hedge funds, private equity firms, family offices, and service providers ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/about/meet-the-team/))
- **Vertical integration of services**: Deepening the connection between talent acquisition, executive coaching, business consulting, and wellness optimization to create a full-spectrum client offering ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/careers/))
- **Building out the wellness product suite**: Developing the virtual wellness platform and growing the NYC physical wellness hub ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/careers/))

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-first culture**: Headquartered in NYC but operates remotely with flexible WFH positions "without sacrificing constructive collaboration" ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/careers/))
- **Professional development**: Strong emphasis on goal setting, accountability, and results-driven formulas for both clients and employees; the firm actively supports and encourages professional growth ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/careers/))
- **In-house wellness perks**: Free fitness programming, educational content, tracking apps, and group fitness classes for team members ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/careers/))
- **Mission-driven environment**: The company seeks people who are "energetic, respectful, reliable, authentic, driven by progress, disciplined, and passionate" — a culture built around peak performance and accountability ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/careers/))
- **High-caliber network**: Opportunity to work alongside a team with deep alternative investment pedigree (Two Sigma, PJT Partners, UBS, Blue Ridge Capital, Morgan Stanley, EY) and alongside 700+ advisors ([arootah.com](https://arootah.com/about/meet-the-team/))
- **AI-enhanced hiring process**: Uses AI tools to support recruiting (resume review, verification signals), but final decisions are made by humans — a signal of an innovation-forward people team ([jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/arootah/))

## Sources
1. [arootah.com — Careers](https://arootah.com/careers/)
2. [arootah.com — Talent Solutions](https://arootah.com/)
3. [jobs.lever.co — Arootah](https://jobs.lever.co/arootah/)
4. [arootah.com — About](https://arootah.com/about/)
5. [arootah.com — Meet the Team](https://arootah.com/about/meet-the-team/)

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