Counsel, GM Asset Management

Counsel GM Asset Management

The Role

GM is seeking a Counsel GM Asset Management to support the legal needs of GM Asset Management and its investment management activities. This role will advise on legal issues arising from the management ofGM pensionassets and retirement-related investment programs including ERISA fiduciary investment and transactional matters.This role will report to theDirector andLead Counsel Corporate Finance and will work closely with GM Asset Management Leadership and stakeholders across LegalCompliance Controllershipand Operations to deliverpractical business-oriented legal advice.The position requires strong technical judgment practical business sense and the ability to work independently in a dynamic environment.

WhatYoullDo

• Provide legal support for GM Asset Management and its investment management activities including its work on behalf of GM retirement plans(including both U.S. and non-U.S. plans)

• Advise on ERISA fiduciary pension and employee benefit plan matters relating to investment management plan assets and retirement programs

• Support the legal aspects of external managerselection onboarding monitoring and retention as well as investmentoptionand portfolio-related matters

• Advise on transactions involvingprivate equity funds real estatehedge funds and other alternative investments

• Support legal matters involving separate accounts externally managed mandates and other institutional investment structures

• Advise on broader corporate governance regulatory and transactional matters relevant to GM Asset Managements activities

• Coordinate with cross-functional partners within GM Asset Management and with stakeholders across GM

• Help build improve and streamline legal and operational processes supporting investment management and fiduciary oversight

• Exercise sound judgment and manage matters with limited direction

• Develop strong trusted relationships with business clients

Required Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree

• Active membership in at least one U.S. state bar or eligibility to register as in-house counsel in the applicablejurisdiction

• Minimum of4years of relevant legal experience including substantialexperienceadvisinginstitutional asset managers pension fiduciaries retirement plan sponsors or similar sophisticated investment organizations

• Experience advisingoninvestment managementERISA fiduciarymatters pensionplans and employee benefit plan matters

• General corporate transactional experience

• Excellent judgment and strong problem-solving skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to build effective relationships with clients and stakeholders

• Growth mindset and an ability to work independently manage uncertainty and navigate evolving priorities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience advising an institutional investment manager pension investment office OCIO or large retirement plan platform

• Experience with fund formation investment structuring and hedge fund private equity and other alternative investment transactions

• Familiarity with external investment manager arrangements separate accounts and investment management documentation including investment management agreements fund subscriptiondocumentationand side letters

• Experience balancing legal risk fiduciary obligations businessobjectives and operational practicality

• Experience improving legal or business processes in sophisticated organizations

• Demonstratedtrack recordof being self-directed in a complex high-responsibility environment

• Ability to work in person in Detroit or New York

• Relevant experience may be gained in-house(preferred) at a law firm with a fiduciary adviser or in another role involving sophisticated ERISA pension investment or institutional asset management matters

Location: Hybrid. This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the Detroit HQ or New York City office three times per week at minimum or other frequency dictated by the business

Relocation: This role May be eligible for relocation benefits

GM DOES NOT PROVIDE IMMIGRATION-RELATED SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE. DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU WILL NEED GM IMMIGRATION SPONSORSHIP NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THIS INCLUDES DIRECT COMPANY SPONSORSHIP ENTRY OF GM AS THE IMMIGRATION EMPLOYER OF RECORD ON A GOVERNMENT FORM AND ANY WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIRING A WRITTEN SUBMISSION OR OTHER IMMIGRATION SUPPORT FROM THE COMPANY (e.g. H-1B OPT STEM OPT CPT TN J-1 etc.)

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