About Us

Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated and collaborative lawyer to join our Client Advisory Legal team as Counsel. This role will support legal coverage for client-facing activities across institutional and wealth channels, with a focus on complex investment management agreements (IMAs), regulatory matters, and strategic client initiatives.

The successful candidate will join a specialist legal team that collaborates closely with our business and Compliance colleagues to advance key initiatives of the firm. This role offers the opportunity to work within a global investment advisory firm serving clients in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Embracing a talent philosophy centered on a growth mindset and a client-centric culture, this role offers a great opportunity for someone who would like to build a legal career in asset management.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Advise on regulatory issues relevant to our client-facing business, including SEC, CFTC, MiFID II, and marketing rules.

• Support negotiation and documentation of complex client mandates.

• Collaborate with Compliance, Client teams, and Operations to ensure legal risk is appropriately managed.

• Monitor legal and regulatory developments and assess their impact on client advisory activities.

• Contribute to legal enablement initiatives, including template development and process optimization.

QUALIFICATIONS

• J.D. or equivalent law degree; admitted to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

• 2–5 years of relevant legal experience, ideally with experience in asset management or financial services. Experience with legal support of Wealth initiatives preferred (e.g., marketing and limited purpose broker-dealer requirements)

• Strong understanding of complex legal and regulatory issues.

• Excellent drafting, analytical, and communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Location: Boston, Needham, New York, Chicago

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.

As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com.

At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is:

This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process.

Base salary is only one component of Wellington’s total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/ or Incentives, if eligible. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan, health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage, health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back-up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement and paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)

We believe that in person interactions inspire and energize our community and are essential to our culture. In support of this commitment, our employees work from our offices 4 days a week with flexibility to work remotely 1 day a week. We believe that this approach ultimately supports our mission to deliver investment excellence to our clients and their beneficiaries over the long term.