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About the Role
State Street is one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors. Investment Services is a core State Street business, delivering servicing, operational, and technology solutions to asset managers, asset owners, insurance companies, and other institutional clients globally.
Joining State Street means working at the center of a sophisticated and highly regulated financial services ecosystem. Our Legal team partners with business and control leaders to address complex legal and regulatory matters, support strategic growth, strengthen client relationships, and help the business navigate an evolving investment services landscape.
We are seeking an experienced attorney to join the Investment Services Legal team supporting the Americas business. This role provides the opportunity to advise business leaders and client-facing teams on significant legal, regulatory, commercial, operational, and reputational matters across a broad range of institutional client relationships and investment servicing activities.
The successful candidate will bring strong legal judgment, commercial awareness, and the ability to translate complex legal and regulatory considerations into practical advice that supports the business while appropriately managing risk.
What You Will Be Responsible For
As Legal Counsel, Investment Services, Vice President, you will:
- Serve as a trusted legal advisor to Investment Services business leaders, client-facing teams, and control functions on legal, regulatory, commercial, operational, and governance matters.
- Advise on matters involving investment funds, investment managers, institutional asset owners, and other sophisticated financial-services clients.
- Draft, review, interpret, and negotiate complex client and commercial agreements.
- Provide practical legal guidance on significant client relationships, negotiations, new products, service enhancements, and changes to business or operating models.
- Advise on applicable securities and investment-management laws and regulations, including relevant SEC rules and regulatory developments.
- Partner with Compliance, Risk, Audit, Operations, Product, Technology, and other functions on regulatory change, governance, remediation, and strategic initiatives.
- Identify and evaluate legal, regulatory, operational, financial, and reputational risks and provide clear, commercially informed recommendations.
- Support interactions with clients, regulators, fund boards, outside counsel, and other external stakeholders, as appropriate.
- Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments and advise business partners on potential client, product, and operational impacts.
- Contribute to the continued development of legal processes, standards, knowledge management, and risk-management practices.
What We Value
We are looking for a commercially minded attorney who can operate effectively at the intersection of law, regulation, business strategy, and client service.
The successful candidate will bring:
- Sound judgment and a practical, solutions-oriented approach to legal advice.
- The ability to identify the issues that matter most and provide clear, actionable guidance.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- The confidence and credibility to advise and appropriately challenge business partners.
- Intellectual curiosity and the ability to understand sophisticated products, clients, and operating models.
- A collaborative approach to working across Legal, business, and control functions.
- A commitment to integrity, accountability, and disciplined risk management.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree and admission to practice law.
- 6+ experience practicing law within a law firm, financial institution, investment manager, asset manager, or other relevant financial-services environment.
- Strong knowledge of laws and regulations relevant to the investment-management and/or financial-services industry.
- Demonstrated ability to advise business partners on complex legal, regulatory, commercial, or client matters.
- Strong legal drafting, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into practical, business-oriented advice.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to build credibility and effectively advise business leaders, clients, control functions, and other stakeholders.
- Experience advising registered investment funds, including mutual funds, ETFs, money market funds, or other registered investment products, preferred.
- Experience with private and alternative investment funds, including private markets, hedge funds, real estate funds, or similar structures, preferred.
- Experience advising institutional asset owners, insurance companies, or other sophisticated institutional investors, preferred.
- Experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, particularly within investment management or financial services, preferred.
- Familiarity with custody and asset servicing, including custody, fund administration, fund accounting, transfer agency, trustee services, securities lending, collateral, or related services, a plus.
- Prior law firm experience advising investment-management, institutional-investor, or financial-services clients a plus.
Why This Role Is Distinctive
This role combines the reach of a global financial institution with the opportunity to provide high-level legal advice across a sophisticated Investment Services business. You will partner with business and control leaders on complex legal, regulatory, commercial, and client matters, providing practical guidance that supports business objectives while appropriately managing risk.
For an experienced attorney seeking broader business exposure, sophisticated client relationships, and the opportunity to advise a core State Street business, this role offers a compelling next step.
Salary Range:
$120,000 - $202,500 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.
About State Street
Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Job Application Disclosure:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Legal Counsel, Investment Services, Vice President
About the Role
State Street is one of the world’s leading providers of financial services to institutional investors. Investment Services is a core State Street business, delivering servicing, operational, and technology solutions to asset managers, asset owners, insurance companies, and other institutional clients globally.
Joining State Street means working at the center of a sophisticated and highly regulated financial services ecosystem. Our Legal team partners with business and control leaders to address complex legal and regulatory matters, support strategic growth, strengthen client relationships, and help the business navigate an evolving investment services landscape.
We are seeking an experienced attorney to join the Investment Services Legal team supporting the Americas business. This role provides the opportunity to advise business leaders and client-facing teams on significant legal, regulatory, commercial, operational, and reputational matters across a broad range of institutional client relationships and investment servicing activities.
The successful candidate will bring strong legal judgment, commercial awareness, and the ability to translate complex legal and regulatory considerations into practical advice that supports the business while appropriately managing risk.
What You Will Be Responsible For
As Legal Counsel, Investment Services, Vice President, you will:
- Serve as a trusted legal advisor to Investment Services business leaders, client-facing teams, and control functions on legal, regulatory, commercial, operational, and governance matters.
- Advise on matters involving investment funds, investment managers, institutional asset owners, and other sophisticated financial-services clients.
- Draft, review, interpret, and negotiate complex client and commercial agreements.
- Provide practical legal guidance on significant client relationships, negotiations, new products, service enhancements, and changes to business or operating models.
- Advise on applicable securities and investment-management laws and regulations, including relevant SEC rules and regulatory developments.
- Partner with Compliance, Risk, Audit, Operations, Product, Technology, and other functions on regulatory change, governance, remediation, and strategic initiatives.
- Identify and evaluate legal, regulatory, operational, financial, and reputational risks and provide clear, commercially informed recommendations.
- Support interactions with clients, regulators, fund boards, outside counsel, and other external stakeholders, as appropriate.
- Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments and advise business partners on potential client, product, and operational impacts.
- Contribute to the continued development of legal processes, standards, knowledge management, and risk-management practices.
What We Value
We are looking for a commercially minded attorney who can operate effectively at the intersection of law, regulation, business strategy, and client service.
The successful candidate will bring:
- Sound judgment and a practical, solutions-oriented approach to legal advice.
- The ability to identify the issues that matter most and provide clear, actionable guidance.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- The confidence and credibility to advise and appropriately challenge business partners.
- Intellectual curiosity and the ability to understand sophisticated products, clients, and operating models.
- A collaborative approach to working across Legal, business, and control functions.
- A commitment to integrity, accountability, and disciplined risk management.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree and admission to practice law.
- 6+ experience practicing law within a law firm, financial institution, investment manager, asset manager, or other relevant financial-services environment.
- Strong knowledge of laws and regulations relevant to the investment-management and/or financial-services industry.
- Demonstrated ability to advise business partners on complex legal, regulatory, commercial, or client matters.
- Strong legal drafting, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into practical, business-oriented advice.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to build credibility and effectively advise business leaders, clients, control functions, and other stakeholders.
- Experience advising registered investment funds, including mutual funds, ETFs, money market funds, or other registered investment products, preferred.
- Experience with private and alternative investment funds, including private markets, hedge funds, real estate funds, or similar structures, preferred.
- Experience advising institutional asset owners, insurance companies, or other sophisticated institutional investors, preferred.
- Experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements, particularly within investment management or financial services, preferred.
- Familiarity with custody and asset servicing, including custody, fund administration, fund accounting, transfer agency, trustee services, securities lending, collateral, or related services, a plus.
- Prior law firm experience advising investment-management, institutional-investor, or financial-services clients a plus.
Why This Role Is Distinctive
This role combines the reach of a global financial institution with the opportunity to provide high-level legal advice across a sophisticated Investment Services business. You will partner with business and control leaders on complex legal, regulatory, commercial, and client matters, providing practical guidance that supports business objectives while appropriately managing risk.
For an experienced attorney seeking broader business exposure, sophisticated client relationships, and the opportunity to advise a core State Street business, this role offers a compelling next step.
Salary Range:
$120,000 - $202,500 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.
About State Street
Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.
We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.
Job Application Disclosure:
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Legal Manager
Document your legal credentials strategically
Gather bar admission certificates, law school transcripts, and a detailed employment history showing progressive responsibility. EB-2 requires an advanced degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience, so a clear credential narrative strengthens your PERM-supporting documentation before recruitment begins.
Use O*NET to frame your role
Look up the Legal Manager occupation profile on O*NET before negotiations begin. The tasks and education requirements listed there map directly to what DOL evaluates during PERM, so aligning your job description to that profile reduces the risk of a supervised recruitment audit.
Find sponsors through Migrate Mate
Search for Legal Manager roles on Migrate Mate, which lists employers with verified employment-based green card sponsorship history. Targeting companies that have completed PERM filings for similar legal roles shortens your path to an offer and an active I-140 petition.
Ask employers about priority date backlogs early
Nationals of high-demand countries like India and China face per-country limits that can create multi-year waits between I-140 approval and visa availability. Raise this during the offer stage so both sides understand the timeline before PERM recruitment formally begins.
Verify the prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
Run your offered salary against the OFLC Wage Search using the correct SOC code and work location before signing. PERM requires the employer to pay at least the prevailing wage DOL certifies, and a wage below that level will cause the certification to fail regardless of your qualifications.
Understand AC21 portability before the I-485 stage
Once your I-485 has been pending for 180 days or more, AC21 job portability lets you move to a new employer in the same or similar occupation without restarting the green card process. Confirm any prospective employer's legal team understands this rule before you give notice.
Green Card Legal Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
What green card categories cover Legal Manager roles?
Most Legal Manager positions qualify under EB-2, which covers roles requiring an advanced degree or a bachelor's degree plus five years of progressive experience in a specialty field. Candidates whose background meets only the bachelor's-degree threshold may qualify under EB-3. The employer's immigration counsel typically determines the appropriate category based on the specific job description and your credentials.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for a Legal Manager?
H-1B visa grants temporary work authorization; green card sponsorship through PERM, I-140, and adjustment of status leads to lawful permanent residence with no renewal requirement. PERM involves a DOL-supervised recruitment test and a prevailing wage determination that H-1B does not require. Priority date backlogs also apply to green cards but not to H-1B status itself, so timelines can differ substantially depending on your country of birth.
What does the PERM recruitment process look like for a legal role?
Your employer posts the Legal Manager position through DOL-mandated recruitment channels, including newspaper advertisements, job boards, and internal postings, over a 60-day period before filing. DOL reviews whether qualified U.S. workers were available and rejected only for lawful, job-related reasons. If certified, the employer then files an I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS using that certification as the foundation.
How do I find employers willing to sponsor a green card for a Legal Manager?
Search on Migrate Mate, which lists employers with verified employment-based green card sponsorship history. Focusing on organizations that have already navigated PERM for comparable legal roles is more efficient than approaching employers unfamiliar with the process. In-house legal departments at large corporations and financial institutions tend to have the infrastructure and legal resources to manage multi-year sponsorship commitments.
Can I change jobs after my employer files my I-140?
You can change employers without losing your priority date once your original I-140 was approved, even if that petition is later withdrawn. If your I-485 has been pending for at least 180 days, AC21 job portability also allows you to move to a new employer in the same or a similar occupation. These are distinct rules that apply at different stages, so confirm which applies to your situation with an immigration attorney before making any move.