Legal Counsel – US Securities & Regulatory

Location: Mumbai or Delhi NCR, India | Employment: Permanent, full-time |Designation commensurate with experience

About Us

Agam Capital was founded in 2016 with the vision to create a cutting edge differentiated analytical platform. The execution towards this vision continued with the development of pALM, Agam’s proprietary asset and liability management (ALM) system. Offering the only end-to-end enterprise-wide risk and capital analytic solution, Agam empowers strategic decision makers towards their capital optimization goals.

With a fully embedded energetic strategic asset allocation (SAA) and enterprise risk management (ERM) infrastructure, pALM supports Agam’s ability to offer one stop, turnkey insurance solutions.

Key Responsibilities

- Advise on US federal and New York securities law for private and structured credit, CLO, MBS/ABS and infrastructure debt investments held by insurance and reinsurance clients.
- Review offering documents and private placement terms, including Regulation D, Rule 144A and Regulation S exemptions and transfer restrictions.
- Advise on Investment Company Act and Investment Advisers Act matters, including vehicle exemptions, adviser obligations and disclosures.
- Review and negotiate investment management agreements, side letters, ISDA/CSA documentation and reinsurance trust and collateral agreements.




- Support compliance monitoring, regulatory filings and responses to regulator and auditor queries, working with Compliance and Risk.
- Coordinate and manage outside counsel in New York, Bermuda and other jurisdictions.
- Track SEC and insurance-regulatory developments and brief management on their impact on asset strategies; mentor junior team members.

Basic Qualifications

- Juris Doctor (JD) from an ABA-accredited US law school (required).
- Admitted to the New York State Bar and in good standing (required).
- 2+ years of post-qualification experience in securities, capital markets, structured finance or asset management at a law firm or financial institution.
- Strong working knowledge of the Securities Act of 1933, Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Investment Company Act of 1940 and Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation and communication skills; able to work with a regular overlap with US Eastern Time.

Preferred Qualifications

- Transaction experience in CLOs, ABS/MBS, private credit or infrastructure debt.
- Exposure to insurance and reinsurance asset structures (funds withheld, modco, reinsurance trusts).
- Familiarity with NAIC/NYDFS insurance regulation and the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) framework.
- In-house experience at an asset manager, insurer or investment bank.

📌 Legal Counsel (Mumbai)
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