Senior Legal Counsel

Carlyle AlpInvest is one of the largest private equity investors in the world, with over $102 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2025. The firm’s activities cover a broad range of private equity investing, including primary fund commitments, secondary purchases, co-investments and portfolio financing. The firm has invested in over 395 general partners across 1,009 funds and manages the private equity investments for a broad range of institutional investors globally across North America, Europe, Asia, South America, the Middle East and Africa. The firm actively leverages its leadership in technology to harness its information advantage and enhance its operations.

Carlyle AlpInvest is wholly owned by the Carlyle Group (NASDAQ:CG), a global alternative asset manager with approximately $474 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2025. At Carlyle, we believe that a wide spectrum of experiences and viewpoints drives performance and success. Our CEO, Harvey Schwartz, has stated that, "To build better businesses and create value for all of our stakeholders, we are focused on assembling leadership teams with the strongest insights from a range of perspectives." We strive to foster an environment where ideas are openly shared and valued. By bringing together teams with varied expertise and approaches, we enjoy a competitive advantage and create a stronger foundation for long-term success.

Department Description

Carlyle AlpInvest is a leading global private equity investor with over $83 billion of assets under management as per December 31, 2024. Approximately 75% of these funds are invested in private equity funds globally, including secondary transactions, with the remainder invested directly in companies as a co-investor in Europe, North America and non-traditional markets. The company has approximately 220 employees based primarily in Amsterdam, New York and Hong Kong. AlpInvest is part of The Carlyle Group.

Carlyle AlpInvest is looking for a Senior Legal Counsel (minimum of 6 - 8 years qualified). The AlpInvest Legal team in Amsterdam currently is a small team that consists of two lawyers. The Amsterdam based Legal team is primarily responsible for helping the Amsterdam, London and Hong Kong based deal teams with making a variety of primary, co- and secondary investments both in Europe and Australia and responsible for a wide range of semi-compliance related functions. Adjacent activities encompass, deal related KYC requirements to be met and side letter negotiations, annual accounts filings for Dutch BV entities, quarterly reporting on contingent liabilities (litigation), maintaining a record of all AlpInvest Partners B.V. outsourcing arrangements, including but not limited to any IT outsourcing related agreements and keeping a record of material contractual obligations in respect of distribution agreements entered into by AlpInvest Partners B.V. as part of Carlyle AlpInvest’s ongoing fundraising efforts in respect of various Luxembourg based retail funds. In this respect the Amsterdam based Legal team closely works together with the Tax Counsel and the Compliance Team as well as multiple other teams within AlpInvest.

The Senior Legal Counsel will serve as one of the deal lawyers in the Amsterdam Office. This person will work on a substantial number of secondary investments, co-investments and primary investments primarily executed in Amsterdam, London and Hong Kong and provide all related legal support in relation thereto. In addition, the Senior Legal Counsel will be responsible for maintaining the required Outsourcing Register of AlpInvest Partners B.V.’s under its Services Provider Policy and assist with the negotiation of various distribution agreements (to be) entered into by AlpInvest Partners B.V. as part of its ongoing fundraising efforts in relation to both existing and newly to be raised (Luxembourg based) retail funds. Furthermore, the Senior Legal