2026 - 2027 Private Debt Legal Intern

Application deadline: March 30, 2026

The team you’ll join

We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world’s investors. Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies, we help identify the advantages and the answers our clients need to succeed.

About the role

You will be responsible for supporting asset management/investment and entity management matters and assisting attorneys within the StepStone legal team, supporting the private debt asset class. You will also be involved in instituting best practices and improving processes and procedures with respect to various legal, compliance and operational initiatives. You will initially report into the Senior Associate General Counsel, Private Debt and be an integral member of the StepStone legal team.

What you’ll do

You will support the activities of the legal team. You will based in Dublin but will work with colleagues in Zurich, Luxembourg, New York and other locations too. You will support the launch of new products, assist in all stages of investment fund/ vehicle formation, maintenance, and life-cycle management, including drafting standard documents, maintaining trackers, and ensuring timely execution and closings. You will gain insight into life as in-house legal practice and also experience the world of asset and fund management.

Key responsibilities

• Provide administrative and coordination support for standard credit facility and fund financing documentation, assisting throughout transaction closings, and ensuring timely execution
• Assist in all phases of investment transactions from inception to closing, including coordination of communications within and outside the firm, document preparation, entity formation, closing mechanics, and post-closing administration
• Complete and review subscription and related documents for private markets fund investments, co-investments, direct investments, and secondary investments and assist with transaction closing
• Review and negotiate confidentiality agreements
• Handling governance tasks such as coordinating board and committee agendas and meeting, as well as drafting and reviewing minutes
• Handling document execution as well as document and file management
• Maintain legal closing documents and corporate records, ensuring proper filing, confidentiality, and timely follow-up on required actions
• Gather data and compile various reports for the legal team
• Partner with attorneys with respect to invoice management and other legal operations matters
• Work on special projects from time to time as appropriate and subject to availability (e.g. process efficiencies)

What we’re looking for

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Possess excellent communication skills, both verbally and in written form; proficiency in the use of electronic document databases and filing systems software and other office equipment is required
• Utilize effective time management skills to maintain a commitment to quality and high attention to detail; ensure that all work is completed accurately and on time

Other Attributes:

• Professionally communicate with all levels of staff, internal and external
• Highly organized individual who is detail-oriented, logical, able to multi-task, and committed to meeting deadlines with limited supervision
• Strong process improvement orientation; project management skill sets
• High level reasoning and ability to make common sense decisions tempered by knowledge, often under difficult time constraints
• Foster a sense of teamwork, assisting others when needed/required; work collaboratively with paralegals/attorneys supporting other asset classes to share best practices
• Flourish in a challenging, fast-paced, and professional environment with frequent shifts in priorities as business needs dictate
• Have a strong sense of integrity, behaving consistently with expressed values and ethical principles of StepStone
• Focus on specific goals and demonstrate a sense of personal growth, accountability and urgency for achieving results
• Must be able to work legally in Ireland without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future 
• Undergraduate student graduating from December 2027 through June 2028  

Why join us?

At StepStone, we foster a supportive and inclusive team culture where collaboration and learning are the core of what we do. Our collegial atmosphere encourages teamwork, mentorship, and professional development. This summer internship is a great opportunity to gain practical experience and develop critical skills that will help you launch a successful career in private debt 

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