EXJ Search
Access retained mandates for senior JD roles, including GC, CLO, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Risk Officer, board secretary, advisory, and executive-suite opportunities where confidential search matters.
Hedge fund General Counsel roles sit at the intersection of law, compliance, risk, investor relations, and business judgment. Ex Judicata helps JDs understand the path, translate legal experience into fund-relevant value, and access executive-search, coaching, courses, community, and role-specific preparation built for lawyers pursuing senior fund, compliance, and investment-management careers.
Focused resources for JDs pursuing hedge fund GC, compliance, risk, and investment-management leadership paths.
Access retained mandates for senior JD roles, including GC, CLO, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Risk Officer, board secretary, advisory, and executive-suite opportunities where confidential search matters.
Explore investment-management-adjacent paths, including hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, banking, operating roles, structuring, negotiation-heavy seats, and finance roles where JD training can translate.
Support for senior counsel, in-house lawyers, and GC-track JDs considering executive moves, board-track positioning, retained search, personal branding, and higher-level career strategy.
Prepare for compliance and risk leadership roles, including CCO, Head of Risk, BSA/AML, financial crimes, regulatory, insurance, banking, fintech, and investment-management functions.
Build the finance vocabulary hiring committees expect, including financial statements, corporate finance basics, business numbers, and commercial decision-making through a CLE-eligible course.
Work with vetted specialists on CVs, LinkedIn, interview preparation, executive bios, personal branding, reverse recruiting, and positioning your JD experience for fund leadership.
A hedge fund GC path requires more than legal credentials. Candidates must show fund-market awareness, business judgment, financial fluency, and executive presence. Ex Judicata brings together retained search, coaching, JD-specific courses, community insight, and role-positioning support so lawyers can pursue GC, compliance, risk, and investment-management opportunities with a clearer strategy.
See how JDs have moved into senior legal, risk, advisory, and executive roles.
Ex Judicata helps lawyers translate legal experience into credible executive opportunity.
A platform built exclusively for JDs moving beyond traditional legal practice.
Executive-search access for senior GC, compliance, risk, and fund-adjacent mandates.
Courses, coaching, community, job board, and diagnostic tools in one ecosystem.
Founded by leaders with 75+ years across legal recruiting, education, and publishing.
Built by legal-industry veterans who understand JD transitions.
Co-Founder
Neil Handwerker is the Co-Founder of Ex Judicata, the world's only comprehensive employment platform dedicated to helping lawyers transition from legal practice to fulfilling nonlegal careers. After earning his JD, Neil briefly practiced law before recognizing it wasn't the right fit and pivoting to a career in business. That firsthand experience became the foundation of his mission. He co-founded Fulcrum Information Services, which grew into a market leader in management education for outside counsel, in-house lawyers, and C-suite executives. Neil later became a seasoned legal recruiter before launching Ex Judicata in 2022 alongside his long-time business partner Kimberly Fine. With over 75 years of combined industry experience between the two founders, Neil brings deep expertise in legal recruiting, career transitions, and platform building to every aspect of the company.
Co-Founder
Kimberly Fine is the Co-Founder of Ex Judicata and a seasoned business leader with an MBA and decades of experience at the intersection of legal services and publishing. As the long-time business partner of Neil Handwerker, Kim helped build Fulcrum Information Services into a market leader in management education for outside counsel, in-house lawyers, and C-suite executives. She subsequently held prominent roles at several leading legal publications, deepening her expertise in the legal industry and the career challenges facing JDs. In 2022, Kim co-founded Ex Judicata to create a first-of-its-kind platform connecting lawyers seeking nonlegal career paths with organizations eager to hire JD talent. Her business acumen and media savvy have been instrumental in growing the platform to over 500,000 unique users and launching the groundbreaking EXJ Community.
A hedge fund General Counsel typically oversees legal risk, fund formation issues, regulatory matters, trading and investment-related legal review, employment concerns, outside counsel management, and governance. In many funds, the GC also works closely with compliance, investor relations, operations, and senior leadership, making the role more business-facing than many traditional legal positions.
Get direction on search, coaching, courses, and JD career strategy.
Trusted by over 500,000 unique users.
Founders bring deep legal-industry transition expertise.
First platform dedicated to JD career transitions.
Tell Ex Judicata where you are in your legal career and what kind of fund, compliance, risk, or executive path you are exploring. The team can point you toward relevant search opportunities, coaching, courses, community resources, or next-step preparation.
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You can also send us a quick email at [email protected].