Legal counsel sought for pension fund

San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association is seeking a second investment counsel.

The San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association is seeking proposals for investment counsel.

It will be responsible for reviewing, drafting and negotiating investment-related documents, offering tax advice, representing the pension fund in litigation and offering general legal advice. Working alongside existing counsel Foley & Lardner, it will not be required to handle securities litigation.

The firm must have at least five years’ experience providing counsel to public pension funds with assets in excess of $1 billion. The lead attorney must have at least eight years’ experience providing investment counsel to institutional investors.

Applications close on March 6.

SBCERA administers service and disability retirement and death benefits on behalf of nearly 36,000 members and beneficiaries, serves 17 employers throughout California and invests more than $8 billion in assets.