Company:
Rutherford
Location: London
Closing Date: 17/10/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Our client is a tier one leading global asset manager with enormous AuM. They are seeking a driven/high quality lawyer to join their dynamic and diverse team covering the full range of strategies across the public and private sides, EMEA-wide.
This interesting role will offer significant breadth (supporting the wider business) but the emphasis will be on providing specific legal support to the Private Funds business (Credit/Equity/Real Estate/Infra).
The Role: Advising on the ongoing maintenance, operation, and distribution of existing fund platforms domiciled in the region, providing advisory support for the on-boarding of new investors, and advising the portfolio management team on underlying transactions and all aspects of law and regulation impacting that business. Advising, structuring, and executing on new fund proposals for the dept, potentially ranging from complex structured retail offerings to bespoke alternative fund of one strategies, and after establishment providing day to day legal support regarding maintenance of those funds, and advising on legal and regulatory issues arising in respect of service providers (administrator, depositary etc) to the funds; Assessing the impact of new regulation to IM’s business and contributing to advising the business on structural changes (whether corporate or regulatory) and subsequent execution; and Taking a lead role in working with COO office on implementing strategic initiatives from time to time.
Requirements: Qualified lawyer with time spent in practice from a UK or Common-Law background. Commercial contracts with clients, distributors, intermediaries or other agents within the asset management sector, in particular knowledge of investment management agreements etc; A working knowledge of funds in general and fund governance (and AIFMD in particular); A working knowledge or prior experience of representing companies and private investment funds in M&A transactions, as well as minority investments and joint ventures; Experience in real estate and/or infrastructure investments is helpful. Affinity with financial services regulation (including understanding of current regulatory framework affecting trading and investments (e.g., MIFID, AIFMD, SFDR) and potentially US regulation such as Volcker)); and 4-8 PQE in a major law firm and/or in-house at a sell-side or buy-side financial institution.
The Role: Advising on the ongoing maintenance, operation, and distribution of existing fund platforms domiciled in the region, providing advisory support for the on-boarding of new investors, and advising the portfolio management team on underlying transactions and all aspects of law and regulation impacting that business. Advising, structuring, and executing on new fund proposals for the dept, potentially ranging from complex structured retail offerings to bespoke alternative fund of one strategies, and after establishment providing day to day legal support regarding maintenance of those funds, and advising on legal and regulatory issues arising in respect of service providers (administrator, depositary etc) to the funds; Assessing the impact of new regulation to IM’s business and contributing to advising the business on structural changes (whether corporate or regulatory) and subsequent execution; and Taking a lead role in working with COO office on implementing strategic initiatives from time to time.
Requirements: Qualified lawyer with time spent in practice from a UK or Common-Law background. Commercial contracts with clients, distributors, intermediaries or other agents within the asset management sector, in particular knowledge of investment management agreements etc; A working knowledge of funds in general and fund governance (and AIFMD in particular); A working knowledge or prior experience of representing companies and private investment funds in M&A transactions, as well as minority investments and joint ventures; Experience in real estate and/or infrastructure investments is helpful. Affinity with financial services regulation (including understanding of current regulatory framework affecting trading and investments (e.g., MIFID, AIFMD, SFDR) and potentially US regulation such as Volcker)); and 4-8 PQE in a major law firm and/or in-house at a sell-side or buy-side financial institution.
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