Contract
- Permanent Contract
Job Description
Description:
The Fund Legal Department is primarily responsible for the legal work in relation to the set-up, restructuring and liquidation of investment funds (chiefly domiciled in the Cayman Islands) administered by Nomura Bank (Luxembourg) S.A. (“NBL”). The Fund Legal Department is also in charge of company secretarial tasks for the Cayman Islands-domiciled subsidiaries of NBL as well as monitoring of the legislations and regulations applicable to our business activities.
In order to reinforce the team in place, we are looking for a mid-level lawyer to join the Fund Legal Department.
Your main tasks will be:
- Drafting legal documents for investment fund set-up, restructuring and liquidation in co-ordination with promoters, investment managers, other stakeholders and external lawyers
- All necessary activities in relation to the above including, but not limited to meeting participation, conference calls, review and execution of legal documents
- Communication and coordination with various departments within NBL
- Safekeeping of original documents and database maintenance
- Company secretary functions for the Cayman subsidiaries of NBL
- Monitoring of the updates of the relevant laws and regulations
Please be aware that in accordance with the law of July 23, 2016, the selected candidate will be requested to provide a criminal record (section 3)
Required Experience
Job requirements:
- Studies in law (preferably from a common law jurisdiction)
- Bar admission in any jurisdiction desirable
- First fund legal experience as a law firm lawyer or as an in-house counsel at a financial institution
- Good understanding of investment fund regulations, structures and procedures for set-ups / restructuring, especially in relation to Cayman Islands- and Luxembourg-domiciled funds
- General knowledge of company secretary functions for investment funds’ trustee company and management company
- Excellent command of English, both spoken and written
- Good legal drafting and analytical skills; attention to details
- Sound judgment in compliance with laws and regulations as well as common sense and commercial reasonability
- Responsiveness with regard to the assigned daily work and to various external and internal requests and inquiries
- Self-starter with stress resilience and hands-on approach
- Good communication skills, open-mindedness, and flexibility to adapt to an international and multicultural office environment
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