For their boutique Luxembourg office, they are now looking for a Head of Legal and Compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all legal, corporate and regulatory activities of the Real Estate Funds and its Luxembourg entities (100+ entities)
• Actively participate and advise on transactions and structuring investments for the firm’s sponsored European real estate Funds (acquisition, joint venture, development projects, disposal, financing, restructuring etc), coordinate with local lawyers and advisors and provide support to acquisition team to ensure timely closing.
• Advise the group on a broad range of legal, corporate, and compliance matters across Europe in providing comprehensive and pragmatic advice
• Supervise the administration of a portfolio of Luxembourg holding and property companies owning real estate (take over the daily management function)
• Sound management of the legal and compliance department, defining scope of responsibilities and tasks. Mentoring and training of the legal and compliance team
• Arrange and attend board/investment committee meetings or shareholder meetings – review/draft written board or shareholder resolutions. Act as an advisor to the Luxembourg board.
• Draft and/or review, legal and corporate documents such as intercompany loan agreements, NDAs, contributions agreements and later conversion into equity, increase of share capital, articles of incorporation, liquidation documentation (knowledge of internal financing instruments is a must)
• Handle legal and corporate requests and needs of the other group departments/functions (including for the other offices)
• Coordinate management of the EU entities in the Funds’ structures and advise on good corporate governance
• Act as the key contact with lawyers, notaries, depositories, Funds consultants and work collaboratively with other departments/functions (such as finance, tax and accounting)
• Ensure regulatory compliance of the Funds (AIFs) in collaboration with the UK-based AIFM
• Supervise the compliance and KYC/AML processes (Funds’ AML Policy and Risk Based Approach)
• Participate in local and global legal initiatives and internal projects, close monitoring of legal and regulatory changes

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in a legal and compliance role within an Law Firm or AIFM in Luxembourg
• Strong knowledge of the legal and regulatory aspects of Real Estate Funds
• Qualified Lawyer – LLM or equivilant
• Proven experience in managing a small team, or the desire to
• Excellent communication skills across all levels and divisions globally
• Fluent in English and French is mandatory, Italian or Spanish are an advantage
• Tax structuring experience is a distinct advantage

You will be responsible for the day to day administration of the various holding companies domiciled in the office. You will work closely with a number of different internal Luxembourg team members on a day to day basis, liaise with external third party suppliers for the provision of documents signed by legal representatives of the companies.

Responsibilities:

• Organise physical board meetings (attendees, board pack compilation, track attendance, proxies, etc.)
• Draft basic documents pertaining to the approval of annual accounts and other internal agreements using previously created templates.
• Process filings with the RCS and RBE where needed (filings of accounts, board changes, shareholders information changes, …)
• Organize and update various share registers and cap tables in a timely and efficient manner
• Carry out other reasonable tasks that may be required such as but not limited to:
• Preparation of audit confirmations
• Organising signature of documents
• Scanning and filing incoming / outgoing correspondence (emails), including physical files organisation
• Updating databases

Requirements:

• Experience in administration, preferably in a financial or legal company, fund experience would be an additional advantage
• Knowledge of legal and corporate law in Luxembourg required
• Strong Microsoft office skills
• Fluent in English and (strong) French, German or Luxembourgish would be an asset
• Meticulous attention to detail with focus on high quality output
• Ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines, be a self-starter, and work autonomously
• Strong organisation and time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong team player: eager to learn and work with others in a dynamic environment

Our client, a dynamic and entrepreneurial Alternative Investment Fund Manager, is seeking for an experienced Fund Manager to join their team of seasoned professionals in Luxembourg.

The ideal candidate will be providing product and portfolio management services for a number of dedicated fund mandates, with a focus on Real Estate and Infrastructure asset classes.

Responsibilities

• Onboarding of new investment fund structures
• Preparation, review, implementation of relevant agreements in cooperation with external parties
• Setup of operational framework
• Performance of investment process for new assets and assessment of financial information for investment opportunities
• Ongoing asset monitoring, including ongoing support of eligibility checks and risk assessments in coordination with the risk management team
• Initial and ongoing due diligence on service providers and delegates, including the performance of KYC-processes and AML-checks
• First contact for initiators, investment managers, service providers and investors, and facilitator for communication with internal teams

Qualifications

• University degree in economics or finance
• 8+ years of relevant work experience, ideally within an AIFM or Management Company
• Strong knowledge and understanding of alternative asset classes (infrastructure, real estate)
• Excellent relationship management skills, to coordinate clients and service providers
• English is mandatory, knowledge of German or any other European language is a strong advantage

Your tasks:

• Oversee and perform day-to-day corporate tasks
• Organise, attend and manage board meetings
• Regulatory filing and monitoring
• Be the point of contact for 3rd parties and service providers
• Work (together with the team) on specific projects
• Coach the team

Your profile:

• 3-5 years experience as Corporate Secretary, ideally in Luxembourg
• Good knowledge of the asset management environment
• Fluency in English. Any other language such as French and/or German is a strong asset.
• “Hands-on” mentality and a strong ability to work autonomously

To reinforce their local legal team, the hiring manager is looking for an experienced Lawyer, with extensive knowledge on both corporate and investment funds practice, with relevant experience in structuring, setting up and registration of alternative investment funds.

Responsibilities:

• Legal advice on the set-up, on-boarding and daily administration of Luxembourg AIFs,
• Legal advice on transactions, corporate structuring and restructuring, corporate governance, regulatory matters, including financing arrangements, cross-border projects;
• Legal advice on various obligations regarding AIFMD;
• Draft and/or review documentation including among others, offering documents, external service providers and joint ventures agreements, board and shareholder resolutions and any other document impacting the activity of the AIFM, the funds and the SPVs;
• Maintaining relationships with external advisors, service providers and investors;
• Supporting business development for new investment products;

Requirements:

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience with a Law firm, and/or Investment Manager;
• Master in Law;
• Excellent knowledge of Luxembourg fund structures and the company law;
• Team player, proactive and with excellent communication skills
• Hands-on approach and strong execution skills.
• Fluency in English is required. German considered as a strong asset

The role:

• Maintain and update clients documentation
• Schedule and organise board meetings
• Draft and review board minutes
• Process AML/KYC clients onboarding
• Transactions process
• Team training and management

The profile:

• A previous experience (3+ years) as a legal officer is mandatory
• Good understanding of the fund industry, and particularly PE & RE entities
• Fluency in English. Any other language is an asset
• Proactivity and “Can do” attitude
• Ability/ willingness to manage a small team

They are looking for an indiviual willing to develop a long term career within the group. As they are growing fast, they have a fast-paced working environment, but still want their employees to keep a reasonnable Work/Life balance. If you are matching the below description and you feel like you could grow within that type of company, please apply directly online.

Missions

• Look after the daily life of the companies and investment funds
• Incorporation/ Liquidation of companies and investment funds
• Preparation and attendance to bord meetings
• Maintenance of statutory registers, etc.
• Regulatory and statutory filling
• Be the person of contact for client and service providers

Profile

• A previous experience (4+ years) as Corporate officer in Luxembourg is mandatory
• A good knowledge of the fund environment (Regulated / Unregulated)
• Fluency in English
• Abiltiy to work autonomously and to take on leadership when necessary.

Due to a business increase, they are currently looking for a Legal counsel to join their Legal team.

The role

• Management of a portfolio of SOPARFIs
• Day to day legal management (Board meetings organization and participation, minutes preparation, etc.)
• Various legal documents drafting
• Be the point of contact for external parties in Luxembourg

The right person will have the following profile:

• 3+ years of experience in similar role in Luxembourg (Law firm, Trust, etc.)
• Very good knowledge of the SOPARFIs  environment
• Fluency in Englsih is a must. Knowledge of French or German would be a strong asset
• Hands-on mentality and a good ability to work autonomously

All applications will be treated in full confidentiality according to our GDPR privacy policy.
If your profile is not suitable for this particular role, we will keep your CV on file for any future positions which could be suitable.

Missions:

Creation and monitoring of UCIs, implementation of draft amendments, registration with foreign authorities, regulatory follow-up:

•  Preparation, drafting and /or modification / revision of legal documents relating to investment funds, on the occasion of various related events (creation of the SICAV / sub-funds / funds, merger, liquidation, change of policy , commission, etc.), taking into account the operational needs and regulations applicable at both the country of origin and the future marketing countries
• Monitoring of files submitted to the Luxembourg supervisory authorities with a view to obtaining the required approvals
• Active participation in the operational start of the events, in contact and collaboration with the operational services, if necessary the other legal services of the group, and the providers concerned
• Establishment and follow-up of initial or subsequent files relating to an application for marketing authorization to foreign authorities.

Drafting and administration of contracts

• Drafting and negotiation of agreements in accordance with the Group’s standards, the legal and organizational specificities of the client (if applicable) and the Luxembourg or local regulations relating thereto
• Participation in the qualitative evolution of contract models in relation with other lawyers in the Legal Business Line.

General assistance

• Conduct of legal studies and / or contribution to projects carried out in response to internal needs or customer files (extension of authorized fields of activity approved by the authorities, calls for tenders, commercial proposals, review of commercial documentation, etc.)
• Follow-up of disputes or incidents, in liaison with specialized internal legal and operational teams and / or mandated law firms
• Development and updating of procedures.
• Contribution to the social life of the funds: AGE, AGO, resolution of the council, contact with the auditors, revision of the reports, LFR, etc.
• Management of procedures and services related to the listing of funds in Luxembourg
• Assistance in finding practical solutions to legal risks related to the company’s activities
• Contribution to the awareness of the operational staff of the legislative and regulatory provisions applicable to fixtures and conventions, as well as their evolutions
• Follow-up of the regulatory watch and study of foreign regulations for analysis of local conditions and constraints (eg marketing conditions in the possible formats)
• Development and updating of regulatory databases
• Participation in internal or local working groups in the context of regulatory developments and related

Profile: 

• Bac + 4/5 training in law (business law, private law)
• At least 3 years relevant experience in a similar function within the investment fund industry
• Good knowledge in Contract law, Corporate law, Commercial law
• Knowledge of financial instruments and investment services
• Fluent in written and spoken English and French. German/Spanish would be an asset
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and to prioritize workflow while adhering to strict deadlines and excellent work and accuracy
• Curiosity and taste for investigation and monitoring
• Analytical with synthesis capacity
• Strong technical and writing skills to make comprehensible and intelligible texts of law to non-lawyers
• Strength of argumentation and conviction
• Strong team player with the ability to work autonomously
• Good knowledge of computer tools (Word, Excel, Notes, Power Point)

All applications will be treated in full confidentiality according to our GDPR privacy policy.
If your profile is not suitable for this particular role, we will keep your CV on file for any future positions which could be suitable.