Legal Manager, Fund Management Credit Unit

The Opportunity:

An excellent opportunity to join a prestigious US PE firm as a Legal Manager. You will be an integral part of an ambitious and hard-working credit fund team in Luxembourg that is growing quickly, contributing to the global fund operations of the business.

You will be responsible for providing legal support to the Fund Management Credit Unit, assisting in the day-to-day administration of Luxembourg companies, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and working with the deal teams at various stages of investment and transactions. The role requires strong knowledge and understanding of Luxembourg corporate law, private equity investments, and credit structures.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Drafting and/or review of the relevant documentation and supervision of the administration of all Luxembourg companies
• Review and/or draft of contracts, agreements, reports
• Drafting and/or review of any kind of documents prepared internally or by service provider and ensure their compliance with Luxembourg law requirements
• Take care of Luxembourg or foreign compliance enquiries (know-your-customer or beneficial ownership requests)
• Support to the corporate bodies
• Shareholders: review and/or drafting of all the documentation for shareholders’ general meetings (annual, ordinary and extraordinary) : convening notices, proxies, minutes
• Board of Managers: organization of quarterly meetings held in Luxembourg: coordination dates, prepare board pack, review of the minutes
• Review and/or draft of resolutions of the Board of Managers and of the Shareholders and all related documentation as and when needed in particular as regards financing of investments and periodical funds upstream (distributions)
• Follow-up of the investment transactions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Law
• Registration at the Luxembourg Bar is required
• Minimum of 5 years of experience (ideally 7) in a similar position or as a corporate lawyer specialized in private equity (ideally in a law firm)
• Transaction experience required
• Experience of credit environment is required
• Demonstrated knowledge in Credit products
• Fluent in English, French to be considered as an advantage - any additional foreign language is an asset
• Strong knowledge and understanding of Luxembourg corporate Law
• Good knowledge and understanding of private equity investment and or credit structure

structures, of their legal and administrative requirements and day to day business

• Good experience in coordinating with third-party investors, accountants and attorneys
• Flexibility and collaborative attitude
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skill – both verbal and written
• Good experience in assisting with management of a team and coordination with other internal departments and external parties

Could this be the right opportunity for you? Please do not hesitate to send your CV to Andrew Notter at andrew.notter@andersonwise.com to be considered for this recruitment process. Your application will be treated with the utmost discretion.

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Assistant Legal Manager

Anderson wise is pleased to introduce this exciting opportunity for an experienced and proactive professional with excellent communication skills and a problem-solver mindset to join one of the world's largest and most successful investment firms as an Assistant Legal Manager.

The company is seeking an Assistant Legal Manager in its Real Assets department in its Luxembourg office to coordinate the day-to-day administration of the Luxembourg companies in compliance with legal requirements and to provide support to the deal teams and fund management at the various stages of the investments.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a hard-working and ambitious team in Luxembourg, which is an integral part of the global fund operations, accounting and legal functions.

Your responsibilities:

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Legal tasks (25%)

• Review / prepare relevant legal transaction documentation the companies’ life cycle (acquisition, holding period, divestment).
• Prepare contracts, agreements, reports or review of such documents.
• Review / prepare corporate documents such as board minutes and proxies related to the investments.
• Liaise with stakeholders, including lawyers and notaries.

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Support corporate bodies (25%)

• Shareholders: review / draft the documentation for shareholders’ general meetings (annual, ordinary and extraordinary): convening notices, proxies, minutes, filing with the Luxembourg trade and companies register.

• Board of Managers: assist with the preparation of quarterly board meetings held in Luxembourg, in particular review and /or write up the minutes.
• Review / draft resolutions of the Board of Managers and of the Shareholders when requested.
• Provide support to the board member in terms of the details of the transactions, background of the legal documents to be signed, legal validity of the documents/transactions.

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                                    2. Support to the deal teams (25%)

• Review / prepare corporate documents such as board minutes and proxies related to the investments.
• Review of engagement letters and letters of interest submitted by the deal teams.

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                                    2. Paralegal tasks (25%)

• Handle KYC requests received from various stakeholders.
• Ensure AML/CFT compliance under the supervision of the AVP.
• Supervise the relevant changes and accounts filings submitted to the Luxembourg trade and companies register by the executive assistants.
• Prepare and review of updated shareholders’, RBE’s and instruments’ registers prepared by the executive assistants.
• Update / supervise the internal database.
• Co-ordinate the execution of the documents prepared by the legal team, or provided by the deal teams/lawyers etc. with the executive assistants.
• Supervise notarizations and apostille.
• Update the custodian / auditor sharefile.
• Ensure appropriate filing (electronic and physical, including share file) done by the executive assistants.

Your profile:

• University Degree in Law or Business Administration or similar qualification.

• Good knowledge and understanding of Luxembourg corporate Law.
• Good knowledge of private equity and RE investment structures, of their legal and administrative requirements and day-to-day business.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role in a law firm, service provider or investment firm.
• Fluent in English
• Excellent office skills (Excel, Word, Adobe, Outlook)

• Strong organizational skills
• Leadership
• Team spirit
• Attention to detail
• Flexibility and collaborative attitude
• Excellent communication skill – both verbal and written

On occasion, an offer of employment may be subject to a verification check. In this case a potential employer may ask you to provide documentation to support your application, this can include copies of educational achievements, international criminal record checks, reference checks, employment history etc.

Could this be the right opportunity for you? Please do not hesitate to send your CV to Agnieszka Parisse agnieszka.parisse@andersonwise.com to be considered for this recruitment process.

Your application will be treated with the utmost discretion.  We take your privacy as our utmost concern and we manage your data with highest degree of confidentiality. Before applying to any of our opportunities, we invite you to read our privacy policy, available on our website.