Based in Luxembourg. You must be eligible to work in Luxembourg and able to work on site.

Salary up €80.000 maximum dependent on experience

Ideally looking for an immediate start. Our client can wait a 1 month notice period.

Our client, a global fund administrator is currently rapidly expanding and they are looking to hire a Senior Legal and Transaction Officer to join their team.

In this role, you will be responsible for the legal and corporate governance issues for the Luxembourg Fund Administration client base. This consists of private equity, real estate and private debt structures.

You will be required to provide transaction support to clients to include the preparation of board packs, coordination of board and shareholder/investor meetings. Preparation of minutes and creating and updating statutory regiters such as Directors, limited partners and shareholders and other transfer agency functions. You will be required to attend client board and other meetings as part of the role.

You will also be involved in maintaining and developing template legal documents such as minutes, resolutions, agendas, intra group loan agreements and power of attorney. You will need to ensure compliance with the internal processes and checklists relating to governane,legal and corporate secretarial issues.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have strong knowledge in the Luxembourg legal, tax and regulatory regimes that are applicable to private equity, real estate and debt funds along with other structures.

Aligned with the above duties, you will also help with the initial on-boarding of clients, including KYC and agreeing the service agreements.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading/overseeing the client onboarding process (incorporations, drafting service agreements, preparing service level agreements, opening bank accounts, managing AML compliance process).
• Leading/overseeing transactions (eg investments, divestments), including review of documents for a designated client portfolio.
• Preparation/review of board packs, coordination of board and shareholder/investor meetings.
• Attendance at client board and investor meetings and preparation/review of minutes.
• Assist in maintaining and developing template legal documents such as minutes, resolutions, agendas, intra-group loan agreements, powers of attorney.
• Ensuring compliance with internal processes relating to legal and corporate tasks, applying high governance standard in line with company policy and regulatory rules
• Familiarity with typical Luxembourg private equity and real estate fund structures (eg SCSps managed by full scope AIFMs) and documents (eg LPAs).
• Monitoring compliance of client structures with fund and corporate laws.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Excellent knowledge of Luxembourg companies law and other legal, tax and regulatory regimes that apply to funds and other structures operating in the real estate, private equity, debt sectors. You must have experience in alternative investment funds.
• Excellent knowledge of the role and duties of a professional domiciliation/administration agent in Luxembourg. At least 4 years experience in a similar position is required.
• Ability to write reports, minutes, business correspondence and procedure manuals at asset and fund level
• Ability to present information and respond to questions from manager clients.
• Direct experience of client service in a professional services firm.
• Fluent in English.