Senior Legal Counsel
- 想定年収
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1500〜2200万円
- 職種
- アセットマネジメント
1. Toshin (ITM) related
Deal with all legal aspects in relation to the establishment and maintenance of Japanese investment trust fund (toshin) range including:
• draft, review and negotiate fund related agreements and documents such as distribution agreements, trust deeds and ancillary documents (such as operational agreements with the trustee);
• review the securities registration statements and fund prospectuses drafted by Senior Manager (Legal Analyst);
• work closely with colleagues in the product, the sales and the operation teams to identify legal, commercial and operational issues and work collaboratively to reach resolution;
• deal with operational matters as they arise from time to time (eg NAV errors); and
• deal with request from clients and other client related matters.
Review presented business issues, conduct legal research and investigations, and craft legal solutions, balancing internal and external stakeholder interests with the risks of adverse legal actions, revenue loss, or reputational damage to the entities. Issues are typically complex or without much precedence and require creative solutions.
2. Separate Account IMA related
Draft, review and negotiate investment management agreements (“IMAs”) for Japanese separate trust (ichinin) structures, foreign third-party fund structures (such as Cayman funds) and sub-advisory business. This includes the drafting of the main part of the IMAs, the investment guidelines (as required) and the fee schedules, as well as review of ancillary documents such as operational agreements with the trustee. Work closely with the onboarding team, the sales team and other business units as well as the trustees and clients to identify issues and negotiate resolution.
Review presented business issues, conduct legal research and investigations, and craft legal solutions, balancing internal and external stakeholder interests with the risks of adverse legal actions, revenue loss, or reputational damage to the entities. Issues are typically complex or without much precedence and require creative solutions.
3. Regulatory
Provide regulatory advice in particular in relation to the Financial Instruments Exchange Act. In doing so, review presented business issues, conduct legal research and investigations, and craft legal solutions, balancing internal and external stakeholder interests with the risks of adverse legal actions, revenue loss, or reputational damage to the entities. Issues are typically complex or without much precedence and require creative solutions.
Monitor regulatory developments that impact the firm and provide interpretation and guidance on the impacts of such changes on the firm. Work closely with compliance to ensure that the business is made aware of such developments and to provide training and consultation as required. Take part in internal projects for implementation of the new laws and regulation.
4. Vendor contracts
Work on other general commercial work such as negotiations of vendor contracts especially when Japanese law and/or language skills are required.
5. Conduct other miscellaneous legal tasks such as the following:
(a) Providing legal support and advice to various project initiatives to support the business as and when they arise.
(b) Review trading agreements including Trading Authorities and ISDA Agreements by working closely with the Legal Capital Markets Team.
(c) Review transactional documentation required to invest in IPOs and private placements where these investments are time sensitive by working closely with the Legal Capital Markets Team.
(d) Provide corporate secretarial support to the company by working closely with the Corporate Governance team.
