Investment funds lawyer, banking sector - cdi

The Fund Legal Department is in charge of company secretarial tasks, internal control and corporate governance for the Cayman Islands domiciled subsidiaries of NBL as well as monitoring of the legislations and regulations applicable to our business activities.

The Fund Legal Department is also responsible for the legal work in relation to the set-up, restructuring and liquidation of investment funds 8chief domiciled in the Cayman Islands) administered by NBL.

In order to support the department, we are looking for an Investment Funds Lawyer on a permanent contract.

Your main tasks will be :

Corporate Secretary functions :

Planning and executing meetings for the board of directors (the “BOD”) and committees for the Cayman subsidiaries (GFTC / MTC), as well as coordinating to ensure that all resolutions are implemented.

Preparing and keeping important documents of GFTC / MTC (e.g.

various organization documents, agreements, licensing certificates, regulatory filing documents).

Assisting GFTC / MTC directors to perform annual duties.

Governance :

Ensuring the compliance of the BOD of GFTC / MTC with the relevant laws & regulations, resolutions of the board and corporate governance practices within Nomura Group.

Drafting and reviewing GFTC / MTC's corporate governance policies and procedures.

Controlling NBL polices applicable to GFTC / MTC.

Annually performing risk assessment and due diligence of outsourced service providers.

Collecting the key performance indicator (“KPI”) from outsourced service providers.

Regulations :

Identifying, analysing, and advising the BOD on key matters of regulatory and statutory importance (mainly Cayman Island laws and regulations).

Preparing various regulatory reporting to Cayman authorities.

Supporting GFTC / MTC directors to perform regulatory inspections.

Departmental tasks :

Performing various regular projects within NBL (e.g.

annual risk and control self-assessment (RSCA), annual business process review under the Luxembourg regulation, business continuity planning).

Conducting the risk assessment of the third-party service providers (e.g.

external law firms)

Dealing with various invoices from the third parties.

Handling various projects within NBL (e.g.

new system enhancement, fund data management).

Assist the team members to perform certain fund projects (setting up, restructuring and termination of funds).

Fund projects :

Drafting legal documents for investment fund set-up, restructuring and liquidation in co-ordination with promoters, investment managers, other stakeholders and external lawyers

Performing 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

Job requirements :

Studies in Law (preferably in Luxembourg and / or in a common law jurisdiction).

Bar admission is a plus

First fund legal experience as a law firm lawyer or as an in-house counsel at a financial institution

Familiarity with financial regulations applicable in Luxembourg

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 and / or for credit institutions

Excellent command of English, both spoken and written.

French is a plus

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

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)APCT1_LU