Legal Counsel (Investment Funds and Trustees)

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities (how we will measure success)
• This role may be structured as either full-time or part-time (3 days per week), allowing the successful candidate to select their preferred arrangement.
• Apply legal skills to take responsibility for managing the legal work and legal risks across the business.
• Work closely with senior management and business teams and support them by providing timely, sound and practical legal advice.
• Work as a key member of the IQ-EQ business in Australia and New Zealand while collaborating with members of the global legal team at group level and in other business regions (US; UK, Ireland & Crown Dependencies; Continental Europe).
• Work closely with the wider group legal team to collaborate on global initiatives and share best practice
• Report to Senior Legal Counsel, APAC with secondary reporting to Australian Managing Director.
• Tasks (what does the role do on a day-to-day basis)
• Review, negotiate and draft commercial contracts, including fund or loan administration agreement, trust services agreement, employment agreement.
• Identify, monitor, research and resolve issues relating to commercial contracts and liaising with internal stakeholders, clients and law firms.
• Monitor and handle potential legal disputes.
• Handle corporate secretarial and governance matters, including preparing Board papers and coordinating Board meetings.
• Handle legal integration of AMAL with IQ EQ, including developing agreement templates, data privacy, legal policies, inter-company outsourcing and vendor engagement.
• Set up legal team's structure and processes, such as filings, database.
• Key competencies for position and level (see Group Competency model)
• Possess relevant legal skills and experience
• Plans, aligns and being productive
• Being resilient
• Manages conflict
• Communicates effectively
• Builds effective teams
• Ensures accountability
• Optimises work processes
• Manages complexity
• Key behaviours we expect to see
• Accuracy
• Approachability
• Team working
• Attention to detail
• Collaboration
• Relationship building
• Proactivity

Requirements

• Australia qualified lawyer. New Zealand qualification is a plus.
• At least 6 years' post-qualification experience, with strong experience in fund administration and trust administration work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, pro-active, productive and highly independent.
• Responsible and strong team player.
• Please include the following information in your resume
• Current and Expected Salary
• Reason(s) for leaving
• Notice Period/Availability to commence work
• Sustainability is integral to our strategy and operations. Our sustainability depends on us building and maintaining long-term relationships with all our stakeholders - including our employees, clients, and local communities - while also reducing our impact on our natural environment.
• Our learning and development programmes and systems (including PowerU and MyCampus) enable us to invest in growing our employees' careers, while our hybrid working approach supports our employees in achieving balance and flexibility while rema

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