Legal Counsel (Trustees and Investment Funds)

IQ-EQ

Millers Point

4 days ago

Millers Point

4 days ago

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Legal Counsel (Trustees and Investment Funds)

Legal Counsel needed for IQ-EQ's Australia and New Zealand business, focusing on trustees and investment funds. Requires 6+ years post-qualification experience in fund and trust administration. Hybrid role based in Millers Point, Australia.

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Hybrid

Full-time

Senior

Legal Skills

Fund Administration

Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia, AU

Work Model

Hybrid

Experience Required

6 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

6+ years post-qualification experience

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

legal skillsfund administrationtrust administration

Soft Skills

written communicationverbal communicationanalytical skillsproblem-solvingproactivityindependenceresponsibilityteamworkaccuracyapproachabilityattention to detailcollaborationrelationship building

Key Responsibilities

•Apply legal skills to manage legal work and risks across the business.
•Work closely with senior management and business teams to provide timely, sound and practical legal advice.
•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.
•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.
•Provide support to the Company Secretary in discharge of statutory, regulatory and corporate governance obligations.
•Set up legal team's structure and processes, such as filings, database.

Legal CounselTrusteesInvestment FundsFinancial ServicesFund AdministrationTrust AdministrationAustraliaHybridSeniorFull-time

Key Responsibilities

•Apply legal skills to manage legal work and risks across the business.

•Work closely with senior management and business teams to provide timely, sound and practical legal advice.

•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.

•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.

•Provide support to the Company Secretary in discharge of statutory, regulatory and corporate governance obligations.

•Set up legal team's structure and processes, such as filings, database.