Legal Assistant Vice President (Fund & Real Estate)

Job Description

Job Description

Company Introduction

Our client is an international company that provides corporate and fund solutions.

Job Responsibilities and Duties

• Oversight and coordinate of all client deliverables within the portfolio, according to the operating memoranda/SLA’s;
• Daily legal and administration tasks for funds; 
• Review and drafting of shareholder resolutions, EGM, AGM and board meetings;
• Attend board meetings and prepare minutes thereafter;
• Handle client portfolio including compliance, KYC and AML aspects;
• Handle client communication on a day-to-day basis;
• Incorporation of companies;
• Ensure the maintenance of client data base;
• Keep the funds and related entities in legal good standing;
• Guide our clients through more complex legal issues;
• Work closely with internal and external parties to ensure deadlines are met in a timely manner and quality is assured;
• Be the face to the clients around feedback on business as usual, improvement ideas, knowledge sharing, escalated operational issues/concerns and various other client queries;
• Prepare, review and coordinate internal senior management requests, KPI queries, staff time writing, payment of outstanding invoices and regular overall status updates on your portfolio of clients;
• Actively recruit, coach and train staff on all required elements of the job;
• Coordinate regular staff feedback and appraisal meetings;
• Work closely with the implementation and onboard teams for document review and setup of new client entities;
• Escalate and coordinate identified team/client needs and improvement points/ideas to consistently build and grow the fund services team in all aspects of the words;
• Participate as a core member of our team and help us sustain our strong reputation.

Experience

• Hold a Master degree in corporate or funds law or professional studies;
• Have at least 7 years of relevant working experience in the fund industry;
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a leadership role;
• Experience in a fund management environment or law firm will be considered advantageous. 

Personal Skills

• Success driven person, who wants to grow, be challenged and challenged other;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Be open-minded, a great team player with a can-do attitude;
• Open to receiving and providing feedback;
• Be accurate, flexible, hands-on and meets deadlines in a timely manner;
• Fluency in English, written and spoken. Any additional language is considered a plus.