Associate Director, Legal Counsel (5-7+ Years PQE)

Associate Director, Legal Counsel (5-7+ Years PQE)

• Full-time
• Rank: Associate Director
• Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Experience something Brilliantly Different with a career at MUFG Investor Services.

Who are we? In a nutshell, MUFG Investor Services is part of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and we partner with over 480 loyal global investment firms to provide them with administration, asset services, banking and fund financing.

We’re in 17 global locations and provide an exceptional hub of Brilliantly Different talent to thrive.

Reporting to the Executive Director, Legal you will be an essential member of our team, supporting us in performing our key function of servicing the legal and regulatory needs of the global business of MUFG Investor Services.

You Will

• Manage legal matters from start to finish which may involve any or all of the following: taking instructions, determining the appropriate course of action, managing timelines and people's expectations re completion, reviewing and drafting legal documents, negotiating agreements, managing input from experts and the business, seeking sign-off from the relevant parties, dealing with execution or providing a final legal opinion as appropriate.
• Draft, work on and negotiate client and non-client facing agreements and ancillary documentation (e.g. administration agreements, fund management agreements, FATCA agreements, ISDA schedule amendments, FX hedging arrangements, middle office and BPO agreements, bank account mandates and terms and conditions, regulatory reporting agreements, NDAs, intragroup and outsourcing agreements, vendor agreements etc.).
• Respond to legal queries from operational departments, internal control/support groups, client integration/client services teams, senior management and entity boards, all concerning fund documentation, client agreements, vendor agreements, inter-group agreements, applicable laws and regulatory matters.
• Advise the business on day-to-day legal and regulatory matters across all key jurisdictions of the business and assisting the business with managing legal risk.
• Manage/coordinate with external legal counsel, where required, to advise senior management and to generally support all business functions.
• Help with, and if necessary manage, projects and new business initiatives.
• Coordinate the ongoing maintenance and creation of precedents in response to legal, regulatory, operational and market developments.
• Provide advice to, and/or representing legal on, internal committees (e.g. compliance committee, risk committee).

Minimum Requirements:

• Qualified lawyer with post qualification experience and a valid practicing certificate.
• Experience in an in-house legal role ideally with a bank, fund manager or fund service provider (like a fund administrator).