Key Responsibilities
Supporting investment, business development and product success strategies:
- Support investment and product teams with direct inputs to negotiations on all investment-related transactions and agreements
- Role will include launching funds, investment deal flow, and all regulatory and compliance follow on
- Fund transactions, corporate transactions, project management, outside counsel management, oversight of other transactions and document management
- Review and/or draft legal documents including NDA, fund formation documents, investment agreements and shareholder agreements
- Engage with various investment and product teams to assist them in managing and executing legal aspects of transactions and projects
- Highlight legal issues related to cross-border transactions to investment teams and work with outside counsel on solutions, and related transaction documents
Provide legal support for fund management activities such as:
- Review fund offering documents including PPM, management agreements and fund subscription agreements
- Review and negotiate custody and fund administrative agreements, and legal agreements with other service providers
- Review brokerage-related agreements
- Assist with contract drafting and negotiation across the business and product units
- Ad-hoc legal support for group companies as assigned by supervisor
Requirements
- A recognised degree in Law (LLB) and be admitted to Singapore or other Commonwealth Bar
- Corporate experience with 2-4 PQE
- Have knowledge on Securities and Futures Act, Financial Advisers Act, licensing and regulatory reporting requirements, and MAS Notices and Guidelines for Singapore fund management companies
- Well organised, detail-oriented and resourceful
- legal experience gained in fund management is a big plus
- Speak, read and write Chinese is essential
- Has self-initiative and possesses strong interpersonal skills (verbal and written), and ability to work well under pressure
- Willing to learn and take ownership on tasks assigned
- Ability to work independently, but with a team-oriented mentality
- Ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously
- Well-organised and detail-oriented