Funds/Regs Lawyer Edinburgh based
- Recruiter
- EJ Legal Limited
- Location
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Edinburgh
EdinburghCity of Edinburgh
- Salary
- Competitive Salary
- Posted
- 18 May 2021
- Closes
- 17 Jun 2021
- Ref
- TA86897
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Category
- Legal
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
My client is a global financial services business who is looking to grow its Trust and Depositary team. This role will be based in Edinburgh and is part of a new headcount. The successful applicant will be working directly with the Head of Legal and will be the sole lawyer covering this part of the business with the Head of Legal.
Your Key Responsibilities will include:-
As part of EJ Legal's candidate registration and care process all successful applications are responded to within 14 working days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. We may keep your details on our system on a confidential basis for future opportunities. If you would prefer us not to do this, please let us know.
Your Key Responsibilities will include:-
- primarily a legal support role within a Funds context. The role-holder is responsible for the administrative control and management of legal documentation to which Trust and Depositary is a party and dealing with ad hoc legal queries;
- support the Head of Legal in the review of new scheme documentation together with annual and ad-hoc changes to existing scheme documentation;
- assume primary responsibility for the review of documentation relating to the conduct of transactions for the acquisition, management and disposal of immovable property;
- take responsibility for preparing and keeping up to date standard template legal agreements, assisting with and ultimately leading contract negotiations and preparing and managing execution; and
- generally assist the Head of Legal in legal matters in relation to the day-to-day trustee and depositary activities
As part of EJ Legal's candidate registration and care process all successful applications are responded to within 14 working days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. We may keep your details on our system on a confidential basis for future opportunities. If you would prefer us not to do this, please let us know.