Legal Advisor
Pictet
- Luxemburg Genf
- Unbefristet
- Vollzeit
- Prepare and review fund-related documentation.
- Instruct and manage external counsel in relation to funds creation and transactional work.
- Review intra-group agreements between group and affiliates, such as delegation agreements and service level agreements.
- Keep abreast of regulatory/industry developments and provide periodic updates.
- Cooperate with different teams such as the Operations, Finance, Investment Specialists and Product Mangers to implement product solutions.
- Assess and strengthen the products proposal in terms of their viability, relevance, value-add for the clients and alignment with the wider business strategy.
- Develop strong working relationships with key internal stakeholders to create cross-functional synergies.
- Maintain strong awareness of the relevant industry and product-related trends and regulations (e.g. SFDR) to ensure leading product positioning.
- Be a leader of continuous improvement of our governance and product development processes.
- Attorney's licence.
- Three to five years of experience, in a law firm or a financial institution with a focus on investment/asset management, ideally in private markets and specifically covering fund formation, regulatory and compliance, product management.
- Practical knowledge of operations and financial products. Ideally previous experience with different fund types, such as ELTIFs, semi liquid products, jurisdictional funds and registrations, as well as 'plain vanilla'.
- Ability to work with different service providers; legal and operational.
- Strong project management experience and attention to detail.
- Natural communicator and enthusiastic personality.
- Eager to learn, helpful and solutions driven.
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment and with teams in multiple locations.
- Full proficiency in English and French, be comfortable to discuss complex legal matters in both languages. Understanding of German a plus.
- The position can be based either in Luxembourg or Geneva. If Geneva based, must be resident in Switzerland or willing to relocate.