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- Banking/ Finance company looking to expand their In-House legal capability.
- Hybrid: 2-3 days in the New York, Manhattan office & 1-2 days/ week at home.
About Our Client
This is an exciting role working with a highly prestigious banking/ financial services organization, headquartered in New York City, Manhattan.
Job Description
A varied role, working within the In-House Legal Team, as Senior Legal Legal Counsel you will:
- Working closely with business partners, drafting, reviewing and/ or negotiating client agreements, intermediary agreements, service provider and other agreements, preparing/ reviewing forms and other disclosures.
- Providing legal advice to internal business clients on investment advisory, investment company and regulatory issues, supporting with developing new strategies as well as providing counsel on existing strategies.
- Responsible for legal support to key internal partners including product development, sales team, compliance and marketing departments.
- Reviewing annual ADV disclosures and any amendments; assisting with registration and regulatory disclosures for funds, including annual registration statements, N-CSR and semi-annual reports, proxy statements and information statements.
- Providing legal support for responses to regulatory inquiries.
The Successful Applicant
Demonstrable qualifications/ background for the Senior Legal Counsel:
Qualifications/ experience-
- Essential - possess a J.D. from a nationally recognized law school and at least five years' experience as a lawyer in a major law firm or in the legal department of a leading financial services organization.
- Essential - experience with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and the Investment Company Act of 1940.
- Ideally familiarity with insurance mutual funds.
- Strong analytical, written and oral communication and relationship building skills, as well as the ability to work effectively both independently and as a member of the team, in a demanding, fast-paced environment handling multiple tasks and projects concurrently while demonstrating consistent attention to detail.
- Strong interest and commitment to staying abreast of regulatory developments (e.g., new SEC rules and enforcement proceedings) impacting covered businesses and assisting internal partners proactively to respond to such developments.
Skillset-
- Good judgment and the ability to give business partners clear and timely legal advice.
- Analytical and creative problem solving skills.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Flexibility and a willingness to adapt to fast-paced, changing needs of the organization and business clients.
- Strong work ethic, and high professional and ethical standards.
- Ability to coordinate and work as a team with legal and business partners.
- Ability to develop effective working relationships with counterparts at intermediary firms.
- Actively participate in programs of the Prudential enterprise's Law, Compliance, Business Ethics and External Affairs Department.
What's on Offer
As Senior Legal Counsel, aside from working within a highly thought of In-House legal team you will benefit from:
- Competitive base salary and wider compensation/ incentive plan
- Hybrid working environment: 2-3 days/ week in the prestigious New York, Manhattan office and 1-2 days/ week working from home
- Comprehensive health insurance plan
- Generous PTO
- Healthy work/ life balance and extensive wider benefits package, well-being perks etc.
Contact
Anna Jacobs
Quote job ref
JN-052023-6058628
Job summary
- Function
- Legal
- Subsector
- Legal Subsector
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- New York
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Consultant name
- Anna Jacobs
- Job reference
- JN-052023-6058628
