At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage client onboarding and draft key legal documents in a fast-paced environment.
- Company: Join a leading fixed income and credit investment manager with a dynamic culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and exposure to diverse legal work.
- Other info: Collaborate with top teams and enjoy excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Gain hands-on experience at the intersection of law and finance, making a real impact.
- Qualifications: Admitted to practice in Australia with 1-4 years' experience in relevant fields.
The predicted salary is between 47250 - 57750 $ per year.
A fast-growing, market-leading fixed income and credit investment manager is creating a newly established Junior Legal Counsel role, reporting jointly to the General Counsel.
What you'll do:
- Own end-to-end institutional client onboarding, coordinating legal, operational and compliance workstreams
- Draft, review and negotiate client-facing documents, investment management agreements, side letters, subscription docs, fee arrangements
- Support new mandate and fund structure establishment across multiple jurisdictions
- Liaise with custodians, administrators, prime brokers and clearing counterparties
- Get exposure to derivatives and trading documentation (ISDA and related)
- Coordinate KYC/AML, regulatory and internal approvals
About you:
- Admitted to practice in Australia (or eligible for admission)
- 1–4 years' PAE, ideal if you've come through a top-tier grad program, or have a background in funds management, banking and finance, M&A or corporate
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills with real attention to detail
- Commercially minded, you can turn legal issues into practical, workable solutions
- Comfortable juggling multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Financial services or institutional client exposure would be a bonus
This is a rare opportunity to sit at the intersection of legal and operations, driving the onboarding of institutional clients into the firm's portfolios, from first engagement through to funding and ongoing support. You'll work directly with investment, operations, compliance and distribution teams, plus external counsel, custodians and counterparties, on genuinely broad and commercial work.
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