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Legal Counsel (w/m/d)

Allianz Global Investors

London

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GBP 70,000 - 120,000

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5 days ago

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Job summary

A leading global active asset manager is looking for a Legal Counsel to join their team. This role involves managing legal aspects of private debt and equity investments across multiple jurisdictions, providing strategic legal support while collaborating with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates should be fully qualified lawyers with substantial experience in private markets and excellent negotiation skills.

Benefits

Flexible working from home and abroad

Access to pension and savings plans

Company share purchasing plan

Mental health and wellbeing programs

Career opportunities within the Allianz Group

Qualifications

Experience at an international law firm or legal department of an asset manager.
Significant experience in private markets funds and international transactional advisory work.

Responsibilities

Advising on debt investments and ongoing legal matters related to our private markets funds.
Structuring private credit investment funds according to legal, tax, and regulatory requirements.
Drafting and advising on investment management agreements.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Advocacy

Learning agility

Relationship building

Education

Qualified lawyer (English, German, French, or Luxembourg law)

At least 8 years' PQE

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Job Role

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) invest client funds in private debt and private equity investments across primary and secondary markets globally. Our clients include domestic and foreign insurance companies of the Allianz Group as well as external institutional investors.

Our private markets strategies are supported by a highly specialised team within the legal department, in which you will play a crucial role. As a member of that team, you will be responsible for managing our investment funds landscape and for coordinating investment activities. You will work independently and alongside our investment teams in Munich, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Paris, London, New York and Singapore as well as with other relevant departments in AllianzGI. Your daily activities will range from setting up third-party fund vehicles and segregated accounts to leading transactions where you will engage in legal negotiations with external counterparties. Throughout the lifecycle of our funds, you will serve as the internal contact for all legal matters and represent AllianzGI internally and externally. The position can be based in London, Frankfurt or Munich.

What You Will Do

Advising on debt investments entered into by our private markets funds and segregated accounts, including at inception and ongoing advice in relation to waivers, amendments, and restructurings
Structuring and setting up private credit investment funds in Luxembourg and other jurisdictions, taking into account legal, tax and regulatory requirements (e.g. AIFM licensing requirements, investor eligibility requirements, sustainability requirements, regulatory capital charges)
Providing ongoing legal/regulatory advice on all major issues relating to investment products managed or advised by AllianzGI throughout the product lifecycle
Drafting and advising on investment management and advisory agreements for the private credit (direct investment) strategies of AllianzGI
Collaborate seamlessly with other internal stakeholders across our private markets platform, including investment teams, sustainability, risk, compliance, operations, tax and finance teams

What You Bring

Fully qualified lawyer (either English, German, French or Luxembourg law) with experience at an international law firm or legal department of an asset manager
Comfortable handling a broad range of coverage topics: i.e. the role is unique in that it provides exposure to both fund structuring and investments. Our ideal candidate would be a debt finance lawyer with experience of restructuring that is willing to learn the fund/IMA side of the role
At least 8 years’ PQE, having gained significant experience of private markets funds and international transactional advisory work
Excellent communication, negotiation and advocacy skills, both with internal and external stakeholders
Comfortable working autonomously with significant ownership and individual responsibility for your matters whilst also ensuring regular communication with your management and wider team on critical topics
Skilled in distilling complex legal topics into digestible advice for a variety of audiences
Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with all counterparties across the value chain, driving and fostering harmony and teamwork
Learning agility and keen interest in following policy, legal and regulatory developments relevant for the business
Experience of sustainable investments within private markets is an advantage but not a pre-requisite
Experience of German regulated investor requirements (in private markets funds) is an advantage but not a pre-requisite

What We Offer

Flexible working from home and abroad according to internal guidelines (hybrid model/ flexible working hours/cross-border remote work)
Access to pension/ savings plans/ Allianz products
Family support (relocation/ childcare facilities)
Company share purchasing plan
Mental health and wellbeing programs
Mobility solutions (Jobrad bike leasing, subvention Jobticket)
Career opportunities within the entire Allianz Group
Self-guided learning & development
… and so much more!

71367 | Asset & Investment Management | Professional | n.a. | Allianz Global Investors | Full-Time | Permanent

About Allianz Global Investors

Allianz Global Investors is a leading global active asset manager.

We invest for the long term and want to create value for clients every step of the way. We do this by being active – in how we partner with clients and anticipate their needs, and build solutions based on capabilities across public and private markets. Our focus on enhancing our clients’ assets leads naturally to a commitment to sustainability for positive change. Our goal is to enhance the investment experience for clients, whatever their location or goals.

Putting our clients' needs first, behaving in a transparent way and treating people fairly means acting with integrity. We encourage a collegial culture, that supports individual responsibility. We invest in the development of our employees to maximize the power of innovation.

We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce, we are committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and to helping applicants with any disabilities. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in. We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation. Great to have you on board.

If you feel inspired to promote the active asset management experience, this is the place for you. Join our diverse, international, technology-enabled, and agile environment. Simply upload your CV in English to apply for this position! If you need support to navigate our websites or at any stage during your application, please send an email with your request to recruiting@allianzgi.com

To Recruitment Agencies:

Allianz Global Investors has an in-house recruitment team that sources great candidates directly. Therefore, Allianz Global Investors does not accept unsolicited resumes from agency or search firm recruiters.

When we do work with recruitment agencies, that engagement is formalized by a contract. Fees will only be paid when there is a contract in place.

Without a contract in place, we will not accept invoices on unsolicited resumes, even if the candidate was ultimately employed by Allianz Global Investors.

Finally, please do not contact hiring managers directly.

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