Main duties:

As a Senior Financial Lawyer reporting to the Head of Legal & Fund Structuring you will:

Provide continuous regulatory oversight over the legal areas of investment funds.
Provide support and legal advice for the various services.
Contribute to the implementation of regulatory projects in the field of asset servicing and the asset management (mainly UCITS, AIFMD, MiFID, RIS, ESG, outsourcing, etc.).
Participate to CACEIS or Crédit Agricole legal committees and represent the company at BeAMA.

Write and update framework contracts for services rendered to CACEIS’ clients.
Negotiate client contracts relating to the main banking and financial services provided by CACEIS.
Ensure administrative monitoring of contracts, filing and archiving legal operations.

Ensure the legal structuring of investment funds, working with the regulatory authorities and the client: creations, transformations, mergers (national and cross-border), liquidations, etc.
Assist investment funds in the organization of their corporate life (assembling meeting documents, holding boards of directors and general meetings, writing minutes, performing legal formalities, etc.)
Provide the investment funds with legal and administrative support, update contracts and documentation.

Activities requiring a high level of expertise

Evaluating impact of regulatory changes within the professional sector.
Being the technical consultant in the professional sector for questions relating to concerned activities, you are able to translate complex theoretical principles into practical implications.
Ensure good relationships with (external and internal) clients, regulatory authorities and third-parties (business auditor, custodian, portfolio manager, etc.).

Areas of expertise:

Independent and proactive, you manage and anticipate the needs of CACEIS and its clients
Solution driven, you investigate and get results.
Organised, with a thoroughly analytical mind, you achieve these results within the deadline
Creative, you are a strong proponent for simplifying existing procedures.
Comfortable forming relationships, you are an excellent team member.

Profile:

A Master's in law or equivalent by experience
A 7-10 years professional experience in a law firm or in a company active in the financial or banking sector
Knowledge of the financial sector, especially asset management and asset servicing is an advantage
Languages: Dutch or French -speaking, with excellent knowledge of the other national language, also fluent in English.

Our offer: