Experienced Lawyer, Investment Funds

DLA Piper

Luxembourg-Luxembourg

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Description

THE OPPORTUNITY Our platform, your opportunity.DLA Piper Luxembourg is a multi-lingual, culturally sensitive, young, dynamic and growing team.

We enjoy the benefits of a global law firm, with the advantages of a human-sized office in Luxembourg. We are looking for an experienced lawyer to develop innovative fund structuring solutions to support our diverse and international client growth.

This is your opportunity to advise and support a number of clients on all aspects of investment funds and management companies.

You will contribute to the growth of an enthusiastic, collaborative and client oriented team and you will find the support to develop your own career.

If this opportunity is the challenge you are looking for, in a firm renowned for investing in its people and its infrastructure, we would like to hear from you.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES This is your opportunity to advise and support a number of clients on all aspects of investment funds and management companies.

You will advise clients on the entire value chain of investment funds, including the structuring, establishment and promotion of regulated and unregulated vehicles, their fundraising, carry structures and their relationships with counterparts and service providers.

You will assist on day-to day operational and regulatory matters of investment funds and management companies. You will also work on managed accounts, co-investment structures, secondary transactions and the reorganisation and restructuring of investment funds.

You will analyse, draft and negotiate a range of legal documentation required for transactions of these types and participate in legal and compliance projects.

Our client base includes major institutional investors and asset managers in the venture capital (including start-up) private equity, real estate, infrastructure and private debt sectors.

You will be encouraged to be commercially minded and to build effective relationships with clients and with the other DLA Offices and develop your own network of internal and external contacts.

You will contribute to the growth of an enthusiastic, collaborative and client oriented team and you will find the support to develop your own career.

ABOUT YOU We do not set upper or lower limits of professional experience for any of our vacancies. We may however give an indicative number of years of professional experience as an approximate guide for applicants.

Candidates with 5 years' experience or more are likely to have the right level of knowledge and have gained the right level of experience needed to be able to undertake this role.We are looking for a lawyer

Ideally qualified in Luxembourg or another EU Member State, with outstanding academic records

Fluent in written and spoken English French and German would be an asset

Excellent skills in communication, client relations and team-working

Providing a professional, quality service in a timely manner, and responding effectively to requests from internal and external clients

Understanding positive client support

Capable of creating confidence in the team and in the firm

Recognizing and seizing opportunities for the firm, including repeat business

Proactive and innovative

If this opportunity is the challenge you are looking for, in a firm renowned for investing in its people and its infrastructure, we would like to hear from you.

ABOUT US DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.

Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed.

Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

OUR VALUES In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values :

Be Supportive - we care about others, value diversity and act thoughtfully

Be Collaborative - we give, we share and we join in

Be Bold - we stand tall and challenge ourselves to think big

Be Exceptional - we exceed standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION At DLA Piper we are working hard to ensure that our talent pool is diverse. For us, diversity isn't just about visible differences, it's the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences and perspectives that makes each of us an individual.

We know it's crucial to have a culture and environment where those differences are genuinely valued and that's why we strive to be a business where everyone can thrive, develop and succeed based on their talent.

Our aim is to build an inclusive and supportive culture where all our people feel they belong and can achieve their best.

We support anyone with a disability or long term health condition to ensure they have the opportunity to perform at their best.

If you have not done so already, please let us know if you require any support so we can make the right adjustments and considerations, should they be required.

AGILE WORKING We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly.

That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers.