Title: Senior Regulatory Counsel
Location: Amsterdam
Industry: Private Credit Asset Manager
About the Company:
This company is a highly reputable Amsterdam-based private credit asset manager focused on emerging markets. The company provides institutional investors the opportunity to make large-scale private credit investments in global development finance, supporting sustainable development across emerging markets, safeguarding ESG risks, and contributing to the achievement of the UN SDGs and Climate objectives.
The Role:
This position offers a compelling opportunity to gain insights into and contribute to all legal and compliance processes of a pioneering asset manager and its investment funds on behalf of leading institutional investors. The company specializes in SDG-aligned investments primarily in emerging markets by partnering with multilateral development banks and development finance institutions. This provides unique exposure to an international environment dedicated to creating sustainable impact in emerging and developing countries within an ambitious start-up environment.
Key Responsibilities:
In relation to the funds and their investments:
- Reviewing and ensuring compliance with fund documentation and assisting in the preparation of all legal documentation with investors, including investor reports and meetings.
- Reviewing and advising on fund marketing materials, investor communications, and responses to investor inquiries.
- Performing second-line-of-defense reviews of the fund's investments and engaging closely with the Investment Team in all compliance matters.
- Assisting the Sustainability Team in ensuring compliance with all sustainability-related regulations and periodically reviewing the fund's sustainability strategy.
- Advising on all legal and compliance matters pertaining to future fund strategies.
In relation to the company management:
- Assisting on all corporate legal matters pertaining to the company's shareholders and its corporate bodies.
- Assisting on all legal and compliance matters and projects, including regulatory/supervisory reporting and filings.
- Reviewing the governance framework and implementing internal charters and policies.
- Managing all contracts of the company.
- Performing due diligence analysis and compliance-related investigations and reviews.
- Monitoring changes in applicable regulations, preparing comprehensive internal research and memorandums, and ensuring internal awareness.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Dutch Law graduate.
- Master's Degree or LLM program, preferably in Corporate or Finance Law.
- Excellent academic credentials.
- At least 5 years of professional experience, preferably at an international law firm, consultancy, or financial institution.
- Outstanding legal, analytical, and writing skills.
