Funds Lawyer Vice President recruitment

BlackRock is one of the world’s preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary and individual investors around the world. BlackRock offers a range of solutions — from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to the world’s capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs.

 Job Purpose/Background: The role will involve the provision of legal support in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East Africa) region to the International Retail and Alternative businesses and include a broad range of drafting and advising in respect of the establishment, maintenance and distribution, of a variety of fund types in multiple jurisdictions as well as implementation of regulatory developments as these impact the businesses supported. General commercial legal work and specific project work impacting the relevant businesses will also be involved.   The candidate will work in a team of (currently) 5 lawyers in London who form part of a broader team of 12 funds-focused lawyers within the EMEA Legal Compliance department of 33 qualified lawyers, 35 compliance professionals and 6 administrative staff.   The individual will be expected to work with a high degree of autonomy and, once familiar with the BlackRock businesses’ structures, operating models and documentation, to work with minimum levels of supervision/review of work produced.  Whilst the “learning curve” will be steep, the candidate will be expected to take on a complete workload as soon as possible after joining and partner closely with the relevant businesses they support.  The ability to start as soon as possible would also be advantageous. Key Responsibilities: 

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