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About the Role

Serve as a senior legal leader within the London Legal team, providing proactive and commercial legal advice and assistance to deliver effective solutions within acceptable risk levels. Collaborate with external counsel and support EMEA and APAC fund ranges, including UK Investment Trusts, AIF, and UCITS ranges in the UK, Ireland, and Luxembourg. Lead a team responsible for drafting, coordinating, and managing fund prospectuses and other product documentation. Partner with Investments, Distribution, Compliance, and Product teams on regulatory matters and implementation.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day legal support, in conjunction with external counsel where relevant, to colleagues in product teams responsible for product development and management.
Lead the drafting, coordination, and maintenance of prospectuses and other fund documentation, ensuring they are properly maintained and updated to reflect changes.
Implement agreed literature principles, plain language, and industry best practices in fund documentation.
Support product structuring and development across jurisdictions, including Luxembourg, Ireland, and Australia.
Manage interactions with regulators for prospectus change approvals, regulatory change initiatives, or other initiatives.
Analyze and implement regulatory changes in fund documentation, including assessing impact, coordinating legal involvement, and ensuring compliance with European Board requirements.
Draft and coordinate regulatory shareholder communications related to fund documentation changes.
Ensure local prospectus supplements are prepared and translated as required.
Manage the governance and approval of fund documentation changes, including interactions with Management Company and Fund Boards.
Assist with internal governance structure queries, such as the function and role of committees.
Act as legal advisor and primary point of contact to Irish and Lux ManCo and Fund Boards.
Provide senior leadership support to investment teams across asset classes, including derivatives trading and documentation, private placements, and alternative investment structures.
Provide legal support to distribution and sales teams across institutional and intermediary channels.
Advise on, review, and negotiate IMAs, intermediary, platform, and distribution agreements.
Manage a team of lawyers and legal assistants supporting derivatives trading and documentation, alternatives, regulated funds, intermediary, SMAs, institutional, separate accounts, and distribution initiatives in EMEA and LatAm.
Act as a senior contributor to the London Legal team, supporting prioritization, workload management, and team development.
Serve as an escalation point for complex legal issues and contribute to strategic initiatives.

Requirements

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to build and manage efficient and strong processes.
Ability to manage and develop people.
Ability to work independently and prioritize appropriately across a wide range of work.
Ability to proactively build relationships at all levels within the organization.
Flexible, adaptable, and keen to be involved in a wide variety of legal work.
Strong professional presence with good interpersonal, team working, and influencing skills.
Good commercial acumen.
Strong analytical skills.
Ability to manage external legal advisers where relevant.
Ability to find innovative solutions within acceptable levels of risk.
Extensive experience in a similar role or in financial services preferably gained in-house.
Minimum of 12 years PQE is preferable.
Degree qualification preferable.
Understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.
Willing to adhere to the provisions of our Investment Advisory Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure and certification requirements.
Past political contributions or activity may impact eligibility for this position.

Skills

Communication skills
Organizational skills
People management
Independent work
Relationship building
Adaptability
Interpersonal skills
Teamwork
Influencing skills
Commercial acumen
Analytical skills
External legal adviser management
Problem-solving
Financial services experience
In-house legal experience

Location

London

Work Type

Hybrid working

Experience Level

Senior
12 years PQE

Education Level

Degree qualification

Salary/Compensations

Position may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool.

Benefits

Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
Generous Holiday policies
Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to ClassPass
Paid volunteer time
Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
Complimentary subscription to Headspace – the mindfulness app
All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities
Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen
Competitive compensation
Pension/retirement plans
Various health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits

About the Company

A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it’s about investing in a brighter future together.
Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service.
Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do: Clients Come First - Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust

Equal Opportunity

Janus Henderson Investors is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.
If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know at recruiter@janushenderson.com.