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About the Role
The Global Tax Structuring team seeks an individual responsible for European and global tax structuring, compliance, and legal matters. This role supports the investment process, monitors tax developments, partners with investment professionals, advises on strategic initiatives, and manages international tax compliance.
Responsibilities
- Support the investment process in connection with transactions undertaken by Oaktree managed funds including mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, and debt and equity financings.
- Monitor tax developments across Europe and APAC to assess potential investment portfolio impact and opportunities.
- Partner with portfolio managers and investment professionals with respect to ongoing portfolio optimization and tax management considerations.
- Advise on tax aspects of strategic initiatives and transactions, including corporate tax matters, complex partnerships and ad-hoc tax advisory projects.
- Support senior leadership in respect of strategic decisions.
- Assist with international audit and tax compliance management.
- Support the Global Client Group and other stakeholders on new product launches and tax considerations relevant to strategic client partnerships.
- Perform other tasks and projects as necessary.
- Develop and maintain relevant industry contacts and manage relationships with third party tax advisors, accounting firms and law firms with a continued focus on identifying best-in-class service providers.
Requirements
- 5-10 years legal experience within tax with a law firm and/or within the financial services or asset management industry.
- Strong understanding of partnership, corporate and interjurisdictional tax law principles.
- Significant experience with tax issues impacting private funds and investment managers operating in Europe and APAC.
- Working knowledge of US tax principles preferred.
- Proven capability in analyzing complex data, evaluating information and drawing logical conclusions.
- Demonstrates ability to identify key issues and propose solutions.
- Track record in planning and project management and in maintaining composure under pressure while meeting deadlines.
- Maintains a high level of integrity and professionalism at all times.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with focus on developing and improving efficient processes.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to work in a small team and speak in large group settings.
- Ability to resolve demanding situations in a professional manner.
- Able to work in a collaborative manner within a global organization.
- Exercises excellent business judgment and is aware of when it is necessary to escalate issues.
- Solutions-oriented self-starter with the ability to take initiative and work with minimal supervision.
Skills
- Tax structuring
- Tax compliance
- Legal matters
- Mergers
- Acquisitions
- Dispositions
- Reorganizations
- Debt financings
- Equity financings
- Tax developments monitoring
- Portfolio optimization
- Tax management
- Corporate tax
- Partnerships
- International audit
- Client partnerships
- Industry contacts development
- Relationship management
- Partnership tax law
- Corporate tax law
- Interjurisdictional tax law
- Private funds tax issues
- Investment managers tax issues
- US tax principles
- Complex data analysis
- Information evaluation
- Logical conclusion drawing
- Issue identification
- Solution proposal
- Planning
- Project management
- Composure under pressure
- Meeting deadlines
- Integrity
- Professionalism
- Organization
- Detail-orientation
- Process improvement
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Teamwork
- Public speaking
- Problem resolution
- Collaboration
- Business judgment
- Issue escalation
- Initiative
- Minimal supervision
Location
- Europe
- APAC
- Los Angeles
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5-10 years
Education Level
- Qualified solicitor in England and Wales
About the Company
- Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with more than $223 billion in assets under management.
- The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented, and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, equity, and real estate.
- The firm has more than 1,400 employees and offices in more than 25 cities worldwide.
- We are committed to cultivating an environment that is collaborative, curious, inclusive and honors diversity of thought.
- Providing training and career development opportunities and emphasizing strong support for our local communities through philanthropic initiatives are essential to our culture.
- For additional information please visit our website at www.oaktreecapital.com.
Equal Opportunity
- Oaktree is committed to diversity and to equal opportunity employment.
- Oaktree does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, past or present physical or mental disability, HIV status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran status, military service, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic violence victim status or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances.
- This policy applies to hiring, placement, internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, recruitment advertising, transfers, demotions, layoffs, terminations, recruitment advertising, rates of pay and other forms of compensation and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment.
- This policy applies to all Oaktree applicants, employees, clients, and contractors.
- Staff members wishing to report violations or suspected violations of this policy should contact the head of their department or Human Resources.
- For positions based in Los Angeles, the firm will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
- At Oaktree, we focus on hiring individuals with intelligence, dedication, team spirit, integrity and a strong work ethic.
- We welcome the opportunity to speak with talented professionals who have relevant credentials and experience in investments, marketing and client relations, accounting, legal, compliance, information technology, administrative support and other relevant areas.