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About the Role

Join LaSalle’s sophisticated Global Funds Team (GFT) as a Legal Counsel, reporting to the Global Funds Counsel. This role supports product development, fund structuring, and fundraising across existing and new LaSalle products, acting as a trusted partner by combining legal expertise with a commercial approach.

Responsibilities

• Cooperate with Marketing, IR, fund teams, and Research to develop new fund products.
• Create and manage overviews/databanks for fund key terms, IR client feedback, and legal/market know-how.
• Anticipate market developments from legal and regulatory changes, educating business teams and developing product ideas.
• Lead the drafting and agreement of term sheets and structure charts.
• Set up project plans and timelines for fund formation.
• Advise business teams on fund structures based on target investors and asset jurisdictions.
• Advise fund teams on SFDR/SFDR2 categorizations and LaSalle Net Zero Pathway.
• Advise and support Marketing and IR with the creation of global marketing products.
• Draft and review the legal sections of INREV DDQ and Investor DDQs.
• Lead project management for fund formation and launch.
• Lead the preparation and review of key legal documents (term sheets, PPM, LPA, Subscription documents).
• Support fund structure setup with regional legal teams and external service providers.
• Coordinate fund launch activities with internal and external parties.
• Lead and organize investor negotiations, including side letters and LPA amendments.
• Coordinate the investor onboarding process with tax, compliance, and investor services teams.
• Support disclosure documents (preferential treatment).
• Coordinate fund and mandate closings, including resolutions and board meetings.
• Coordinate the MFN process and review the MFN Booklet.
• Advise on the application of new legislation and regulations, implementing changes across fund documentation.
• Support restructuring of existing funds due to market, regulatory, or tax changes.
• Advise fund managers on queries regarding the ongoing operation of LaSalle products.
• Serve as an internal resource for legal queries and house standard terms.
• Assist with service provider agreements, including distribution agreements.
• Advise the employee co-investment team on legal and regulatory aspects.
• Manage new offerings under the employee co-investment program.
• Assist with periodic transfers, redemptions, and subscriptions for co-investment programs.
• Assist with the issuance of carried interest or team share points.
• Build strong relationships with and manage LaSalle’s panel of outside counsel.
• Ensure timelines and budgets are met by external counsel.
• Utilize LaSalle’s precedent documents and consider market best practices in drafting.

Requirements

• Four to six years of experience as a funds lawyer in-house or at an international law firm.
• Private equity, credit, and/or real estate funds experience required.
• Strong experience with fund structures for equity and debt funds (Luxembourg and offshore).
• High familiarity with key fund terms and industry issues.
• Strong project management and communication skills.
• Good working knowledge of the regulatory framework relating to investment management.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the AIFMD framework, including AIFM operational requirements, marketing of investment funds, and AIFMD II amendments.
• Good understanding of SFDR (Articles 6, 8, 9, Annex II, Annex IV, PPM sections, Art. 10 Website disclosures) and other global sustainability disclosure regimes.
• Good understanding of proposed SFDR2 legislation.
• Working knowledge of U.S. securities laws and regulations for institutional real estate funds.
• Familiarity with SEC registration and exemption requirements for private funds is desirable.
• Understanding of U.S. and EU retail fund products.
• High-level knowledge of distinctions between institutional and retail fundraising requirements in the U.S.
• Helpful to have knowledge of semi-liquid and retail-focused fund products in EU/UK.
• Good working knowledge of global marketing rules across several jurisdictions.
• Excellent collaboration and confident stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong professional relationships.
• Strong drafting skills.
• Ability to assess and analyze complex legal issues.
• Ability to capture, contribute to, and disseminate lessons learned and best practices.
• Organized, methodical, pro-active, and able to work independently.
• Ability to work on multiple products in different jurisdictions and time zones.
• Demonstrated strategic and innovative thinking skills.
• Strong desire to learn and develop.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Openness to IT solutions.
• Proficiency in leveraging AI tools and technology solutions for legal workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and implement AI-driven solutions is highly valued.
• Periodic travel as necessary.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Skills

• Funds law
• Product development
• Fund structuring
• Fundraising
• Investor onboarding
• Project management
• Legal knowledge
• Commercial approach
• Stakeholder management
• Legal drafting
• Regulatory framework knowledge
• AIFMD
• SFDR
• SFDR2
• U.S. securities laws
• Investment Company Act of 1940
• Securities Act of 1933
• Securities Exchange Act of 1934
• Regulation D
• FINRA rules
• State securities laws
• ELTIFs
• LTFA
• Luxembourg Part II UCIs
• UCITS
• Microsoft Office
• AI tools
• Technology solutions

Location

• London, GBR

Work Type

• On-site

Experience Level

• Between four - six years’ experience

About the Company

• LaSalle is a global provider of real estate and investment management services.
• JLL is a leading global provider of real estate and investment management services.

Equal Opportunity

• LaSalle is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community.
• Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.
• Pursuant to the Arizona Civil Rights Act, criminal convictions are not an absolute bar to employment.
• Pursuant to Illinois Law, applicants are not obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest.
• Pursuant to Columbia, SC ordinance, this position is subject to a background check for any convictions directly related to its duties and responsibilities.
• Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, JLL will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
• Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.