About the Role
This role provides legal support to T. Rowe Price's business operations across APAC, EMEA, and Canada, with a primary focus on EMEA. The candidate will work closely with Legal teams in London and Luxembourg, supporting funds, separate accounts, and registration matters. The role involves a variety of asset management assignments, with core coverage in EMEA and occasional support in wider APAC, EMEA, and Canada.
Responsibilities
- Provides legal support in respect of EMEA and Canada institutional and intermediaries client agreements.
- Maintains and updates various agreement templates (e.g., NDAs, investment management agreements, investment advisory agreements, distribution agreements, fee agreements), and internal legal databases and systems.
- Compiles and validates relevant data points for agreements and databases.
- Prepares drafts of agreements and reviews and analyzes agreements.
- Provides legal support in respect of T. Rowe Price’s Luxembourg, UK, and Canadian fund ranges.
- Maintains legal procedures relating to the funds.
- Assists with offering documents and regulatory filings.
- Prepares contracts documenting internal relationships between T. Rowe Price entities, including services, secondment, delegation, and transfer pricing agreements.
- Assists with monitoring relevant regulatory developments, conducts research, and participates in project groups.
- Supports ad hoc company secretarial matters and ensures continuation of registration and corporate obligations are tracked and met.
- Becomes familiar with requirements in Luxembourg (CSSF), the UK (FCA), and Switzerland (FINMA), amongst others.
- Works closely with other business groups, London Compliance, outside counsel, and regulators.
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of legal experience, preferably in the asset management industry or an industry with relevant transferable skills.
- Demonstrable related work experience or vocational qualification, preferably exposure in the drafting and review of contracts.
- Good organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent written and oral skills.
- Ability to interact with a diverse group of internal and external contacts.
- Must be able to take instructions from legal counsels or other parties day-to-day and manage/prioritize their own workload.
- The candidate must be able to work independently.
Skills
- Drafting contracts
- Reviewing contracts
- Organizational skills
- Attention to detail
- Written communication
- Oral communication
- Language skills (additional languages are a plus)
Location
- EMEA
- APAC
- Canada
- London
- Luxembourg
Work Type
- Remote work up to one day a week
- No expectation to work APAC hours
Experience Level
- Minimum of 3 years of legal experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
About the Company
- T. Rowe Price is a global investment management organization.
