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Langham Hall provides premium quality accounting, fund administration and investor reporting services to Real Estate and Private Equity Fund clients.

Langham Hall invests in people and in developing them professionally. We are extremely proud of our leadership-focused culture which fosters a dedicated, approachable and collaborative way of working. We offer the opportunity to progress your career and study professional qualifications; through intensive training and where applicable, full exam tuition and study support.

Langham Hall is a fast-growing company and as such staff experience a variety of responsibilities and inclusion in exciting initiatives beyond their day-to-day role. Employees are supported and encouraged to deliver a first-class service and opportunities are identified at an early stage for employees to engage with our clients which enables them feel involved and challenged in their work.

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The individual will be responsible for the development of a newly established department within the Luxembourg Fund Administration business and will be responsible for legal and corporate governance issues for the Luxembourg Fund Administration business’s client base, primarily comprising private equity, real estate and debt structures.

The individual will provide legal and corporate governance support to the teams in the Fund Administration business. In particular, the individual will provide transaction support to the teams to include project management, the preparation of board packs, coordination of board and shareholder/investor meetings, preparation of minutes, creating and updating statutory registers (eg directors, limited partner, and shareholder) and other transfer agency functions. The individual will be required to attend client board and other meetings.

The individual will also be responsible for maintaining and developing template legal documents such as minutes, resolutions, agendas, intra-group loan agreements, powers of attorney. The individual will also be responsible for developing and maintaining processes and checklists relating to governance, legal and corporate secretarial issues.

The individual will have solid knowledge of the Luxembourg legal, tax and regulatory regimes applicable to private equity, real estate and debt funds and other structures.

In conjunction with the above duties, the individual will also assist with the initial on-boarding of clients, including agreeing the service agreements.

Key Responsibilities

Project management in respect of client on-boarding (incorporations, drafting service agreements, preparing service level agreements, opening bank accounts, managing AML compliance process)
Project management in respect of transactions (eg investments, divestments)
Preparation/review of board packs, coordination of board and shareholder/investor meetings
Attendance at client board and investor meetings and preparation/review of minutes
Maintaining and developing template legal documents such as minutes, resolutions, agendas, intra-group loan agreements, powers of attorney.
Maintaining and developing processes and checklists relating to legal and corporate tasks, applying high governance standard in line with company policy and regulatory rules
Real estate, private equity and debt transaction-related administration including review of documents
Coordination, with the client teams in the Fund Administration business, on-boarding and investor meetings, including attendance of meetings and the preparation and review of board minutes
Familiarity with typical Luxembourg private equity and real estate fund structures (eg S.à r.l and SCSps managed by full scope AIFMs) and documents (eg articles of association and LPAs)
Monitoring compliance of client structures with fund and corporate laws
Solving problems proactively using technical expertise and common sense

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Solid knowledge of Luxembourg companies law
An understanding of the role and duties of an professional domiciliation/administration agent in Luxembourg
An understanding of Luxembourg legal, tax and regulatory regimes as they apply to funds and other structures operating in the real estate, private equity, debt sectors
Demonstrate proactivity
Ability to write minutes, agreements, business correspondence, procedure manuals at asset and fund level
Ability to present information and respond to questions from clients
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of situations for which there may be little precedence
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Direct experience of client service in a professional services firm
Ability to work in a dynamic company environment with focused and motivated individuals
Ability to plan effectively, with strong deadline orientation
Fluent in English.
The candidate will have experience of minimum 2 years as corporate officer/legal officer/administrator in Luxembourg
The candidate will hold a master or bachelor’s degree or hold a professional qualification in governance.

Benefits

Langham Hall takes the development of its employees very seriously and offers sponsorship of a professional qualification.