Provides in-house legal, regulatory, and documentation support for MUFG Investor Services’ global fund administration and financial services businesses. Responsibilities include drafting and negotiating service, outsourcing, vendor, and intragroup agreements; advising operational teams and senior management; coordinating external counsel; supporting business initiatives; maintaining legal precedents; and representing Legal on internal committees.
Company Description
About MUFG Investor Services:
MUFG Investor Services provides asset servicing solutions to the global investment management industry. Leveraging the financial and intellectual capital of MUFG – one of the largest banks in the world with $2.8 trillion in assets – we provide clients access to a range of leading solutions from fund administration, middle-office outsourcing, custody, foreign exchange, trustee services and depository to securities lending and other banking services.
With a diverse and dynamic network of offices across the globe, MUFG Investor Services provides challenging and rewarding careers. We achieve this by offering continuous learning and development, collaborative team work environment, promotion of work-life integration, and exposure to a wide variety of work.
Imagine your future at MUFG Investor Services where you can grow professionally, in a diverse and inclusive workplace that rewards your contribution.
Job Description
Reporting to Head of Legal, this role is within the MUFG legal team which requires the provision of legal advice supporting the legal and regulatory needs of our growing global business at MUFG Investor Services.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal advisory, regulatory and documentation support to our core businesses of fund administration, registrar and transfer agent, investor AML services, banking, custody, trustee, regulatory reporting, registered office and corporate secretary businesses (“Core Business”).
- Provide legal advice and documentation support in relation to the Core Business which may include managing timelines and expectations, reviewing and drafting legal documents, negotiating agreements, liaising with internal stakeholders on issues to ensure risks are understood, seeking sign-off from relevant parties, dealing with execution and/or providing a final legal opinion as appropriate.
- Documentation may include (i) service agreements for MUFG, including but not limited to administration agreements, middle office and BPO agreements, FATCA agreements, regulatory reporting agreements, declarations of trust, bank account mandates and terms and conditions, NDAs; (ii) intragroup and outsourcing agreements; and (iii) vendor agreements.
- Respond to legal queries from operational departments, internal control/support groups, client integration/client services teams, senior management and entity boards.
- Advise the business on day-to-day legal and regulatory matters across all key jurisdictions.
- Manage/coordinate with external legal counsel, where required, to advise senior management and to generally support all business functions.
- Support, and if necessary, manage projects and new business initiatives.
- Coordinate the ongoing maintenance and creation of precedents in response to legal, regulatory, operational and market developments.
- Provide advice to, and/or represent legal on, internal committees.
- Qualified lawyer with 7-10 years’ post qualification experience and a valid practicing certificate in England and Wales or New York.
- Experience in an in-house legal role ideally with a bank, fund manager or fund service provider.
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