Senior Legal Officer

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About TMF Group

TMF Group is a leading provider of critical administrative services, helping clients invest and operate safely around the world. Our 10,000 experts and 120 offices in 86 jurisdictions worldwide serve corporates, financial institutions, asset managers, private clients and family offices, providing the combination of accounting, tax, payroll, fund administration, compliance and entity management services essential to global business success.

Key Responsibilities

• Acting as a first point of contact to clients, being the key contact person for all legal matters
• Setting up of new client companies and keep the files in good standing through the whole lifecycle
• Preparing relative legal documents, where consultation is needed from an expert legal counsel loan, share transfer, amend the articles of association
• Preparing service agreements, arranging for the nomination/resignation of directors/managers, change domicile of companies, arranging for registrations at Chamber of Commerce and other obligatory registrations.
• Establishing contact with consulting expert counsel whenever necessary, as well as on behalf of (and in consultation with) the client requesting services, likewise for notarial matters
• Execute all necessary client related processes according to Compliance and AML rules
• Managing a portfolio of private equity and corporate clients
• Maintaining and growing excellent relationships with clients and advisors
• Facilitating the communication between clients and all external parties
• Manage the complete lifecycle of client companies, from incorporation to liquidation
• Preparing and attending board and shareholder meetings, and draft and circulate the minutes of the meetings
• Managing and preparing transactions such as share capital increases, dividend and share premium distributions, loan facilities, and share transfers, etc., incl. the preparation of transaction documents
• Ensuring that all client entities remain in a good legal standing
• Taking care of KYC requirements from onboarding/client acceptance to periodic KYC reviews, ensuring the compliance file of clients are up to date
• Drafting service agreements
• Providing support and guidance to junior team members

Key Requirements

• Experience of 5 to 8 years, preferably in Trust or a Law firm
• University degree in Law, LLM or lawyers qualification, preferably specialized in Corporate Law
• Excellent command of English, knowledge of any other language is considered as an asset
• Any experience on Capital Markets Services will be an asset
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills - the ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Ability to take ownership of tasks
• A team player who can work independently as well

Whats in for you?

• Excellent working conditions: good work-life balance, flexibility and great benefits.
• Learning opportunities: you will work with highly experienced colleagues who are ready to share their knowledge, and will receive the opportunity to work on diverse and complex client requests. You will also be able to apply for and be supported for training. We have a TMF Business Academy, which will give you extensive individual training opportunities.
• Value-driven work environment: you can expect integrity and respect from all your colleagues and your leadership team.
• Teamwork: an environment where we learn from our mistakes and work together to improve our processes continuously. A no-blame culture where teamwork is important valued and lived daily.
• Ambition: we are a growing company in which we constantly look for the next opportunity and where all ideas are welcome.

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Advertised: 03 May 2024 Romance Daylight Time
Applications close: 05 Jul 2024 Romance Daylight Time