Legal Analyst

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Partner with others on the Americas, EMEA and APAC Legal Teams on joint Paralegal projects and responsibilities.
• Assist with drafting, analysing, reviewing and negotiating, as applicable, various agreements and amendments, including software licenses, SaaS/cloud agreements, commercial/vendor agreements, partner agreements, confidentiality/non-disclosure and professional services agreements.
• Upload Amendments and other agreements on Online Document Repositories and also ensure the Master Agreements are properly tagged with the corresponding Amendments and schedules.
• Respond to Legal Subpoenas, IRS Summons, DOJ, Grand Jury Subpoenas, restraining notices, LOI and garnishment notices.
• Make annual updates to the Fund Disclosure Documents in alignment with Americas, EMEA and APAC Legal Teams for both the Retail and ETF Funds.
• File Post Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements for the Retail and ETF funds.
• Assist in Monthly and Quarterly updates and filing for Interval Fund Tender Offer forms. Update the Tender Offer Board Memo and Resolutions quarterly or as needed.
• Conduct research on historic fund trades, balance fund holdings and fill in reports for class action/bankruptcy litigation filings (Chapter 11) in the United States and other Invesco offices across the globe.
• Assist in the process of gathering and disclosing portfolio manager fund holdings and assets.
• Build out board books, agendas and post board materials for the fund boards in online repositories.
• Prepare and update, as needed, disclosure documents the firm’s Institutional Private Funds.
• Review and edit annual registration statements and disclosure for sub-advised funds.
• Partner with the derivatives legal team to assist in creation of ISDA Amendments, Account Control Agreements and Draft Fx Spot letters and provide ISDA Information Updates.
• Conduct reviews of existing compliance policies to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and potential legal or regulatory risks.
• Assist in Legal preparatory work, projects and related responsibilities as needed.
• Effectively find solutions to issues as they arise.
• Interact daily with overseas colleagues, both verbal and written.

Experience

• 1-3 years of legal work experience, preferably with an investment advisor or mutual fund group in legal or other regulatory environment.
• Understanding of technology contract practices and standards preferred.
• Corporate Governance experience and training will be a plus.
• Working knowledge of back-office operations and securities laws/regulations will be a plus.