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This is a fantastic opportunity for a legal support professional to join a well-established private investments firm based in the heart of London as an in-house Legal and Compliance Assistant. This role is placed within their legal department and reports to the Head of Legal.
Responsibilities
- This is a full-time office-based role, 8.30-5.30
- The Legal Assistant will provide support to the legal, investment and finance teams
- Drafting documents, contracts and various agreements
- Performing legal research, as necessary
- Reporting results of various research outcomes, liaising with legal team members to decide on the following outcomes
- Dealing with various banking, compliance and KYC requests
- Filing and processing various KYC due diligence and banking forms
- Supporting the team with the opening and maintaining bank accounts
- Updating information in various public registers across various jurisdictions
- Other general legal and administrative duties
Key Skills
- Previous experience working in a legal, company administration, corporate service provider or compliance role
- A degree in Law or a related field
- Fluent English and Russian language skills
- Strong organisational and multitasking skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Basic knowledge of companies’ corporate organisation, ownership structures and governance, main constitutional documents and registration requirements (at least in several EU jurisdictions like Lux, Cyprus, Austria, France, etc. and offshore - e.g. CI, BVI, UAE)
- Basic experience with bank accounts opening, KYC due diligence is preferred
Job advantages
- This is a one-year contract role with a strong opportunity to stay in a permanent capacity
- Great team of professionals, close-knit team
- Fantastic office location in the heart of London
- Good salary on offer, additional discretionary bonus and great benefits
- 25 days holidays plus 8 public holidays
- Opportunity to learn and grow within the role
