Senior Associate – Funds

Our future leaders work closely with partners and clients and help to shape what we do and how we do it – our latest opportunity in our Ireland Funds team is the perfect platform for success. 

The team is a diverse group of lawyers from a range of backgrounds. We work with high calibre clients, intermediaries and service providers, providing quality technical legal advice on a range of investment funds related issues.

Key Responsibilities

We’re particularly interested in candidates with at least 5 years' PQE, with established funds expertise who can take responsibility but enjoy our collaborative culture. Our partners are looking for someone who can manage matters independently and be the significant point of contact in your area of expertise for a number of clients.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Ensure you and your team members record and bill their time in accordance with policies and procedures
• Be proactive in ensuring all matters are billed monthly or where bespoke billing arrangements have been agreed within a reasonable timeframe
• Ensure clients are fully informed as to the fees and disbursements that will be incurred on each matter and provide updates as required
• Demonstrate an ability to establish, build and maintain relationships with external contacts
• Prepare for and attend business development meetings to achieve a positive outcome
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of and be able to generate repeat business from existing clients
• Proactively contribute to the development of know-how, including precedents, practice notes and publications
• Prepare and present training seminars internally and externally as required
• Be accountable for the coaching and development of paralegals, trainees and new joiners and assist other team members as and when required
• Act as mentor for Trainees and Associates
• Promote team work and strong relationships with immediate team members, other teams across jurisdictions and Business Services to achieve personal team and group objectives

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Strong academics and experience in the establishment and servicing of Irish domiciled investment funds from a relevant law firm environment are important as well as a career history at firms that are well-respected in a Common Law jurisdiction.

We want someone with a proven track record of being technically brilliant, with excellent drafting and written communication skills who can build relationships and who is excited by becoming a key part of our future, producing the best results in our changing environment.

Benefits

Ogier offers a unique working environment: a challenging role in a growing, fast-paced and supportive team, together with a commitment to assisting you to advance your career through continued exposure to interesting and exciting work and personal and professional development.

About Ogier

Ogier provides legal advice on BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg law. Our network of locations also includes Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.

Legal services for the corporate and financial sectors form the core of our business, principally in the areas of banking and finance, corporate, investment funds, dispute resolution, private equity and private wealth. We also have strong practices in the areas of employee benefits and incentives, employment law, regulatory, restructuring and corporate recovery and property.

Ogier's corporate administration business, Ogier Global, incorporates and administers a wide variety of vehicles including public and private companies, partnerships and trusts.

Ogier is based in 12 jurisdictions including Beijing, BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.