Lawyer Luxembourg

About this role We are looking for a Luxembourg-based lawyer at Vice President level with at least five years of relevant experience. As a member of the Continental Europe Legal team, the successful candidate will provide comprehensive local legal coverage for BlackRock’s activities and legal entities in Luxembourg, remote legal coverage for Belgium and support on selected matters across Continental Europe. The role encompasses the full range of local legal matters other than fund documentation. This includes legal support for BlackRock’s Luxembourg operations, the local management company and local entities; institutional client work including investment management and advisory agreements; distribution and partnership arrangements; and a broad variety of corporate, commercial, governance and regulatory matters. As the Luxembourg-based legal point of contact for these matters, the successful candidate will work in close collaboration with product lawyers based outside Luxembourg, who are responsible for the documentation of BlackRock's public and private Luxembourg-domiciled funds. The candidate will manage and coordinate legal and regulatory matters across a wide range of business and operations teams, draft and negotiate legal documents in English and French and contribute to the monitoring and implementation of legal and regulatory change. The role is based in Luxembourg and reports to the Director in Frankfurt responsible for the Continental Europe Legal team.

Provide proactive, practical and commercial legal advice in relation to BlackRock’s activities in Luxembourg and, on a remote coverage basis, Belgium;  Act as the principal local legal adviser for BlackRock’s Luxembourg platform on matters other than product documentation, working across business, operations and control functions;  Provide day-to-day legal support to BlackRock’s Luxembourg management company, which holds both UCITS and AIFM permissions, including in relation to:  contractual arrangements between the management company, funds and third-party service providers;  interactions with regulators, in particular the CSSF; and  collaboration with local Compliance and Financial Crime teams to support the management company in meeting its obligations;  Advise on corporate law, corporate governance, country management and other legal entity matters relating to BlackRock’s Luxembourg operations;  Support BlackRock’s institutional business in its local activities, including the drafting and negotiation of investment management agreements, advisory agreements and related institutional client documentation;  Draft and negotiate distribution, co-marketing and partnership agreements, as well as licensing, services, intra-group and non-disclosure agreements and other commercial arrangements;  Advise on legal and regulatory matters arising from BlackRock’s distribution activities and broader Luxembourg business operations;  Work in close collaboration with product lawyers based outside Luxembourg, who are responsible for the documentation of BlackRock’s public and private Luxembourg-domiciled funds, to ensure effective coordination across the Luxembourg platform;  Provide remote legal coverage for BlackRock’s activities in Belgium, working closely with local external counsel and relevant local colleagues;  Support monitoring and managing selected EU and local legal and regulatory change projects, in collaboration with relevant regional and global teams;  Commission external legal advice where appropriate, manage local counsel relationships and oversee related budget requirements;  Develop and actively manage strong relationships with internal clients and stakeholders;  Work closely with the local Compliance team and other members of BlackRock Legal & Compliance globally;  Provide internal training on legal and regulatory topics; and  Represent BlackRock Luxembourg Legal externally, including relevant industry