Counsel and Designated Person for Regulatory Compliance

Category
Corporate Services
City
Dublin

The Role

About Lord Abbett:

 

Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett is an independent firm with a singular focus on the management of money. Over the course of our history, we’ve earned a sterling reputation for our leadership, influence, and innovation in the asset management industry. Today, our independent perspective, our commitment to active management, and our intelligent product design continue to make us relevant to individual and institutional investors.

 

From the very beginning, we’ve recognized that our people are our greatest asset. As an investment-led, investor-focused firm, we value intellectual curiosity, teamwork, and collaboration across the organization.

 

We’re looking for people with a keen interest in working for a trusted leader in the asset management industry, a desire to expand their knowledge, and a passion for delivering a client experience that exceeds expectations.

 
Now that you know our history, are you ready to be part of our future?

 

Job Overview:

 

 

We’ll trust you to:

  • Provide day to day support for Lord Abbett’s international business, providing advice and guidance on a range of matters, including legal, compliance, governance, regulation and operational.
  • Providing practical assistance to the Firm, whilst maintaining appropriate regulatory control in line with the requirements of the Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”).
  • Proactively keeping up to date with regulatory developments and updating internal policies and procedures from time to time.
  • To monitor and, on a regular basis, to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the measures, policies and procedures in place.
  • To advise and assist the relevant persons responsible for carrying out services and activities to comply with obligations under the UCITS Regulations and AIFM Regulations.
  • Taking proactive ownership of compliance tasks and processes, ensuring delivery within agreed timeframes.
  • Reporting to the relevant board of directors on at least a quarterly basis as well as liaising with service providers on matters relating to the funds.
  • Preparing and submitting regulatory reports via the CBI’s Portal, and other regulatory returns as required.
  • Liaising with the CBI as and when required.
  • Draft, review and maintain fund prospectuses, supplements and material contracts for Lord Abbett’s UCITS and AIF products.
  • Work closely with Lord Abbett’s external legal counsel in relation to the above, where appropriate, to include managing timely delivery of projects and advice.
  • Counsel client service and sales teams regarding cross-border sales issues and distribution agreements.

You'll need to have:

  • 8+ years of experience gained in the asset management practice of a reputable law firm and/or in-house.
  • Solid understanding of legal and regulatory rules applicable to the management, operation and distribution of fund products and provision of portfolio management solutions.
  • Subject matter expertise in UCITS and AIFMD.
  • Experience dealing with regulators and managing the process around regulatory applications.
  • Familiarity with fund structures and applicable regulatory requirements across the spectrum of UCITS and AIF products and fund types.
  • Ability to assess and interpret regulatory requirements and changes.

Why Lord Abbett?

Lord Abbett is a leading global independent, privately held investment management company. We are active managers and invest where we believe we have a repeatable edge and can deliver alpha for our clients. Our vision is to be the most respected asset manager in the world, admired for our people, our performance, our relationships, and our organizational agility. This inspires the three pillars of our culture.

  • Principles-Led - We empower our leaders to create an environment of trust.
  • Performance-Oriented - We inspire our people to embody our values, excellence, responsibility, transparency & collaboration.
  • Purpose-Driven - We instill a passion for always putting our clients' interests first. 

We are honored to have earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments and scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, a measure of LGBTQ+ workplace equality.  

 

Benefits: Lord Abbett is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package to all eligible employees. Offerings include competitive total compensation, retirement plans, competitive health and well-being plans. To learn more about what we offer, please visit Careers | Lord Abbett

 

Lord Abbett is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity, caregiver status, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. All employment decisions at Lord Abbett are based solely on the applicant’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.

 

Important notice to Search Firms - Please Read Carefully
Without prior written agreement, Lord Abbett does not accept unsolicited submissions from employment agencies, search firms, placement services, or any similar provider (“Search Firms”) for employment opportunities. All candidates submitted by Search Firms to any employee or partner at our company without a written Search Firm agreement in place will be deemed the sole property of our company. In such circumstances, no fee, commission, or other compensation will be paid to such Search Firm in the event a candidate is hired by our company. To the extent a Search Firm has a written agreement in place, all introductions are position specific and should be directed to HR or the hiring manager, so we kindly request no unsolicited phone calls or emails.

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