Paralegal - Legal - London

Job description

The Role

A position has become available for a paralegal to join Aviva Investors' Asset Management legal team on a permanent basis

The Team

The Asset Management legal team provides legal support across the business, including to Client Relationship and Distribution, Dealing, Liquid Assets Investment and Operations for Europe and Asia. This covers a large range of matters, including: investment management, distribution and broker agreements; equity trading documentation; and outsourcing and service agreements. The team takes the lead and/or work closely with the compliance function on major regulatory development projects, e.g. Brexit, ESG regulations. The team also work closely with the specialist fund and derivative legal teams and with the overseas legal teams in Europe and the US.

Responsibilities

Your primary focus will be to support the asset management legal team in negotiating a range of agreements, including distribution agreements, reporting agreements, investment management agreements and supplier agreements. You will also conduct legal research to assist in the advising on a range of legal issues relating to asset management; co-ordinate work from the Singapore and Australian office, including managing fund registrations and notifications; and help to maintaining team resources, including precedents and playbooks.

The successful candidate will have a university degree, preferably Law related, and will have some experience of working within a legal function either in-house or in a law firm. Experience of financial services industry would be beneficial. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. You will be detail orientated with excellent verbal and written skills, in addition to having strong organisational and time management skills. You will demonstrate initiative and the ability to work independently.

Requirements

Essential

Qualifications:

•            Law degree or equivalent experience preferred with a minimum of 2:1.

Experience

•            Legal assistant/paralegal experience

Skills/Knowledge:

•            Strong written and verbal communication skills.

•            Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational and communication (oral and written) skills.

•            Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment with or without direct supervision and coordinate multiple projects.

•            Ability to use initiative and work well independently.

About us

We are a global asset manager with broad and deep expertise across all major asset classes. As part of the Aviva Group – the UK’s largest insurance company – we are uniquely positioned to combine our insurance heritage with our investment capabilities to deliver the outcomes that matter most to today’s investor.

Today’s investors are asking more questions than ever. They expect more from their asset managers. They want joined-up thinking fit for an interconnected world; integrated solutions with their needs firmly at the heart. We’re challenging ourselves to respond to these new expectations – as well as the changes taking place in our industry and the world around us.  About us

Inclusion and diversity

More than 1,500 people work across the globe, bringing it all together for today’s investor. True integrated advantage starts with our culture.

When everyone feels part of a unified team, in an environment of fairness, inclusion and positivity, we all achieve more. Integrated advantage is created when everyone feels stronger together - with no barriers to their ability to contribute, collaborate and succeed.  Our Culture

You will be assessed against the Aviva values: care more, kill complexity, never rest and create legacy.