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**Overview**: LaSalle’s AIFM is regulated by the CSSF and acts as the “portfolio manager” and “risk manager” of a number of LaSalle sponsored funds that target a diverse range of strategies in respect of real estate investments in Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific. The AIFM currently has eleven funds under management with a total AUM exceeding €5.6b (which amount AUM is expected to grow substantially over the next few years has the AIFM has an active and growing pipeline of new funds from all three LaSalle regions). LaSalle sponsored fund’s range in strategy from core to value add, to securities and fund of funds. LaSalle’s unregulated business largely provides financial, administrative and legal services to certain unregulated funds and SPV’s for our suite sponsored products. LaSalle’s Luxembourg platform is considered a priority business of LaSalle and LaSalle is focused on ensuring that the business is properly resourced with talented people able to meet the commercial and legal demands of its internal and external clients, whilst also meeting the regulatory requirements of Luxembourg law and the expectations of the CSSF and the AED. The AIFM’s business has grown significantly in the last 24 months and this as well as further forecast growth. The wider Luxembourg office comprises approximately 25 staff. This new role will sit in the Luxembourg Legal and Compliance team, which consists among others of the Luxembourg and France Head of Legal, three legal counsels and three legal officers. The compliance and legal functions report to the European Head of Legal & Compliance in London. This role will report to one of the Luxembourg legal counsel but will work closely with the Luxembourg Legal team.

**Role and Accountabilities**: The Luxembourg legal team manages a number of operational, investment and legal matters on behalf of LaSalle sponsored funds and separate account clients. The Luxembourg office is closely integrated in to LaSalle’s European and global platform and plays an important role assisting with acquisition, financing, structuring, disposition and other matters. This is a busy and varied role well suited to a person with excellent organisations skills and the ability to meet demanding deadlines. The scope of the role is broken into two key areas:
Corporate administration
**Transaction support**: organize and attend board/ shareholder’s meetings, prepare corporate resolutions, log board minutes.

**Document drafting/execution**: draft standard legal documents (board minutes, incorporation deeds, resolutions, agreements, CSSF letters) and keep logs of all of them. Prepare documents for signature and maintain decision making audit trails.

**Regulatory filings**: prepare filings with the Luxembourg trade and companies register for inter alia, annual accounts, beneficial owners’, revocation/appointment of managers, etc.

**Team support**: support the legal team by drafting, maintaining documents in a paper and/or electronic system, organizing files, maintaining a legal library. Assisting the Luxembourg legal team with daily work and provide support to the Luxembourg Chief Counsel.

**Company secretarial**: maintain minute books, statutory /financial instruments registers and prepare documentation in relation to certain corporate actions (including audits). Organize and arrange for legalization, apostille of Luxembourg documents and translation of legal documents.

**KYC**: assist LaSalle in meeting its “Know Your Client” obligations; act as the Luxembourg supporting point for AML requests and KYC process.

**General company administration**: internal and external coordination in order to gather information and/or documentation required to carry out assignment as well as data input and maintenance of databases, including exhaustiveness of companies’ books and records.

**Automation**: database entry/coding, database searching and database maintenance.

Global Entity Management System (GEMS)

**Responsibilities in respect of GEMS will include**:
Working closely with fund controllers in other European offices, adding new entities to GEMS and updating the information for existing entities

Identifying and addressing gaps in the information held

Reviewing and confirming the accuracy of the information on a 6 monthly basis

Running recurring reports &ad hoc reports

**Required Qualifications & Experience**:
Fluent French and English (German would be an asset also);
Good communication, positive attitude and interpersonal skills;
Team player with a strong desire to deliver quality services to both internal and external clients ;
Able work in an environment which necessitates responsiveness and flexibility in order to meet transaction deadlines;
Highly organized and methodical;
Pro-active, meticulous, reliable and accurate;
Detail orientated, result-oriented, taking initiatives;
Proficient in MS O