Private Assets Junior Legal Assistant

Pictet is an investment-led service company, offering wealth management, asset management and related services. We are a partnership of eight owner managers and our principles of succession and transmission of ownership have remained unchanged since founding in 1805.

Our purpose is to build responsible partnerships with our clients, communities, and the companies in which we invest, in order to safeguard and transmit wealth, of all kinds, in the service of the real economy.

With more than CHF 612 billion in assets under management or custody at 31 December 2022, Pictet is today one of the leading Europe-based independent wealth and asset managers.

The Group is headquartered in Geneva, where its activities began, and employs more than 5000 employees. With 30 offices, it is also present in Amsterdam, Basel, Barcelona, Brussels, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Lausanne, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Monaco, Montreal, Munich, Nassau, Osaka, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Singapore, Stuttgart, Taipei, Tel-Aviv, Tokyo, Turin, Verona, Shanghai, New York and Zurich.

**Your team**:
The **Pictet Group** is one of the world’s leading independent wealth and asset managers. Founded in 1805 and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Group is represented in 30 offices in financial centres worldwide, currently employing over 5200 people. Pictet has been present in Luxembourg since 1989 where it employs over 700 people.

**FundPartner Solutions** provides a full suite of fund administration and private label funds services. The global team of industry experts specialises in Funds domiciliation, registration and governance, as well as risk compliance and investment management services.

Reporting to the **Corporate Services Team **and under the supervision of the **Head of Private Assets Corporate services.**
You will work on the implementation and corporate follow-up of the Bank's own SPVs/SCSp/GPs resulting from internal structuring solutions.
Your role will be to act as a coordinator for various outside interlocutors (tax specialists, legal counsels and accountants) as well as with different in-house interlocutors (wealth management specialists, investment advisors, etc.).

**Your role**:

- Opening bank accounts and coordinating the necessary paperwork for incorporation.
- Handling annual accounts by gathering legal documents, preparing board/shareholder approvals, and filing with the RCS (Register of Companies).
- Managing bank accounts, including maintenance, closure, and processing payments.
- Drafting ad-hoc minutes for board of directors meetings, both internally and externally, collecting signatures, and organizing documents.
- Coordinating extraordinary general meetings (EGM) and other shareholders' resolutions, including document signing, register updates, and RCS filing if necessary.
- Updating registers for shares and notes.
- Drafting agreements and other legal documents internally, reviewing externally drafted documents, obtaining manager approval, collecting signatures, and ensuring execution.
- Handling liquidation and dissolution processes, including preparing liquidation fact sheets, coordinating with a notary, drafting EGMs and power of attorneys (POAs), collecting necessary documents, and filing with the RCS.
- Collecting legal documentation and information for compliance with Know Your Customer (KYC) requests from third parties.
- Maintaining corporate records and registers.
- Updating the online database as required.

**Your profile**:

- Maximum 3 years of experience in a similar position;
- You are graduated in business administration, economics, law or finance;
- Fluent in written and spoken English and French;
- You have a good understanding of Luxembourg company law and funds industry;
- Ability to work on multiple tasks;
- An enquiring mind and a desire to progress;
- You are well organised, have very good communication skills and good team player.

**Note**

We will not accept any CVs from agencies.

**Flexible and modern ways of working**

As a responsible and supportive employer, we promote the well-being of our employees through a set of flexible working arrangements, ranging from a work-from-home policy for eligible functions to opportunities for annualised part-time leave and extended parental leave.

**Diversity & Inclusion**:
**_Pictet is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse environment. We respect all individuals and seek their inclusion in the workplace._