This is a fantastic opportunity for a legal support professional to join a well-established private investments firm based in the heart of London as an in-house Legal and Compliance Assistant. This role is placed within their legal department and reports to the Head of Legal.

Responsibilities

• This is a full-time office-based role, 8.30-5.30
• The Legal Assistant will provide support to the legal, investment and finance teams
• Drafting documents, contracts and various agreements
• Performing legal research of various companies and potential investment deals, as necessary
• Reporting results of various research outcomes, liaising with legal team members to decide on the following outcomes
• Dealing with various banking, compliance and KYC requests
• Filing and processing various KYC due diligence and banking forms
• Supporting the team with the opening and maintaining bank accounts
• Updating information in various public registers across various jurisdictions
• Other general legal and administrative duties

Key Skills

• Previous experience working in a legal, company administration, corporate service provider or compliance role
• Sound experience in proofreading documents
• Advanced level of working with Excel and Word (i.e., can do automatic cross-references, table of contents, automatic numbering of paragraphs)
• Basic knowledge of companies’ corporate organisation, ownership structures and governance, main constitutional documents and registration requirements (at least in several EU jurisdictions like Lux, Cyprus, Austria, France, etc. and offshore – e.g. CI, BVI, UAE)
• Basic experience with bank account opening, KYC due diligence is preferred
• Invoicing experience and can keep track of payments and compare the invoice to the agreed price in the engagement letter
• Has sound practical experience rather than just educational
• A degree in Law or a related field – preferred but not essential
• Fluent English and Russian language skills
• Strong organisational and multitasking skills with a good eye to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Job advantages

• This is a one-year contract role with a strong opportunity to stay in a permanent capacity
• Great team of professionals, close-knit team
• Fantastic office location in the heart of London
• Good salary on offer, additional discretionary bonus and great benefits
• 25 days holidays plus 8 public holidays
• Opportunity to learn and grow within the role

NB! Please email your CV for this role to admin@rsilondongroup.co.uk quoting reference LA45-50.