The role for you

As a senior funds lawyer, you will work alongside our specialist and highly talented financial services team of lawyers. We offer a collaborative, supportive and professional environment where you will work across our existing practice pillars of core funds, regulatory law, alternative funds, governance risk and compliance, and corporate.

You will have the freedom to grow your own practice and our transparent and unique remuneration model encourages and rewards you every step of the way.

Typical clients include professional responsible entities / trustees, investment managers (both Australian and offshore and across a range of asset classes), administrators, superannuation trustees, custodians, platform providers and MDA operators, financial advisors and other key stakeholders in the managed funds industry.

Your day-to-day role will require you to:

• Assist with fund establishment and structuring, product disclosure and distribution for:

• domestic or offshore and wholesale and retail across all asset classes
• private equity, venture capital partnerships and managed investment trusts

• Advise on regulatory law and licensing compliance for Australian and offshore fund managers and other key stakeholders in the managed funds industry
• Draft fund documents and negotiating key service provider terms
• Act for large institutional investors on their investment terms in domestic and offshore fund vehicles
• Liaise with key regulators and relevant Government departments
• Keep up to date with regulatory reforms and changes and industry best practice.

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What we are looking for in our team members

We are seeking motivated team members with the following characteristics:

• specialist legal expertise in financial services law (with a focus on managed funds)
• +5 to 9 years post qualification experience, and above
• a can-do attitude and a desire to grow with our business
• strong commercial acumen and problem solving skills
• ability to communicate complex issues clearly and succinctly
• a desire to provide excellent client servicing level (because we like our clients – we don’t act for clients we don’t like)
• strong technical and drafting skills
• a team player who enjoys working remotely and collaboratively with other like-minded people.

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What PMC Legal offers you

At PMC Legal, we strive to offer:

• An enjoyable, truly flexible and rewarding workplace for team members. We reward our people differently and competitively to traditional firms. We inspire, lead and manage our people so they may be committed to (and rewarded for) growing their own practices and value and enjoy their work. We provide a highly transparent and motivating remuneration model that encourages our lawyers to excel and grow. We encourage team members to own client relationships and reward them for this. We are committed to continuous improvement of our systems and technology to provide a genuine flexible and innovative working environment for team members. Our work environment is agile, flexible and collaborative. Team members choose to join our firm because they feel valued, respected, empowered and in control of their work lives.
• Expert advice. We know an enormous amount about our specialist area of law. We know how to apply the law to our client’s businesses and solve their legal challenges. We are innovative thinkers and problem solvers. “No” is not the default answer. We don’t dabble in areas we are not experts. We refer clients to other like-minded specialists rather than attempt to be a “one stop shop”.
• Premium industry knowledge and insight. We understand the industry and how it works now and where it is headed. We are valued members of, and contributors to, the top industry bodies and advisers. We share our knowledge and collaborate with clients, industry, regulators and law makers. Team members actively participate in industry groups and contribute at industry events.
• Personal service. We are proud of what we do and who we are. We treat people fairly and respectfully. We truly care about the quality of our work and how our clients rate us. We are personable and form deep relationships with team members and clients. We enjoy the journey with our clients. We enjoy the journey with team members.

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Our difference

Our business model is different to (and we think better than) traditional professional services firms. We are a diverse team but share core common values of professionalism and decency. We don’t worry too much about titles because we value everyone. Our footprint is small as we generally don’t commute and we don’t host elaborate meeting rooms. But our services are exceptional. We look forward to working together.