Senior Director, Engineering
BNY
Head of Legal and Compliance
fundcraft
full-time
Posted on:
Location: 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
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Lead
About the role
- Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on legal, compliance and regulatory matters across the group and regulated companies.
- Lead legal aspects of investment rounds, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and other growth initiatives.
- Oversee corporate legal structuring and regulatory strategy for expansion into new geographies and product lines.
- Shape legal framework for product expansion into new markets and asset classes.
- Draft, negotiate and review complex commercial agreements, shareholder agreements and transactional documentation.
- Manage legal due diligence, deal negotiations, and post-transaction integration and project management.
- Develop and maintain group-wide legal governance and compliance framework (including compliance program and group/PFS/AIFM policies).
- Identify legal and compliance risks and implement mitigation strategies while supporting entrepreneurial approach.
- Oversee Compliance functions of regulated entities, including responsibility for Conducting Officer, RR, Compliance Officer and RC of the PFS, and manage relationships with external stakeholders and auditors.
- Collaborate with Sales & Marketing, Product Delivery and Product Development to embed legal considerations and deliver training and knowledge-sharing.
Requirements
- Qualified lawyer with 10+ years of experience, preferably with a mix of top-tier law firm and in-house legal leadership experience.
- Proven track record in handling fundraising rounds, M&A transactions and cross-border legal strategy.
- Deep understanding of Luxembourg and European fund regulatory landscape.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to balance legal risk with business pragmatism.
- Experience managing cross collaborative projects and working in fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and growth-stage environments.
- Fluent in English and French; additional European languages are a plus.
- Expected behaviours: Strategic; Pragmatic; Accountable; Ethical; Empowering.
