Manager , Asset Management

Responsibilities

• Being part of a team committed to overall delivery of legal services and compliance with all delivery commitments to the client, including reviewing, draft and negotiate a wide range of IT focused commercial contracts across a Global remit. This may include Master Services Agreements, Amendment Agreements, Local Country Agreements,, SAAS Agreements , Supply Agreements, Reseller Agreements, Contract Interpretation and advisory support, Dispute handling, professional and consulting services contracts,, licensing contracts, other IP/IT contracts and general commercial contracts;
• Adhering to and developing delivery processes and commitments;
• Inputting and managing data on Factor and client systems and keep them up to date;
• Helping develop contract templates, playbooks and other tools for use by the team;
• Helping develop more junior team members through mentoring, training, quality checking of work output and acting as a point of contact for legal queries;  
• Remaining up to date on legal and other relevant developments within the industry.

Essential Criteria

• You are adaptable, authentic, accountable, and values-driven. You’re a team player who exhibits personal leadership and leaves things better than you found them. We’re looking for someone who always gives their best and inspires others to do the same. This role requires the legal knowledge to take instructions from our Clients, take appropriate action and serve as an escalation point on issues for more junior team members. It’s no small task!
 
In addition to the above, here are the required skills, knowledge, capabilities, and education for this role:
• Law Degree and Qualified lawyer in the United States. 
• Legally eligible to work in the country this role is based
• 5 years’ experience of independently drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts within a law firm, as part of an in-house legal team or within Factor
• Experience working in the asset management/private equity space, with experience of working on real estate transactions
• Excellent attention to detail
• Operates with substantial latitude, with minimal or no supervision
• Ability to handle a consistent and varied workload to meet client deadlines
• Frequent client-facing experience in a legal context
• Experience of managing and developing teams and supervising their work output
• Experience of coaching and mentoring more junior team members
• Experience of client relationship management
• Strong commercial awareness, working directly with business managers and other functions across an organisation
• Extensive legal knowledge in order to act as a senior advisor to the client and serve as an escalation point on issues for more junior team members
• Experience in the development and management of standard operating procedures, playbooks, templates and tools for use by a team
• Expert written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Very strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite - especially Microsoft Word

Desirable Criteria

• Ability to review data sets to assist with managing team capacity and identify insights and trends
• Ability to manage workflow – efficiently allocating of work within a team
• Passion for driving efficiencies through better management of process, playbooks, templates and use of technology, including through the integration of AI.