BlackRock is searching for a highly motivated individual to join the Thresholds team within BlackRock’s broader Legal & Compliance function.
About BlackRock :
BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment company based in New York City. Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed-income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager, with USD 9.74 trillion in assets under management as of December 31, 2022.
About the Opportunity :
The Thresholds team is responsible for managing legal, regulatory, compliance, and public policy challenges that derive from the size of BlackRock’s investments. You will have a unique opportunity to work across functions to help answer some of the most interesting and complex questions that are critical to BlackRock’s future.
Roles & Responsibilities :
- Provide day-to-day advice to investment teams regarding the impact of ownership limits and other regulations on portfolio management and negotiated transactions;
- Partner with, and provide legal guidance to, the operations teams responsible for making major shareholder disclosures in APAC jurisdictions;
- Identify, analyze, and respond to regulatory and legislative changes and emerging academic theories impacting foreign investment rules, position disclosures, competition policy, proxy voting, and investment stewardship activities;
- Research and provide advice to APAC threshold leads on whether individual issuers, securities, and financial instruments are subject to ownership limits and foreign investment rules.
- Engage with issuers and regulators to discuss investment constraints and secure approvals and/or relief from ownership limits;
- Coordinate APAC-wide projects and work closely with various APAC threshold country leads within the APAC legal team;
- Manage and supervise the work of outside counsel; and
- Manage routine matters such as responding to regulatory and issuer inquiries, advising on policies and procedures, and providing training sessions to colleagues
Eligibility
- A from a nationally recognized law school;
- At least five years of regulatory or transactional experience practicing at a major law firm and/or in the legal and compliance department of an asset manager, investment bank, hedge fund, or other financial services company;
- An understanding of the securities laws and regulations affecting asset managers in major APAC jurisdictions, and a desire to develop expertise in new or unfamiliar areas of law;
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including a proven ability to explain complex legal concepts in a clear, simple, and commercial manner;
- Demonstrated initiative and accountability, and the ability to work both independently and as a member of a team in a fast-paced environment;
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and an ability to bring a commercial and solution-orientated approach to your work; and
- The ability to prioritize numerous demands and simultaneously manage multiple time-sensitive matters in a highly organized manner.
Applying procedure :
Interested candidates may apply through the link provided at the end of the post.
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Location
Gurgaon, India
