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Job Description

Your Team

The Legal Team at Invesco is spread across Hyderabad, United States, EMEA, APAC and Canada region. The team aids with all legal matters including drafting, summarizing, and negotiating legal documents, agreements, supplements to the offering documents of various regulated investment products, file class actions/bankruptcy recovery claims and support the firm’s corporate governance processes.

Our Purpose – Our purpose is to support Invesco’s delivery of superior investment experiences by proactively building and deploying sustainable best‐practice legal solutions for our rigorous regulatory environment.

Your Role

• Partner with others on the Americas, EMEA and APAC Legal Teams on joint Paralegal projects and responsibilities.
• Assist with drafting, analysing, reviewing and negotiating, as applicable, various agreements and amendments, including software licenses, SaaS/cloud agreements, commercial/vendor agreements, partner agreements, confidentiality/non-disclosure and professional services agreements.
• Upload Amendments and other agreements on Online Document Repositories and also ensure the Master Agreements are properly tagged with the corresponding Amendments and schedules.
• Respond to Legal Subpoenas, IRS Summons, DOJ, Grand Jury Subpoenas, restraining notices, LOI and garnishment notices.
• Make annual updates to the Fund Disclosure Documents in alignment with Americas, EMEA and APAC Legal Teams for both the Retail and ETF Funds.
• File Post Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements for the Retail and ETF funds.
• Assist in Monthly and Quarterly updates and filing for Interval Fund Tender Offer forms. Update the Tender Offer Board Memo and Resolutions quarterly or as needed.
• Conduct research on historic fund trades, balance fund holdings and fill in reports for class action/bankruptcy litigation filings (Chapter 11) in the United States and other Invesco offices across the globe.
• Assist in the process of gathering and disclosing portfolio manager fund holdings and assets.
• Build out board books, agendas and post board materials for the fund boards in online repositories.
• Prepare and update, as needed, disclosure documents the firm’s Institutional Private Funds.
• Review and edit annual registration statements and disclosure for sub-advised funds.
• Partner with the derivatives legal team to assist in creation of ISDA Amendments, Account Control Agreements and Draft Fx Spot letters and provide ISDA Information Updates.
• Conduct reviews of existing compliance policies to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and potential legal or regulatory risks.
• Assist in Legal preparatory work, projects and related responsibilities as needed.
• Effectively find solutions to issues as they arise.
• Interact daily with overseas colleagues, both verbal and written.

Work Timing:

Working timing will be 12.30pm to 09.30pm IST however this could change from time to time as per process requirements.

The Experience You Bring

• 1-3 years of legal work experience, preferably with an investment advisor or mutual fund group in legal or other regulatory environment.
• Understanding of technology contract practices and standards preferred.
• Corporate Governance experience and training will be a plus.
• Working knowledge of back-office operations and securities laws/regulations will be a plus.

Skills / Other Personal Attributes Required:

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Good interpersonal and strong analytical skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Shall be a good team player
• Shall be open to work flexible hours
• Proficiency in MS Office suite of applications

Academic requirements

Degree in Legal

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Worker Type

Employee

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

No

Workplace Model

At Invesco, our workplace model supports our culture and meets the needs of our clients while providing flexibility our employees value. As a full-time employee, compliance with the workplace policy means working with your direct manager to create a schedule where you will work in your designated office at least three days a week, with two days working outside an Invesco office. 

Why Invesco

In Invesco, we act with integrity and do meaningful work to create impact for our stakeholders. We believe our culture is stronger when we all feel we belong, and we respect each other’s identities, lives, health, and well-being. We come together to create better solutions for our clients, our business and each other by building on different voices and perspectives. We nurture and encourage each other to ensure our meaningful growth, both personally and professionally. 

We believe in diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace where everyone feels equally valued, and this starts at the top with our senior leaders having diversity and inclusion goals. Our global focus on diversity and inclusion has grown exponentially and we encourage connection and community through our many employee-led Business Resource Groups (BRGs).  

What’s in it for you? 

As an organization we support personal needs, diverse backgrounds and provide internal networks, as well as opportunities to get involved in the community and in the world. 

Our benefit policy includes but not limited to: 

• Competitive Compensation 
• Flexible, Hybrid Work 
• 30 days’ Annual Leave + Public Holidays 
• Life Insurance 
• Retirement Planning 
• Group Personal Accident Insurance 
• Medical Insurance for Employee and Family 
• Annual Health Check-up 
• 26 weeks Maternity Leave 
• Paternal Leave 
• Adoption Leave 
• Near site Childcare Facility 
• Employee Assistance Program 
• Study Support 
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan 
• ESG Commitments and Goals 
• Business Resource Groups 
• Career Development Programs 
• Mentoring Programs 
• Invesco Cares 
• Dress for your Day 

In Invesco, we offer development opportunities that help you thrive as a lifelong learner in a constantly evolving business environment and ensure your constant growth. Our AI enabled learning platform delivers curated content based on your role and interest. We ensure our manager and leaders also have many opportunities to advance their skills and competencies that becomes pivotal in their continuous pursuit of performance excellence. 

To know more about us 

About Invesco: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/home.html 

About our Culture: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/about-us/our-culture.html 

About our D&I policy: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/our-commitments/diversity-and-inclusion.html 

About our CR program: https://www.invesco.com/corporate/en/our-commitments/corporate-responsibility.html 

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