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Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.
Job Description
Summary:
Ares is currently seeking a Paralegal in the London office who will be responsible for working with the Legal team, specifically the Ares Infrastructure legal team, as well as investment professionals and other non-investment groups at the firm to administer principal duties listed below.
Primary Functions and Essential Responsibilities:
- Deal Transaction Support: including responding to ad hoc queries from the Deal, Operations and Finance teams
- Entity Formation and Maintenance: including responding to queries on the entity database, monthly entity updates, responding to ad hoc queries from Tax and Operations teams and maintaining internal officer and directorship lists
- NDAs, Release and Reliance Letters: including reviewing, drafting and negotiating documents, conflicts checking and clearance, responding to and resolving conflicts queries and responding to return/destruction requests
- Drafting and reviewing Incumbency Certificates
- Know-Your-Customer (KYC) Checks: including creating and maintaining KYC packs and responding to KYC inquiries
- Billing Matters: including coding, reviewing and processing invoices
- Assistance managing board meeting for public reporting vehicles, including minutes, board material dissemination, and other related functions.
- Any other tasks as requested by and to support the Ares Infrastructure team from time to time
Education:
- Paralegal certification, Legal Practice Certificate (LPC), Law Degree or other appropriate qualification
Experience Required:
- 1-2 years Paralegal experience with a City law firm and / or in-house financial services legal team
General Requirements:
- Personable, confident, responsive and a self-starter
- Skilled with Adobe Acrobat Pro, Microsoft Office Suite and other MS Office software products, especially MS Word, Excel and Visio
- Keen eye for detail
- Articulate and concise communicator (verbal and written) with good negotiation skills
- Highly organized and responsive
Company Description:
Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager providing clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, private equity, real estate and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of September, Ares Management's global platform had approximately $282 billion of assets under management with approximately 2,060 employees operating across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
Ares Management LLC (together with its related operating and administrative subsidiaries, “Ares Management”) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ethnicity, creed, sex, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, status regarding public assistance, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, gender identity and expression, transgender status, genetic information, status as unemployed, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
Ares Management will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
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