Senior Associate, Investments Legal

Job Description

Purpose of the role:

Provision of all provision of strategic legal advice, leadership of transaction execution and investment consortium arrangements and responsibility for corporate securities matters for Brookfield Property Group and its associated funds.

Responsibilities:

Primary focus will be in Japan, with a secondary focus on South Korea, South-East Asia and regional initiatives. The role will include working across integrated teams across the greater Asia Pacific region.

Acquisitions and disposals

Responsibility for execution on the full range of issues that arise in complex, multi-faceted transactions, across all sectors and transaction types, including private and public company mergers and acquisitions, lending and structured finance

Manage and advise on legal and commercial risks associated with transactions, their potential impact and suggested mitigating actions, including conflicts matters and fund compliance matters

Advise on accurate interpretation of contract documents, bond indentures and other relevant documents in conjunction with prospective investments, existing portfolio companies as well as in conjunction with supporting the real estate group operation and finance team

Review and advise on capital management initiatives and documentation

Other

Stay abreast of Brookfield's broader strategy and legal developments affecting the Real Estate group, its clients, and industries and synthesize the information to incorporate it into the group's transactional and governance practices

Litigation support as needed Management of specific external legal engagements, liaison with external legal advisers as required, review of legal advice issued by external legal advisers and communication of such advice to internal stakeholders

Form collaborative relationships with relevant personnel from the management team and across the Brookfield Group functions such as Tax, Accounting, Risk, and Compliance

Oversee and provide guidance and support as needed to lawyers in the Real Estate Group across the region

Other ad hoc projects and duties as required

Qualifications

Tertiary qualifications in Legal related discipline

Bilingual fluency in both English and Japanese, which is required to communicate effectively with Japanese-speaking clients, counterparties, vendors and other stakeholders, and to review and manage business communications and documentation in both languages.

Experience

Minimum of five to seven years solid M&A, finance, equity capital markets or debt capital markets legal experience working within top-tier law firm and/or large multinational organisations

Strong understanding of complex and growing organisational structure

Sound judgement and commercial acumen

Good understanding of various types of legal structures including GKs, TMKs and ISHs

Excellent technical and drafting skills, meticulous attention to detail

Understanding of the Brookfield culture and values

Ability to manage high levels of detailed/complex work.

Ability to think through legal and compliance consequences with all processes, putting in place appropriate pathways for outcomes being sought.

Flexibility, commitment, ownership, teamwork, integrity, high performance.

Brookfield is committed to maintaining a Positive Work Environment that is safe and respectful; our shared success depends on it. Accordingly, we do not tolerate workplace discrimination, violence or harassment.

We are proud to create a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are grateful for your interest in this position, however, only candidates selected for pre-screening will be contacted.