Blackstone Legal & Compliance – Vice President

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
 

Business Unit: Blackstone Legal & Compliance

Job Title: Blackstone Legal & Compliance – Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Assist investment and business groups in structuring, negotiating and facilitating new credit-oriented investments and related investment management considerations.
• Manage legal aspects of new bespoke product launches, including structuring, drafting and negotiation of investment management documents and review and drafting of disclosures, and coordination with investment, marketing, operations, fund accounting and tax teams.
• Coordinate with Blackstone funds formation team on new flagship fund launches.
• Work with capital formation team on asset backed financing liquidity facilities and other debt and equity financing (including “at the market” offerings) for Blackstone Credit & Insurance funds.
• Work on corporate projects related to the firm, including private and public transactions, operational matters, investor relations issues and new business initiatives.
• Assist in a variety of day-to-day matters faced by in-house legal group related to large, dynamic global business, including review and negotiation of confidentiality agreements, vendor agreements and miscellaneous contracts.
• Assist in the review of marketing materials, investor communications and responses to investor inquiries.
• Assist in ongoing legal aspects of operating existing investment funds, including review of contractual provisions, preparing amendments and updating and revising of investment vehicles’ offering materials.
• Coordinate with compliance team on transaction and investment funds-related compliance matters, including Adviser’s Act issues, Investment Company Act of 1940, antitrust issues, trade clearance, regulatory filings and designing and testing of compliance systems.
• Assist in the updating and maintenance of the firm’s policies and procedures, corporate governance documents and files and research/regulatory library and filings.
• Support various business groups, including investment, marketing, fund accounting, tax operations and middle office departments.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Qualifications:

Education

• Juris Doctor degree (or foreign equivalent) in Law

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of experience in job offered or related occupations.
• Minimum 3 years of experience representing borrowers and lenders in debt financing transactions, including first-lien, second-lien and unitranche term loans, asset-based and cash-flow revolvers, bonds, capital call facilities and distressed lending transactions.
• Minimum 3 years of experience advising on the structuring and execution of financing transactions and on guarantee and collateral issues in secured lending.
• Minimum 3 years of experience managing all aspects of deal processes, including coordinating among corporate and specialist legal teams, overseeing local counsel and other deal advisors and facilitating signing and closing matters.
• Minimum 3 years of experience advising on antitrust related matters.
• Minimum 3 years of experience representing public issuers in at-the-market equity offerings and ot