About QIP
QIP is a Singapore-based private equity real estate firm. We are a specialist in the Global Residential Living Sector and invest in the UK, the US and Japan. Our team of professionals offer institutional and professional investors real estate private equity investment opportunities through joint venture, separate mandate accounts, bespoke real estate investment wrapper solutions for financial intermediaries or plain vanilla LP investments through our series of single asset or portfolio funds.
Our strength lies in the expertise of our Real Estate and Capital Market Team and the ability to seek unique and creative real estate investment solutions for our private clients, financial intermediaries and institutional investors.
About the role
This is a newly created role and one of our key hires for 2024. We are seeking a proficient and experienced Funds Legal & Transaction Counsel to join our team in Singapore. You will be overseeing the structuring, negotiation, and execution of real estate funds whilst working closely with the acquisition and development team. The role will also oversee compliance with regulatory standards for our MAS capital markets licensed business.
- Fund Origination: Lead the legal aspects of fund formation, including the drafting and negotiation of JV and limited partnership agreements and ancillary fund documents working alongside external Legal Counsel.
- Investment Structuring: Collaborate with the acquisition and development team to ensure alignment with fund objectives, investment expectations and support acquisition and development team with transaction legals.
- Transaction Due Diligence: Conduct counterparty legal and commercial due diligence and responsible for overseeing the Fund's legal risk management framework and providing strategic counsel to senior management
- Group Corporate, Fund Governance & Reporting: Supervise corporate governance matters across fund and corporate group and oversee regular reporting and compliance to MAS regulations, and support the group’s legal function such as NDAs and provide pragmatic and strategic advice to business unit heads
Requirements:
- Possess a Law degree from a recognized university, and qualified in commonwealth jurisdictions
- Ideally 5-8 years PQE, with strong PE funds origination, structuring and investments background
- Real estate background an advantage
- Open to legal candidates from private practice with strong private equity investment experience
- Demonstrate strong technical skills with commercial and innovative lens to meet business objectives
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment on complex legal and regulatory issues
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Suitable for funds legal professional seeking to specialize in real estate private equity and working become a valuable team member with a highly ambitious global real estate business.
