Legal & Compliance, Corporate Officer - German Speaker

Overview

Who we “R” 

Revantage Europe is a professional corporate services company that embraces ambition and innovation to service Blackstone’s European real estate investments. 

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager, with a real estate portfolio that includes industrial & logistics, residential, office, hospitality and retail properties in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. 

What We Value - Our Culture 

Creating a culture that inspires change and momentum requires the right team.  We know what it takes to lead an industry, and are looking for leaders who seek constant growth, want to excel, and continuously improve upon themselves and the industry.  The culture at Revantage is built on our shared core values and commitment to be: 

• Achievers: We expect high standards for ourselves and enable the success of our teams. 
• Enthusiasts: We face challenges with optimism and believe anything is possible. 
• Leaders: We commit to continuously improve our performance. 
• Learners: We learn from our challenges, successes and the diversity of our people. 
• Partners: We deliver value and positive impact to our partners. 

Why This Role Is Valuable 

 

The Legal & Compliance team as a whole deals with the corporate, legal, KYC and AML needs of the companies and the structures set up to manage our real estate investments. Your role is to support the Legal & Compliance German team in certain of its functions described below.

 

Responsibilities

• Managing the legal and corporate requirements of your own portfolio of real estate investments throughout Europe consisting of roughly 150 - 200 entities both from the entities’ corporate governance aspect, as well as the perspective of the documentation pertaining to the tax structuring of the investment;
• Drafting, reviewing and coordinating the execution of legal and corporate documents (intragroup financing, distributions, Annual Accounts, corporate approvals, property documentation, etc.);
• Cooperating with internal Departments, as well as external asset management, legal, tax and other advisors on domestic and cross-border corporate or real-estate transactions;
• Ensuring companies’ transactions comply with corporate law and regulations;
• Contributing to regular regulatory reporting under EU Law, such as DAC6 or depository reporting;
• Actively participating in the numerous initiatives and trainings of the L&C team;
• Using various tools or databases towards the digitisation of the documentation and data maintenance.

Qualifications

What You Bring To The Role

• At least 2-3 years’ experience in a legal/corporate department of a fiduciary/law firm/in house legal or corporate position in Luxembourg;
• Mandatory fluent in  English and German, any other language will be an advantage;
• Experience with open-ended or closed-end funds is an asset;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Total proficiency with MS Office standard applications;
• Experience dealing with the Luxembourgish RCS and board meeting organization;
• Knowledge of the corporate governance framework in Luxembourg;
• Experience working with and maintaining strong professional links with lawyers, auditors, notaries, service providers;
• Ability to work independently as well as be a team player;
• Able to take direction and ask questions;
• Strong organizational skills;
• Attention to detail;
• Resourcefulness and flexibility.

 

DIVERSITY MAKES US SMARTER

With an exceptionally high number of nationalities and spoken languages we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment for everyone — diversity and inclusion is the DNA of Revantage Europe. With an average of 3 languages fluently spoken per employee, this unique blend is a real competitive advantage that helps us support Blackstone Real Estate across the European jurisdictions. Thanks to our diversity, we are flexible and able to adapt our response to the challenges we face.