Job Description Summary

Ares is currently seeking a junior corporate lawyer in the London office who will be responsible for working with the Legal team, investment professionals and other non-investment groups at the firm to administer principal duties listed below.

Primary Functions and Essential Responsibilities

• European Credit :
  • Negotiate new minority equity investments alongside the Investment team
  • Assist the restructuring team with corporate law issues on debt-to-equity swaps / take-controls
  • UK P2P ‘cash confirmations’ FCA ‘change of control’ filings
  • Cross-trades, fund rebalancing transfers and advisory board fund disclosures
  • Engagement letters (tax, DD, financial adviser and law firm)
  • Commercial contracts
  • Responding to ad hoc queries from the Investment, Operations and Finance teams
• Strategic Projects :
  • Partner with Legal Ops to train, test, ...