Vp, Corporate Counsel, Asset Management (Hybrid)

Job Classification

Corporate - Legal and Compliance

Vice President, Corporate Counsel (Jennison)(Hybrid)

The Jennison Law Department is looking for an experienced asset management attorney to be the sole attorney located in Jennison’s Boston office, joining a small team of experienced lawyers and paralegals based in New York.

Jennison Associates LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser and a business unit of PGIM, the global asset management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. has offices in New York, New York and Boston, Massachusetts. Jennison’s fixed income investment management team and Jennison’s global equity team and global infrastructure research support operate from Jennison’s Boston office

Jennison provides active equity and fixed income investment management services to clients located in the US and outside the US. Jennison’s clients include ERISA and non-ERISA pensions, endowments and foundations, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, US and non-US investment advisers and US and non-US registered and unregistered vehicles such as mutual funds, collective trust funds, UCITS and private funds. Jennison's Law Department provides legal advice across a range of issues affecting Jennison's investment management business and works closely with colleagues across Jennison's compliance, operations, marketing, distribution, product, finance groups and investment professionals including, portfolio managers, traders, and analysts as well as colleagues across PGIM’s and Prudential’s law and compliance groups.

Your Responsibilities

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating investment management agreements and amendments and related client documentation for ERISA and non-ERISA clients;
• Review and provide legal and regulatory advice on new regulatory developments, including working with Jennison’s compliance and business partners and colleagues across the Prudential Law Department in working groups and participating in industry groups;
• Actively participating in programs of Jennison and Prudential’s Law, Compliance, Business Ethics and External Affairs
• Day to day support of Jennison’s fixed income investment management team in collaboration with compliance professionals supporting the fixed income team on US and non-US legal and regulatory issues arising from trading, operational and/or research matters, including futures and mortgage securities forward transactions;
• Provide legal and regulatory advice to Jennison with respect to the structuring, distribution and development of new products and investment vehicles in the US and outside the US;
• Other projects as assigned
• Reviewing and negotiating counterparty trading agreements such as MSFTA and futures account agreements as well as reviewing and providing support to trading operations for non-US trading;
• Review and negotiate vendor contracts;

Your Required Skills

• Familiarity with investing in private placements, plan investment issues of ERISA plan investors, and Commodity Exchange Act, including derivatives clearing and trading issues;
• Outstanding communication, organizational, negotiation and writing skills.
• 5 or more years relevant experience;
• Confidence and interpersonal and networking skills necessary for effective interaction with business clients at all levels and external parties; Must be able to partner and maintain positive working relationship with legal department colleagues and senior management, investment management, risk, compliance, and other support areas with a proven ability to provide actionable, practical, sound legal advice;
• JD and bar membership;
• Demonstrate leadership skill and the ability to work with and maintain a positive working relationship with a diverse team of legal and other professionals;
• Proven ability to work independently and efficiently and as a team player in a demanding, fast-paced, fluid environment handling multiple tasks and projects concurrently, while maintaining highest standards and attention to detail.
• Exceptional understanding of US and international regulations including US Investment Advisers Act, US Investment Company Act, international investment adviser regulations, including managed vehicles such as collective investment trusts and private fund vehicles and separately managed accounts.

Note: Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $204,700.00 to $276,900.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills. Roles may also be eligible for additional compensation and/or benefits. Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. In addition, employees are eligible for standard benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and retirement.

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

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