Legal & Compliance - Legal, Sydney

14 hours ago

Sydney, Australia Blackstone Group Full time

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 $1.1 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

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Job Description & Responsibilities

Blackstone is seeking a 6+ years PQE transactions/corporate lawyer to provide support to its businesses based in Sydney. The work will be transactional in nature, covering the private equity, real estate and tactical opportunities businesses. Some examples of the work to be covered:
Private Equity, Real Estate and Tactical Opportunities- Review and negotiating transaction and financing documentation- Deal structuring and coordination with business teams along with finance and tax teams- Supervision and coordination of external counsel on transactions- Coordination of legal due diligence process- Input into investment committee materials and management of transaction approval processes- Coordination of regulatory approvals- Coordination with government affairs/public relations- Assisting the business teams with portfolio monitoring and asset management activities

General Corporate- Assist with general corporate matters related to the Blackstone business in Australia

Qualifications

Based in Sydney, the lawyer will support the Blackstone Australia (Sydney) office as part of a legal & compliance team across Asia. This is an exciting role for a bright, ambitious and hard-working individual to work on marquee transactions. Recent transactions include the take private of Crown Resorts and the acquisition of Airtrunk.

Ideally, the individual would possess the following skill sets:- Australian law degree required- Fluent English required- International experience preferred but not required

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:
- Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;- Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;- Supervising or training securities licensed employees;- Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and- Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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