Associate, Client Contracting
Core
Legal professional responsible for reviewing, drafting, and negotiating contracts to onboard new and modify existing institutional clients at BlackRock.
Role type
Associate, Client Contracting (Legal)
Builds
Legal contracts for institutional clients
Domain
Asset Management / Investment Management
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
drafting and negotiating sophisticated legal contracts, managing competing internal and external demands, knowledge of asset management industry and applicable law, working with contract lifecycle systems, balancing client needs with firm policies
Preferred skills
3-6 years investment management experience, knowledge of fund types and strategies, regulatory and technical awareness
Technologies
Microsoft Office, contract lifecycle management systems
Responsibilities
Drive contracting process from drafting to execution, supervise client channel book of work, coordinate with internal partners, manage client expectations during negotiation, mitigate risk by following contracting processes, capture non-standard clauses, file and circulate documentation, support sales team with queries
Seniority
Associate, individual contributor