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Lord Abbett.com

Jersey City, NJ

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$100,000–$115,000 Per Year
SKILLS
Adobe Acrobat, Analysis Skills, Asset Management, Communication Skills, Corporate Governance, Customer Relations, Detail Oriented, Due Diligence, Establish Priorities, Financial Services, Interpersonal Skills, Investment Management, Know Your Customer (KYC), Legal, Legal Research, Legal Support Skills, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Product Family, Microsoft Word, Money Laundering, Multitasking, Organizational Skills, Paralegal, Private Funding, Product Strategy, Proofreading, Real Estate, Regulatory Submissions, Retirement Plan, Risk, Tax Operations, Tax Regulations, Team Player, Time Management
LOCATION
Jersey City, NJ
POSTED
Today
The Role

We are seeking a Paralegal who will be responsible for providing legal support to Lord Abbett's private credit and real estate funds. This individual will work closely with the attorneys and paralegals on regulatory filings, board preparation, and on various matters. The position requires excellent interpersonal skills, teamwork, and collaboration. The candidate must be a demonstrated self-starter who is highly organized.

We'll trust you to:

  • Prepare and coordinate various regulatory filings through systems such as EDGAR,NASAA EFD, and IARD.
  • Draft and file Section 16 filing disclosures for officers, directors, and issuers.
  • Prepare draft written consents, authorized signers, and officer lists.
  • Work with paralegals to update agendas, send requests for materials, review and process board materials, and upload consents and regulatory filings to BoardVantage.
  • Respond quickly and positively to shifting demands and opportunities, with the ability to work under tight deadlines and handle multiple detailed tasks.
  • Work on filing documents for recordkeeping.
  • Assist with proofreading, drafting, and coordinating signatures as needed.
  • Contribute to tasks and team projects autonomously.
  • Regularly support inquiries and requests from business units, including interfacing with Legal, Risk, Compliance, Tax, Operations, Client Relations, and Product Strategy.
  • Coordinate responses to Know Your Customer, Anti-Money Laundering, and other due diligence requests.
  • Perform legal research, analysis, and assist with ad hoc special projects.
  • Work with various departments to maintain the work-flow processing of outside counsel/vendor bills.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
You'll need to have:
  • 2-4 years' experience
  • Corporate governance and financial services experience
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • High attention to detail
  • Strong time management skills, sound judgment and analysis, respect for confidentiality and organization
  • The qualities of a self-starter with excellent problem-anticipation and -solving skills
  • Ability to work well under pressure, adapt to unexpected events, prioritize and multi-task in a deadline driven environment
  • Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to research, ask questions, and develop a deep understanding of new topic areas
  • Ability to manage competing priorities
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Suite, including Teams, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat
  • NJ Notary public preferred
  • Bachelor's Degree required
Why Lord Abbett?

Lord Abbett is a leading global independent, privately held investment management company. We are active managers and invest where we believe we have a repeatable edge and can deliver alpha for our clients. Our vision is to be the most respected asset manager in the world, admired for our people, our performance, our relationships, and our organizational agility. This inspires the three pillars of our culture.
  • Principles-Based - We empower our leaders to create an environment of trust.
  • Performance-Oriented - We inspire our people to embody our values, excellence, responsibility, transparency & collaboration.
  • Purpose-Driven - We instill a passion for always putting our clients' interests first.

We have been ranked #1 in Barron's Best Fund Families for 2024 and have earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments for five consecutive years.

Compensation Information: Annual base salary for this role is $100,000 - $115,000. Salary is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different.

Discretionary Bonus: Role may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are determined by several factors including, but not limited to, firm, team, and individual performance.

Benefits: Lord Abbett is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package to all eligible employees. Offerings include competitive total compensation, retirement plans, competitive health and well-being plans. To learn more about what we offer, please visit Careers | Lord Abbett

Lord Abbett is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity, caregiver status, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. All employment decisions at Lord Abbett are based solely on the applicant's relevant experience, skills and qualifications.

Important notice to Search Firms - Please Read Carefully

Without prior written agreement, Lord Abbett does not accept unsolicited submissions from employment agencies, search firms, placement services, or any similar provider ("Search Firms") for employment opportunities. All candidates submitted by Search Firms to any employee or partner at our company without a written Search Firm agreement in place will be deemed the sole property of our company. In such circumstances, no fee, commission, or other compensation will be paid to such Search Firm in the event a candidate is hired by our company. To the extent a Search Firm has a written agreement in place, all introductions are position specific and should be directed to HR or the hiring manager, so we kindly request no unsolicited phone calls or emails.

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