Position: Luxembourg-Qualified Funds Lawyer, Consultant
Company: Cleveland & Co
Location: Remote, Fully flexible
Reports To: Senior Stakeholders, depending on work requirements.
About Cleveland & Co
Cleveland & Co is a dynamic outsourced in-house legal team, providing innovative, practical, and commercially focused legal solutions to the investment management and financial services industry. We serve 20% of the top 20 UK asset management firms, as well as banks, industry associations, pensions funds, and boutique investment firms. Our clients combined assets under management exceed £9 trillion. With a strong commitment to excellence and client service, we operate in a fast-paced, collaborative, and intellectually stimulating environment. We are a forward-thinking team and offer fully flexible and hybrid working arrangements.

We are growing internationally. We’re looking for experienced, ambitious Funds Lawyer in Luxembourg, looking for a role that will offer the opportunity to work with a broad range of firms across financial services and investment management. The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years’ experience either in industry, in house, or in private practice in ideally two or more of the following:

• Investment management (retail and/or institutional)
• Luxembourg regulated funds;
• fund establishment (in Luxembourg and other jurisdictions);
• international funds;
• private equity;
• real estate;
• trading and derivatives;
• custody and administration services;
• transactional documentation;
• corporate; and
• commercial contracts.

This is a consulting role, suitable for someone who wants flexibility in their career.

WORKING ARRANGEMENTS & LOCATION

This unique role operates on a zero-hours basis, signifying a flexible schedule with no guaranteed minimum hours per week. As an on-call Consultant, you will be called upon as needed to provide expert insights and strategic guidance. This is a fully remote role.
We actively encourage candidates to apply who may be returning from a career break.
If you are a seasoned professional looking for a flexible and dynamic consulting opportunity, we invite you to apply for this role.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

The Funds Lawyer will work within the team to take lead on variety of client work, including without limitation:

• funds (mutual, private equity, real estate, hedge and listed);
• distribution and placement;
• investment advice, execution, transition management, overlay;
• custody and administration;
• broker-dealer arrangements;
• trading documentation;
• entity establishment;
• transactional documentation (LPAs, Asset and Share Sale Agreements, term sheets, DD etc);
• corporate lending;
• commercial contracts;
• legal research; and
• writing legal articles.

The right candidate will also be adept at:

• working collaboratively to deliver quality work to clients; and
• driving strategy to contribute to the success the firm.
• building and managing client relationships

Must-have criteria for this role:

• holding a current practising certificate;
• law degree in Luxembourg;
• At least 10 years of legal work experience in the jurisdiction where you hold a practising certificate;
• English language proficiency;
• Independent, resourceful, and confident with great problem-solving skills;
• Adept at building relationships internally and externally;
• Strong interpersonal skills, business sense, and professionalism to communicate with all levels of management, staff and clients located in different jurisdictions;
• Proactive, able to take the initiative and anticipate the firm’s and client’s needs;
• Ability to work effectively with a range of personality types and seniority levels;
• Highly motivated self-starter with a history of pushing for deadline-driven results;
• Lead and be one step ahead, constantly thinking about what needs to be done next to improve efficiency for the team and our clients;
• Ability to work in an environment requiring attention to detail and high levels of accuracy;
• Ability to work autonomously where required, meet deadlines and handle queries from inside and outside the company; and
• A MacBook laptop as we operate a BYOA(pple) policy to allow for maximum agility.

Why Join Cleveland & Co?

• A Platform for Strategic Growth: Step into a role where you’re empowered to shape client strategy, mentor future legal talent, and help build the legal function of the future.
• High-Impact Work Across Leading Clients: Work directly with ambitious clients across the investment management sector
• Entrepreneurial, High-Performance Culture: Join a team that’s scaling fast, values initiative, and thrives on challenge. You’ll be surrounded by brilliant people who love what they do and push each other to be exceptional.
• Work That Doesn’t Stand Still: No two days are the same. If you’re tired of repetition, hierarchy, or stale environments, this is your chance to lead at pace, with purpose.
• Team: Our team includes former GCs, top-tier law firm alumni, and rising legal stars, united by a shared mission to build the legal function of the future.

We are growing internationally. We’re looking for experienced, ambitious Funds Lawyer in Luxembourg, looking for a role that will offer the opportunity to work with a broad range of firms across financial services and investment management. The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years’ experience either in industry, in house, or in private practice in ideally two or more of the following:

• Investment management (retail and/or institutional)
• Luxembourg regulated funds;
• fund establishment (in Luxembourg and other jurisdictions);
• international funds;
• private equity;
• real estate;
• trading and derivatives;
• custody and administration services;
• transactional documentation;
• corporate; and
• commercial contracts