Legal Counsel, Funds

About the role

ESR is a leading Asia-Pacific real asset owner and manager focused on logistics real estate, data centres and energy infrastructure. The Senior Legal Counsel (Funds) advises ESR's private capital business on fund documentation, from term sheets and private placement memoranda to limited partnership agreements, side letters and other investor documents, and supports fund operations, governance and regulatory matters. The role works closely with investment, capital raising, fund management, finance, tax and compliance teams across APAC jurisdictions and manages external counsel.

Key responsibilities

• Manage legal workstreams for fund establishment, capital raising and investor onboarding, including term sheets, LPAs, shareholder and management agreements and subscription documentation
• Draft and review commercial contracts and engagement letters, and advise on fund structuring and investor requirements
• Maintain fund documentation templates, precedents and playbooks, and support subsequent closings, amendments, transfers and restructurings
• Advise on fund governance, investor terms, consent rights, investment restrictions and side letters, and oversee material terms across funds and jurisdictions
• Work with Compliance and external counsel on legal and regulatory developments affecting private capital and fund management
• Instruct, coordinate and manage external counsel, and coordinate legal workstreams across APAC jurisdictions

Required profile

• Degree in law from a recognised university and admission to a common law jurisdiction (Singapore qualification preferred)
• 6-8 years' PQE in investment funds, private capital and/or corporate M&A, preferably with real assets, fund formation or capital raising
• 1-2 years of in-house experience in a global asset manager, investment manager, sovereign wealth fund or private capital platform viewed favourably
• Exposure to private equity in real estate, energy or digital infrastructure highly relevant

Required skills

• Strong legal drafting, review and negotiation skills
• Managing multiple transactions and complex workstreams with external counsel and internal stakeholders
• Use of AI and legal technology tools, including auditing AI-generated data and prompt engineering