Senior Legal Counsel, Funds

About the role

ESRESR is an Asia-Pacific real asset owner and manager focused on logistics real estate, data centres and energy infrastructure. The Senior Legal Counsel (Funds) acts as legal adviser to its private capital business, covering fund documentation from term sheets and private placement memoranda to limited partnership agreements, side letters and other investor documents, and supporting fund operations, governance and regulatory matters. The role works with investment, capital raising, fund management, finance, tax and compliance teams across multiple 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, advise on fund structuring and investor requirements, and develop fund documentation templates and precedents
• Support fund lifecycle matters such as subsequent closings, amendments, transfers and restructurings
• Advise on fund and investor terms, including governance rights, investment restrictions, conflicts and side letters
• Monitor material fund and investor terms across jurisdictions and work with Compliance and external counsel on regulatory developments
• 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

• Legal drafting, review and negotiation, with strong commercial judgment and attention to detail
• Managing multiple transactions and complex workstreams, including with external counsel
• Effective use of AI and legal technology tools, with audit of AI-generated data