Counsel, Legislative & Regulatory

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Dimensional's Legal division is an in-house team of client-focused attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants who partner with internal and external teams to help provide legal expertise across business functions, legal systems, and jurisdictions.

This Legislative & Regulatory Counsel role will provide expert legal guidance related to ongoing and new legislative & regulatory requirements impacting the firm and its relevant product ranges throughout North America, Australia, Europe and Asia. Work will include tracking new global legislative & regulatory developments and briefing senior executives on their applicability to the business. Work will also include providing counsel to firm-wide efforts to develop processes and policies to comply with applicable requirements and / or guidance.

Responsibilities

• Primary responsibility in the Legal team to initially collect, analyze and interpret applicability of proposed and enacted legislation, regulations, and policy developments which impact Dimensional's global funds & advisor entities.
• Translate complex legislative & regulatory updates into practical application for the business.
• Draft or provide legal comments on Dimensional's comment letters on proposed legislation.
• Track and communicate expected impact of final rules and regulatory guidance, such as risk alerts and FAQs issued by regulators, globally in markets impacting Dimensional's business.
• Assist and support the internal efforts to comply with any new requirements under adopted rules, including advising and handing off to relevant members of the legal team.
• Provide legal and strategic guidance to internal stakeholders, including executive management, compliance, and investment teams, on policy risks and opportunities.
• Attend industry meetings intended for lawyers or legal participants.
• Serve as legal consultant to internal business clients for special projects.
• Prepare and, when requested, present materials such as memoranda, agendas, and meeting minutes for internal meetings, committee meetings, or the meetings of the various Boards of Dimensional, its subsidiary companies and / or its fund complexes; identify legal issues and provide legal advice of importance to the Boards.
• Facilitate communication among all major stakeholders, including senior management and control functions.

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