Assistant General Counsel

Are you a seasoned legal professional with a passion for navigating complex regulatory landscapes and advising on high-impact business decisions? Vanguard is seeking a strategic legal expert to join our team supporting our non-depositary limited purpose trust company. In this role, you’ll provide trusted counsel to business leaders, shape the development of new investment and financial planning capabilities made available in our advisory offers, and ensure compliance across trust administration, corporate trustee, and investment management services for ultra-high net worth investors. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic, mission-driven environment—this is your opportunity to lead, influence, and grow.

Core Responsibilities

• Provides business leaders with legal advice on issues impacting Vanguard's business activities and investment product development, transactions, and regulatory matters. Ensures that business activities, policies, practices, and transactions comply with all relevant laws and regulations.

• Drafts and negotiates legal documents such as regulatory filings, contracts, agreements, and correspondence of legal significance.

• Monitors, analyzes, and responds to legislative and regulatory developments related to Vanguard's business activities and investment products to ensure they are adequately addressed.

• Represents the organization in complex, controversial, significant, or specialized legal proceedings before courts, government agencies, or other authorities so the organization's interests are protected.

• Directs the work being performed by outside counsel. Reviews and evaluates outside counsel invoices.

• Maintains a high level of expertise in regulatory law, Vanguard’s business and products, and the investment industry. Stays abreast of industry and regulatory developments affecting Vanguard, and maintains affiliations with relevant industry, compliance, and risk associations.

• Coaches junior staff and helps resolve problems.

• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum six years related legal work experience.

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Law degree (JD) required.

• Experience in federal banking and state fiduciary standards applicable to non-depositary limited purpose trust companies required.

• Knowledge of the Investment Advisers Act and the Internal Revenue Code is a plus.

Special Factors

Sponsorship

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.