A leading international law firm is looking for a Legal Secretary to work on night shifts in their Hong Kong office to provide secretarial support to different departments. Our client is one of the leaders in its field, and runs an exceptionally busy and fast paced operation. A night secretary will enable a continual and smooth service for both fee earners and the firm’s multi-national clients.

This is a full time, permanent role (Monday to Friday), and the shift hours are from 5pm to midnight. 

Main responsibilities: 

• Document formatting and editing
• Answer the phone calls from mainline
• Calendar scheduling, liaising with multiple parties to align schedules
• Clerical work like binding, scanning and photo copying

Requirements: 

If you have the following skills and attributes, we'd love to hear from you! 

• At least 6+ years of legal secretary experience in Law Firm 
• Excellent in spoken and written English and Chinese, speaking Mandarin skills would be an advantage 
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc, fast word processing skills  
• Great organisation skills, with a mature, hands-on approach, and positive mindset 
• Audio typing skill will be advantage 
• Good use of initiative

Associate – TMT:  3+ PQE

Our client is a well-known international law firm and is looking for a mid-level Technology, Media and Telecommunication associate to join their expanding team in Hong Kong. This is a unique opportunity for those looking to further develop their experience in a broad TMT practice.  Scope of work will include Fintech, Cybersecurity, Data privacy and other types of technology contracts.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A minimum of 3 years’ post qualification experience in technology transactions and data privacy.
• Solid experience of drafting technology contracts and sound knowledge of cybersecurity regulations in Asia.
• Excellent spoken and written English and Chinese preferred.
• Good commercial acumen and client management skills.
• Self-motivated team player with strong interpersonal skills.

Associate – IP/Technology:  2 – 4 PQE

This leading IP and Tech practice requires a junior to mid-level Associate for their highly regarded team in Hong Kong.  This is a fantastic opportunity to develop their career in a leading department in a well-known international law firm.

As the successful candidate, you will have expertise in Intellectual Property and Technology transactions, and more specifically experience in Trademark and Copyright proceedings. The successful hire needs to have a strong technical background and possess the ability to manage and prepare client documents, summaries and reports for either trademark portfolios and /or proceedings.

Requirements:

• 2 -4 PQE and Admission as a Solicitor in Hong Kong
• Fluent written and spoken English and Chinese (Mandarin)
• Ability to work as part of a team or independently
• International Law firm experience highly desired

A highly prestigious and well known law firm is looking to hire a junior to mid-level Associate to join their Debt Capital Markets team in Hong Kong. As the successful candidate, you will have the opportunity to work closely with established Hong Kong clients, enabling you to further develop your client relationship skills and expand your knowledge in a broad range of transactional areas.

The successful candidate will:

• have solid equity and debt capital markets experience
• be motivated, dependable and capable of working with lawyers from different cultural backgrounds
• have strong interpersonal skills
• be based in Hong Kong and work closely with colleagues in China offices

Requirements:

• Junior/Mid-level associate with 0 – NQ - 4 years PQE
• General securities experience including both Debt Capital Markets and Equity Capital Markets
• Experience drafting disclosures
• Fluent spoken and written Mandarin skills

An opportunity has arisen for a US Qualified junior Associate to join the Corporate and Securities team in the Hong Kong office of a well-known international law firm. Our client has a huge presence globally and in Asia, and the chosen candidate will have the opportunity to develop a successful career and be part of a rewarding and supportive team. The role will require excellent analytical and communication skills, as well as solid experience in US Securities and ECM transactions. The successful candidate will also have:

• Admission as a US attorney with 1 to 3 years’ post qualification experience, ideally gained in an international law firm
• US Securities experience required
• Polished drafting skills and experience attending negotiation meetings
• Strong business development and client management skills
• Fluent spoken and written English and Chinese (Mandarin) required

Head of Data Governance and Oversight

Our client is an expanding international banking group providing services in Corporate Banking, Private Banking, Transaction Banking and Wholesale Banking in Asia. Due to their continuous investments in improving their governance and control functions in the region, a newly created COO function for an experienced data management professional to head up the data governance and oversight team based in Hong Kong.

Reporting directly to COO, you will oversee data quality and data governance initiatives for banking group. You will facilitate data operating model implementation and ensure control in place as well as manage data governance activities ensuring data practices are comply with regulations of all geographies under remit. You will be responsible to enhance and strengthen data governance guidelines, procedures, standards, methods, tools and processes.

As a senior member of the team, you will work closely with COO and senior stakeholders to determine business needs in the areas of data maintenance, data governance, risk management and data good practice. You will perform current state analysis and design solution to mitigate risk, promote data quality monitoring and data quality issue management. You will build up the data analytic capabilities for business units and drive the implementation of analytic initiatives to enable new business and/or enhance risk monitoring.

To qualify, individuals must possess:            

• Relevant university degree. Relevant post university degree or professional certification preferred
• Minimum 12 years of banking experience, familiar with wealth management business, private banking and retail banking business operation will be plus
• Equipped experience in related to data management, data project management, data governance and data quality
• Proven experience in identifying and managing the issues and risk related to complex data projects
• Demonstrable experience in identifying data quality risk and control; advising on, developing and implementing suitable controls, policies and procedures
• Excellent management skills and strong executive presence, e.g. experience of working with and influencing COO level stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with fluency in English and Cantonese, Mandarin beneficial

To apply, please contact Jennifer Yang for a confidential discussion at (852) 3708 9510 or email jennifer.yang@staranise.com.hk quoting job reference number JY 34083. To visit more Legal, Compliance and Risk management jobs please check www.staranise.com.hk

Overview:

This highly prestigious international law firm with an elite-class IT network is hiring an IT Trainer with experience gained in a leading law firm for their Hong Kong office. This role can be based in Hong Kong or Singapore. 

Duties and responsibilities:

• Prepare IT training materials, conduct technology related training/activities and provide on-site coaching to end-users
• Respond to, and assist with, end-user clients on IT issues and questions
• Evaluate usage patterns and provide 'best-practices' advice
• Participate (with testing and documentation) in software pre-pilots, pilots and roll-out of new software/hardware
• Write technical articles for the firm's internal knowledge base on identified issues, resolutions and works-around and on locally managed applications
• Analyse the effectiveness of education-delivery methods and perform quality assurance testing

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree holder with 3+ years of experience with IT training
• A good understanding of adult learning and instructional processes
• Able to translate technical features into business-related processes and user-friendly learning modules
• Good communication skills in English and Chinese, a high level of fluency in spoken and written English is a must
• Advanced knowledge on office productivity software and Microsoft and mobile operating systems.
• Microsoft Office certification and other relevant technical education and product certifications would be advantages

With an impressive track record for expanding their Hong Kong offices, this relatively small but growing international law firm continues its expansion drive to become a full service commercial law firm in Hong Kong with the hire of a family / matrimonial partner. This hire would combine well strategically with the firm’s existing overseas' family and wealth services offering, and this opportunity would enable you to spearhead the set up and growth of a family law practice in Hong Kong.

What our clients are looking for: 

You are a well-established Hong Kong-qualified family/matrimonial lawyer handling high value and complex matrimonial work, including cross-border divorces involving multi-jurisdiction based assets, negotiating on settlements and advising on complex child arrangements.  Any additional specialisations of the candidate, such as trust, tax, probate, commercial litigation and/or employment laws, would be an added bonus. Candidates who are existing partners, of counsels or senior/managing associates at their current firm, with a strong business network and the resourcefulness and ambition to develop a successful practice are welcome to apply. 

This firm is known for its entrepreneurial approach, where all fee earners at all levels actively participate in business development and cross-selling collaborations. Throughout the firm, the focus is on trust, mutual respect, professionalism of the highest standard, and the health and well-being of staff. The role would suit a lawyer who is adept and comfortable with winning both business and clients, and has a good track record of raising their and their team’s profile.

This leading listed corporation in the technology field is looking for a senior M&A lawyer for international coverage.  Reporting to the head of legal, you will:

• Provide legal support to the business units on M&A transactional matters including negotiating, reviewing and drafting relevant documents
• Advising on corporate finance including debt and equity matters
• Ensure that the corporation is compliant with listing regulatory requirement

To qualify, you should have at least 12+ years PQE gained with leading law firm and in-house. Excellent organisational and communication skills are sought.

Fluency in English and Cantonese is required with the ability to draft contracts in both languages and Mandarin languages would also be advantageous.

Star Anise is an independent legal and compliance recruitment firm based in Central, Hong Kong.

We are seeking some fantastic self-motivated, high performing people to join our growing team of outstanding professional recruiters in Central, Hong Kong. A vacancy is now open for dedicated Researchers to join our desks that cover private practice, in-house financial services legal and business support recruitment, and to provide additional research capacity for our own in-house legal team.

You can learn a lot more about how we approach recruitment differently by visiting us on our website: www.staranise.com.hk.

THE ROLE

We currently have openings for full-time Researchers to join our back office team. You will assist consultants with individual and sector wide research projects, help identify sales and market opportunities, conduct in-depth analysis of developments, events and trends. In addition, you assist with research support into laws and regulations impacting our business, our clients, and provide other paralegal support to maintain and build out our databases and knowledge management systems.

This role would suit a 'news junkie' who regularly enjoys keeping up to date on contemporary business and general world affairs, has an eye for detail, with strong problem solving and organisational skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct timely and thorough market research on people, sectors, organisations and industries of interest, including team mapping, industry leaders and key stakeholders, to assist the recruitment teams you support.
• Conduct preliminary legal research on employment and topical issues, assist the legal team to prepare and file simple filings, maintain know-how systems and contract databases
• Working alongside the Marketing team to provide timely and comprehensive market research and analysis to help produce in-depth articles and insight pieces.
• Registering, updating and maintaining candidate and client records on the company's recruitment and Client Relationship Management (CRM) databases.
• Assist on ad hoc tasks and special projects that arise from time to time (such as salary surveys etc).

Requirements:

• Fast, accurate word processing and data input skills
• Excellent research skills, highly disciplined and able to drive processes quickly and efficiently
• Lateral thinker, ability to see and understand relationships (and the degrees of relationships) between organisations and people, and spotting leads or opportunities
• First-rate written presentation skills with the ability to condense and present information in a succinct and easily understood manner
• Good interpersonal communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, fluency in Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin) would be an advantage, though not essential
• Pro-active, self-motivated and independent
• Positive thinking and with a 'can-do' attitude
• Quick learner and highly adept at using computer software and online research tools
• Interest in the legal or compliance sector.

Why you’ll love working at Star Anise

• Smart team, wonderful people and big challenges in a collaborative environment - We commit to each person at Star Anise that they will always have the best and smartest team members to work with and the most challenging problems to work on. We strive to ensure that you will never be bored, and you will always learn and grow. Above all else, everyone treats everyone else with respect and admiration.
• We work hard - Not only do we work hard, but we try really hard. That doesn’t mean you’ll be working long hours. We all put in a shift and we all finish at reasonable hours (and operate flexible working hours) to go home, eat and be with our family and friends. But when we are working, we work our socks off. Time flies! We're never in coast mode. We constantly try to push further and faster than we thought we could. When you look back each month, quarter and year, you'll clearly be able to see both how you and the company have grown.
• Ownership - By virtue of your role, you own a piece of Star Anise, and you'll treat it as such. We constantly encourage you to seek new ways to add value, speak up in order to make things better or develop new opportunities, and grab a hold of every opportunity that comes your way.
• Fun & rewarding - recruitment is fun! Helping candidates find a job they love is fun and truly rewarding. Building a business and enhancing its brand is fun and rewarding. We truly enjoy what we do, the people we work with, and this crazy amazing adventure that we're on. We never forget to take a step back to celebrate what we accomplish, laugh, and enjoy the time we get to spend together doing what we love. We get our team out of the office regularly with happy hours, team lunches and team activities.

At Star Anise we hire people who exhibit gumption and relentless energy, act like owners, outperform, and are always playful. If this sounds like a great fit for you, and a challenge you're ready to run with, we want to hear from you!

To apply, please send your CV to Ms Firenze Ho on the link to this job quoting the job title in the subject.