This highly ranked global law firm is hiring an experienced corporate partner to join their well respected and sizeable corporate team. As well as having a highly collaborative and entrepreneurial environment, the firm boasts an excellent infrastructure of career development support, with a dedication to promoting CSR and equal opportunities within its ranks.

You should be qualified in Hong Kong (England & Wales could be considered) and serving as a broad corporate mix of Hong Kong capital markets, general corporate and M&A. A strong client following is essential as is a stellar network of financial intermediaries. Lateral team hires would also be considered. A good track record of handling cross-border or regional matters is also highly desirable, as is strong Mandarin Chinese.

Our client is a market leading organization in Hong Kong which has set up a team to address regulatory matters within their Compliance department. As their business is growing rapidly, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Regulatory Compliance Manager to join their team in Hong Kong. 

The suitable candidate will be required to:

• constantly review business units' operations to oversee and manage legal and regulatory requirements
• implement the Company's Compliance Framework (such as anti-bribery, dangerous goods/situations and anti-money laundering) across various business units
• maintaining communication and providing guidance to business units on the legal and regulatory requirements

To qualify, you will have

• A University degree or professional qualification in Business Administration / Law or related disciplines
• Minimum 10+ years' of experience within the Legal and Compliance department of a corporation
• Strong knowledge with the legal and regulatory requirements and the ability to communicate well with other business units
• Excellent communication skills and a creative thinker 
• Native level written and spoken fluency in both Chinese and English

The Energy, Construction and Infrastructure practice of an international law firm is seeking a Construction lawyer to join their team based in their Singapore office.

The successful candidate will be exposed to both large scale and high profile contentious and non-contentious construction matters including mediation and arbitration across the APAC region, working directly under the guidance of the Partner. 

Requirements:

• Common law qualified Solicitor, with a preference for those with England & Wales' qualification
• 1-6 years of post qualified construction experience gained from top tier local/international law firm preferred
• Fluent written and spoken English

This international law firm is seeking an intellectual property paralegal for their Hong Kong office to assist on IP trademarks matters. Reporting to the IP partners, duties include coordinating and maintaining their trademark portfolio through tracking and retrieval of files from their database, maintaining a diary and reminder schedule to ensure an orderly portfolio maintenance, liaising with external TM agents, filing duties and liaising with the Trade Mark Offices in the region, conducting legal research and assisting with other ad hoc projects.

Requirements

The ideal candidate should be a degree holder and have a minimum of 2 years intellectual property paralegal or clerk experience from a well-known law firm. Knowledge of IP, patents, designs and trademarks are essential for this role.  You should have the ability to run a large number of files within tight deadlines, working independently and be very organised with high attention to detail. Applicants should have fluent written and spoken English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) language skill. 

This fast moving consumer goods company is hiring a legal director to be based in Guangzhou.  Reporting to the CEO, this key role will manage a small legal team to:

• Provide legal support to the management and business units on legal issues regarding their strategic and business initiatives in China
• Identify and advise on risk management and compliance issues regarding their operations
• Liaising with relevant Government authorities regarding the company's business activities

To qualify, you should be PRC qualified with at least 10+ years PQE with solid practice experience in China.  FMCG/multinational corporation experience is necessary as well as corporate, IP, litigation and general commercial drafting experience.  Fluency in both English and Mandarin is required.

The disputes team of an international law firm is seeking a shipping litigator to join its highly ranked and busy team. The practice acts for ship owners, charterers, P&I Clubs, insurers, recovery agents, banks and trading companies on a varied scope of work mainly of a cross border nature, with cases involving litigation and arbitration in other jurisdictions.

The ideal candidate will have experience in shipping, insurance or commodities, or any combination of the three; fluency in written and spoken English, Cantonese and Mandarin is required. 

The partners would also consider candidates with an interest to specialise in these areas and can demonstrate passion and drive to develop their skills base.

Requirements:

• 2 -5 years' PQE, Hong Kong qualified solicitor
• Experienced in shipping, insurance or commodities matters
• Ability to communicate in English, Cantonese and Mandarin

This international law firm is hiring a paralegal to provide Commercial and Regulatory litigation support to their award-winning litigation team. Main duties include legal research, translation (Chinese/English), preparing discovery bundles, drafting court documents, client relationship development, checking compliance with court procedures/rules and preparing for hearings in all litigation proceedings.

Candidates with a minimum of 1-2 years of relevant contentious paralegal experience in a reputable law firm are encouraged to apply. Fluency in written and spoken Mandarin, Cantonese and English are essential. Candidates with relevant experience from local law firms will also be considered. PRC candidates are encouraged to apply.

A well-established financial institution providing asset management and investment services is hiring a legal and compliance executive to handle all compliance matters for their Type 1, 4 and 9 SFC licensed entity. You will report to the head of legal and compliance and support the business team to meet with relevant compliance requirements. 

The ideal candidate will be responsible for maintaining the financial institution's internal compliance policies and procedures, conducting daily monitoring and surveillance as well as coordinating and performing all KYC and AML functions. 

To qualify, the ideal candidate must possess:

• A University degree or professional qualification in business, law or finance or related disciplines
• At least 4+ years' of relevant experience from a financial institution or regulated entity 
• Strong understanding of SFO and regulatory requirements, with financial markets
• Great communication and interpersonal skills 
• Knowledge of US filings would be an advantage 
• Native level written and spoken fluency in English and Chinese

This major international law firm has created an exciting opportunity for a Knowledge Management professional to join their Knowledge Management team and work closely with other team members on handling fee-earner knowledge management, research and information management requests. On offer is the opportunity to join one of the leading global brand names in legal services, and making a direct contribution to the maintenance of the highest standards in quality and delivery of legal services to major domestic and international clients. Your contributions in this team will also have a direct impact on fee-earners ability to work as efficiently and effectively as possible. 

Main responsibilities: 

• Act as a primary point of contact for enquiries, as well as information and research requests and replying on a timely and cost effective basis
• Promote a firm-wide knowledge sharing culture and act as an ambassador for the KM team
• Assist with preparing customised newsletters on legal and regulatory news, and finding innovative ways to ensure staff are kept up to date with the latest legal and business developments, as well as industry trends
• Work with other team mates on testing, updating and maintaining the knowledge database, and to ensure high service standards    
• Train the firm's lawyers on research skills and deliver knowledge about the information and knowledge system
• Process and distribute information and materials to users efficiently and promptly
• Attend meetings and contribute ideas improving knowledge sharing processes
• Assist the senior team members on legal research
• Work across teams, located both in Hong Kong and overseas, to ensure that information is shared efficiently and effectively
• Assist in ad hoc projects

Requirements: 

• Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Degree or equivalent 
• Qualified or experience KM/library services professional with a minimum 2 years’ research and information management experience in legal or professional services 
• Adept at working with common types of legal and business resources and materials, both online and offline, ideally with some familiarity with using English and Australian legal research resources
• Excellent skills on MS office applications 
• Fluent in written and spoken English, and particularly adept at applying plain English  
• Good Mandarin competency preferred 
• Great team player, willing-to-help attitude, and fast and accurate response rate
• Dedication to impeccable client service and professional development

Are you an office manager or facilities manager with over 10 years office administration or facilities experience in Hong Kong, preferably with a reputable law firm? Do you have the ability to handle a large workforce over multiple locations, with experience of preparing monthly budgeting and forecast reports and the ability to communicate with senior management and other key stakeholders in a business? If you are interested in joining in one of the most modern and forward thinking international law firms in the region, then this role could be for you! 

Our client is an award-winning, prestigious international law firm with one of the largest network of offices across the Asia region, as well as the world. They are currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Facilities Manager to oversee key administration and facilities functions in their Hong Kong offices.

Here's what you will be involved in

You will be responsible to ensure the smooth running of the firm's facilities and other administrative functions by leading an administration team of approximately 20 people. As part of your role, you will:  

• Establish and maintain equipment & facilities management, and ensuring a world class facilities operation that is up to date on all health, safety and fire regulations
• Oversee internal office moves and furniture arrangements, documents storage, uniform maintenance, maintain internal directories, arrange new business cards
• Oversee vendor management, procurement, security, housekeeping and cleaning functions
• Supervise the firm's administration team, organise, execute and monitor their workflow and performance
• Prepare proposals, budgeting and monthly reports on all facilities and administrative staff, handle petty cash
• Formulate general office procedures, documents and policies
• Prepare induction (including health and safety evaluations) for new joiners 
• Liaise with internal departments and top management to ensure a smooth office operation
• Assist in other ad hoc projects in the office such as office renovation or maintenance
• Participate and provide logistics and on-site support on company events while necessary

Here's what you will need

• Bachelor's Degree educated or above
• Excellent command of English, Cantonese, with strong Mandarin ideal
• Minimum 10 years of relevant facilities and office management experience achieved in a large law firm  (handling more than 200 staff)
• Previous experience in leading administrative or secretarial team is highly desirable
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
• Self-motivated, flexible, fast-paced, well-organised, detail-oriented and able to multitask