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TMT Associate - NQ-2PQE

Employer
QED Legal
Location
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island
Salary
£70000 - £85000 per annum
Closing date
2 Jan 2019
Reference
BBBH22279

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Practice area
Information technology and telecoms
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
1 year
Position
Solicitor
Sector
Private practice

Job Details

My client is an international law firm, who combine exceptional legal expertise with deep industry knowledge. They 29 offices across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and the USA, as well as close ties with firms in other parts of the world.

They are looking to hire an NQ - 2 year PQE lawyer to join their TMT team in Hong Kong. Candidates will be Hong Kong or England & Wales qualified with excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Chinese (Cantonese & Mandarin) and ideally have experience working in an international law firm and able to work as part of a team.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

* Advising on a range of commercial and regulatory issues in the technology, media and telecom sectors, including telecom licensing, import & export and contractual issues
* Drafting a variety of commercial agreements including distribution and supply agreements, outsourcing agreements, support, maintenance and service level agreements, telecom service agreement
* Advising on TMT focused mid-market M&As, joint venture and venture capital work
* Working on data protection matters and projects, including investigation work
* Advising on soft IP agreements and related legal issues, including franchise agreement, IP licence agreement
* Assisting with legal and business development projects relevant to the TMT team in the APAC region

This is a rare opportunity to join one of Hong Kong's strongest TMT practice.

Company

QED
An acronym of the latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum which translates as "thus it is demonstrated" or "that which was to be demonstrated". It is most often used as an annotation at the end of a complex mathematical, scientific or philosophical argument to show that the author had proven what he had set out to prove. In recent times it has also been translated as "Quite Easily Done".

As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your firm or your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers

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