Legal Manager
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island
- Salary
- £50000 - £60000 per annum
- Closing date
- 5 Feb 2019
- Reference
- BBBH22709
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- Practice area
- Corporate/Mergers and acquisitions
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 1 year
- Position
- Paralegal, Legal assistant, Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
As a Legal Manager you will have the opportunity to build a successful career in an achievement orientated yet supportive environment. You may be working in a similar commercial law firm, and enjoy the challenge of taking on some matters autonomously, seeking guidance and support as required.
Experience in M&A, Private Equity, Funds, Cross-Border transactions and general corporate experience; excellent analytical and communication skills and English and Chinese, and an ability to produce commercially astute advice is required to effectively support the team and client's needs in this role.
You will have:
- US Bar Qualification (or preparing to take)
- US J.D. or LLM background
- M&A / PE / funds internship experience
- Team player
- Ability to work effectively with partners and juniors in the team
- Strong fluency in English (spoken; reading and writing is essential)
- Fluency in Mandarin or Cantonese is required
This is an excellent opportunity to develop an exiting and rewarding long term career.
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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