Corporate Lawyer - Hong Kong
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island
- Salary
- £70000 - £85000 per annum
- Closing date
- 14 May 2019
- Reference
- BBBH24887
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- Practice area
- Corporate/Mergers and acquisitions
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 2 years
- Position
- Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
My US law firm client is a global law firm with more than 1,500 lawyers worldwide
If you are a Hong Kong qualified lawyer, with more than two years' solid work experience in Hong Kong and regional initial public offering transactions, have a client-centric attitude and are motivated to progress your career in an international firm, you might find this role a good place for your career development.
Our opportunity
Their pipeline of work is strong, so you will be joining to work on a range of initial public offering transactions and related matters for our public company clients. Their team draws on the collective experience from across the Firm enabling them to address the full range of challenges. The position will suit an outgoing person with a commercial attitude along with a confident and proactive approach, good interpersonal skills, and the ability to work as a team player.
You
Their teams work closely with their clients and other advisors, so good communication skills are essential. You should be able to speak and write good English and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), with excellent academics, sound legal knowledge and drafting skills. Your willingness to work hard and develop client relationships will also be valued by them.
You need to be a Hong Kong qualified lawyer, with more than two years' work experience in Hong Kong and regional initial public offering transactions and related matters. You will be given the tools to continue to develop your career. We offer a competitive benefits package.
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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