Job Description

Our client is currently looking for associates to join the Banking practice in their Hong Kong office.  

Our client is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Their long history as an international firm means they are perfectly placed to help resolve most complex legal challenges wherever they may be. With lawyers operating from more than 20 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, they have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. 

Duties and Accountabilities

  • Acting for top tier lenders and sponsors in connection with leveraged and other complex cross-border finance transactions

Qualifications 

  • Admission in Australia, England & Wales, Singapore or Hong Kong
  • PQE 3 – 6 years
  • Experience in general banking finance, broad exposure preferable consisting of a combination of, leveraged financing, project finance or trade finance, syndicated and bilateral financings (both secured and unsecured)
  • Experience in a top tier international firm
  • Fluent in Mandarin is strongly preferred but not essential
  • Strong academic record and intellectual curiosity, creative thinker
  • Commercial and business awareness
  • Outstanding communication and negotiation skills
  • •Strong time management skills, ability to stay calm under pressure when juggling multiple projects
  • Excellent drafting skills and attention to detail
  • Strong professional presence
  • Client service focus
  • Team player
  • Strong judgment
  • Proactive, resourceful, takes initiative
  • Good understanding of the key risks and issues involved in cross-border transactions.

If you think you meet the above requirements and would like to apply please send:

  1. your CV;
  2. transcripts; and
  3. a short cover note to kiantong.tan@horizon-recruit.com or mark.deery@horizon-recruit.com for us to determine your suitability for this role.

If you’d like to arrange a confidential discussion prior to applying please call our Singapore office on +65 6808 6635 or Hong Kong office on +852 3978 1369.

Please share this opportunity with any colleagues that you think would be interested. 

Singapore EA Licence No. 12S6213

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