Legal Counsel, WM, Legal

Key Areas of Responsibilities

• Provide legal support mainly to Wealth Management teams based in Hong Kong and other regions
• Drafting and advising on Wealth Management related documentation
• Proactively identify issues related to the business and provide commercially pragmatic advice to the business team
• Providing legal support to regional offices and participating in regional projects and initiatives.
• Advise business teams on various legal, structural, reputational and other transaction-related issues
• Respond to regulatory initiates, market structure reform and policy work
• Attend internal meetings on behalf of Legal
• Work closely with LCD on various matters affecting WM business and certain general matters

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or above in law
• Minimum 3 years of PQE relevant experience in an international law firm. Previous in-house experience would be a plus.
• Familiar with wealth management or private banking business, as well as general commercial matters
• Common law qualification (other than HK) would be preferred.
• Strong technical, commercial and communication skills along with a good ability to effectively prioritize competing workloads in a client focused manner.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and problem-solving skills
• Excellent command of both spoken and written English and Chinese

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