Beijing Senior Associate: Corporate Job

Description

About us

An UK international law firm established in London in 1882, we now have more than 1,200 lawyers across a network of offices in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Our main clients are leading global and national businesses, many headquartered outside the UK.

The Beijing office

Our Beijing office is located in the Beijing Yintai Center at the heart of the Chaoyang District complex. The historic Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and Heaven Temple are within fifteen minutes drive.

Practice area/ Department

The Beijing office works closely with our Hong Kong and Shanghai offices to service the needs of our clients in China – international corporations active in the country as well as PRC private and state owned enterprises.

The office has strong relationships with central government authorities and state-owned enterprises, it also monitors the status of China’s increasing trade agreements with leading nations, and its membership of the WTO
Responsibilities

The Role

* Opportunity to work with high-calibre fee earners in a collegiate environment;
* Involvement in cutting-edge corporate, M&A and equity capital markets transactions;
* Advising blue-chip corporate clients and leading investment banks;
* International exposure and the opportunity to develop your career

Requirements

Qualifications required

* 5+ years post qualification experience in corporate, M&A, equity capital markets;
* Ideally Hong Kong qualified but lawyers who have been admitted in other common law jurisdiction will also be considered;
* Fluent written and spoken Mandarin

Work based competencies

Technical

* Legal ability - detailed grasp of complex legal concepts, excellent drafting skills, ability to see issues from a commercial perspective and able to communicate complex legal advice to clients effectively
* Delivering excellent client service - excellent communications skills, driven to deliver to clients promptly, sets themselves challenging goals and resilient in achieving them

Client

* Finding and winning - able to build relationships with clients, identifies opportunities and networks effectively internally
* Practice/firm promotion - acts as an ambassador for the firm, writes technical articles for publication
* Developing and retaining - works to become a trusted advisor to the client, aware of client industry dynamics, works closely with the Business Development Team

People

* Leadership and management - acts as role model to others, provides coaching to those more junior than themselves
* Initiative and managing change - resilient in the face of multiple priorities, able to deliver difficult messages, takes ownership for resolving problems pro-actively
* Teamwork and communication - seeks out the views of others, assured and succinct in communication
* Impact and personal development - proactively requests feedback from others, able to deal with constructive criticism and takes ownership for self-development

Firm

* Financial performance - familiar with key drivers of firm performance
* Risk management and professional ethics - takes responsibility for personal and professional ethics, understanding of reputational risk and the regulatory framework, prepared to seek advice where appropriate
* Knowledge management - shares knowledge with others proactively, consults with senior technical experts where appropriate
* Firm contribution - high level of personal integrity, contributes to developing a diverse and innovative culture, prepared to go the extra mile

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