Location: Hong Kong
Key Areas of Responsibilities
Provide legal support mainly to FICC, Futures and Commodities business teams based in Hong Kong and other regions
Advises on a wide range of debt financing structured products/financings, derivatives transactions.
Provides legal advice and manage debt financing transactions relating to OTC derivatives and structured debt issuances across all underlying asset classes (in particular, fixed income, funds and commodities).
Draft or review various transaction documents related to FICC transactions and products and the legal documents related to relationship establishment, such as distribution agreements, derivative transactions, structured notes, MTN program documents, terms of business, prime brokerage agreements, bond connect related agreements
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 FICC business and certain general matters
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or above in law
Minimum 3-5 years of PQE relevant experience in an international law firm. Previous in-house experience would be a plus.
Common law qualification (other than HK) would be preferred.
Candidates ideally should have relevant experience working on structured product/financing transactions involving Asia, ASEAN and/or Commonwealth jurisdictions.
Experience with FICC structured product/derivatives experience would be preferred (including FX, Rates and Credit Derivatives) but lawyers with relevant experience in other asset classes (in particular, Equity Derivatives, Funds and Commodities) would also be considered.
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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