Legal Counsel Permanent NEW

We’re looking for a candidate to fill this position in an exciting company.

• Legal structuring for transactions in China under our product portfolio, with appropriate liaison with relevant Regional General Counsel and regional and global senior management as necessary, including CFO, Chief Products Officer, COO, CRO, Distribution etc.
• Legal lead for transactions under our product portfolio, utilising external and internal resources as appropriate.
• Provides legal cover for China, covering a broad range of legal disciplines.
• Primarily responsible for structuring, negotiating and drafting finance documents and commercial contracts.
• Proactively assess potential legal risks to the business and work with management to devise and implement systems and solutions to manage these potential risks, including participating in delivering training and communications on key topics.

• PRC qualified lawyer with 4-10 years’ post qualification experience.
• Have obtained experience working in a key financial market outside of mainland China.
• Have solid experience of Corporate, Banking, Finance or Debt Capital Markets with exposure to complex transactional work. It would be beneficial to have had China regulatory experience.
• Be competent and confident negotiating legal agreements and dealing with key stakeholders based in China and globally, and external third parties including government bodies.
• Be interested in joining a high calibre international legal team that forms a dynamic and agile global network.
• Have excellent written and spoken native Mandarin and professional English for business purposes.
• Ability to work independently.
• Flexible, adaptable and able to deal with ambiguity.
• Thrives in a collaborative teamworking environment.
• Enjoys working at pace.
• Customer centric mindset with a can-do attitude.
• Acts with honesty and integrity
• Curious and resourceful – seeks out difficult questions and finds solutions
• Resilient, able to learn from mistakes and move forward
• Flexible, adaptable and able to deal with ambiguity
• Collaborative, thrives when working towards shared goal