LEGAL COUNSEL (CORPORATE)
HKMS-JC-20-021
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Date:
Hong Kong
Location:
3-6 PQE
Seniority:
The Client:
- A leading luxury goods conglomerate
What can the client offer?
- A chance to be inundated with legal challenges facing traditional, offshore, overseas duty-free and digital businesses
- An important role in making decisions and building a team in the long run
What are your responsibilities?
- Draft, negotiate, and advise business clients relative to commercial agreements, including tenancy agreements, strategic partnerships, professional services agreements, product support, and other agreements with commercial customers and partners
- Working collaboratively with global cross-functional teams (e.g. Sales, Client Services, Finance, Product) to drive deal closure
- Providing legal assistance on regulatory and compliance matters including policy implementation and strategic decision making with the Group General Counsel and VP, Compliance
- Anticipate and maintain up-to-date knowledge of current laws and industry regulations of different countries across Asia, to provide strategic advice and foster compliance including with third party suppliers and distributors
- Manage and negotiate lease agreements with landlords across Asia
- Managing various legal projects and other duties as assigned
What skills/ qualification will you need?
- At least 3+ PQE Hong Kong and/or PRC qualified lawyer with legal firms and/or in-house experience
- Solid experience in general corporate commercial and/or mergers and acquisitions
- Must have experiences in reviewing and drafting tenancy and IP agreements
- Excellent written and spoken English and Chinese
Who would be suitable for the position?
- Someone who:-
- is highly motivated self-starter with demonstrated ability to work efficiently, meet demanding deadlines and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced sales environment with minimal supervision. Excellent problem solving, analytical and organizational skills;
- understands business issues and has a pragmatic, commercial orientation; and
- enjoys being in the fast lane.
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