Position Description
This role will involve all aspects of legal and transaction support and transaction for investments by our Private Equity Funds, provision of legal advice as well as general corporate legal and execution support for Capital Partners business.
This position is full time based in Hong Kong and benefits from consistent in-person engagement to support effective teamwork and smooth operations.
Interested candidate please submit your English and Chinese resumes for review and consideration.
Key Areas of Responsibilities
- Provide legal support to transactions in Hong Kong, Mainland and other jurisdictions in the Asia Pacific, including reviewing, negotiating, and drafting transaction documents.
- Attend to signing and closing of transactions, often with the assistance of external counsel.
- Handle other transaction-related work such as NDAs, engagement letters, corporate resolutions, and conducting KYC and AML checks with other departments.
- Manage fund-related matters.
- Host various meetings, including Investment Committee meetings.
- Draft, and review structured finance documentation, including complex commercial contracts, permits, and licenses related to structured transactions.
- Support on insolvency, distressed debt, restructurings, work-outs, waivers, consent letters, and litigation issues.
- Provide general in-house legal advice to business units and maintain relationships with external law firms.
Requirements
- Minimum 2-5 years of PQE, experience in negotiating deal documentation and other commercial agreements.
- Familiarity with onshore and offshore deals, including transactional and regulatory aspects of private equity deals.
- Corporate transaction experience, particularly in M&A and PE investment.
- Qualified lawyer in Hong Kong, Mainland or other jurisdiction. In-house experience is beneficial but not necessary.
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
- Fluency in both English and Chinese (Mandarin), both oral and written.
- Working permit will be offered to non-local applicant.