Legal Counsel, Derivatives

 

Responsibilities

• Support head of legal on all legal matters relating to the business unit of FICC/Asset Management

• Assist in the preparation of documents to launch a hedge fund or a private equity fund which invests in the global markets

• Responsible for the execution of investments and coordinating with external counsel, banks and various other parties to ensure legal agreement are in proper order

• Manage the implementation and enforcement of internal company policies and external laws and regulations (ie SFC /HKEX requirements)

• Perform ad hoc duties as and when necessary delegated by the Head of legal

 

Requirements

• University degree holder in LLB/LLM with a recognized university in common law jurisdictions

• Qualified lawyer with 5 years post qualified experiences in private practice or in-house financial institutions in any common law jurisdictions (i.e. Hong Kong or Singapore or Australia) or experienced paralegal with substantial hands-on experience gained in major international law firms focusing in derivatives/securities laws/fund management/set up

• Thorough understanding in all types of Master Agreement (i.e. ISDA, CSA, GMRA, Prime brokerage Agreement etc.)

• Solid experience in handling structured note program and offshore SPC for structuring derivatives and structured products

• Familiar with relevant securities laws in relation to sale and distribution of derivatives /structured products in Hong Kong, and other jurisdictions in Asia;

• Excellent command of spoken and written English and Chinese (both Cantonese and Mandarin)

 

 

Interested candidates, please kindly send your detailed resume including:

1) Current and expected salary

2) Availability

 3) Reason for leaving current and past employments

directly to: justin.wan@jac-recruitment.com and jac.hk@jac-recruitment.com

 

Personal data collected will be used for employment-related purpose only. We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified, thank you.