Legal Coordinator, Hong Kong

Clifford Chance • Full Time • Hong Kong, China • 2w ago

Company Description

Who we are

Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law firms, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise. The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the three key markets of the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe and focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance and banking; real estate; tax; pensions and employment; litigation and dispute resolution.

Job Description

This role is to handle Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing applications, Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission waiver applications, and KYC request consolidation and other KYC-related matters. The work often requires liaising with issuers to obtain information and to work closely with lawyers from our Global Financial Markets practice on debt capital markets transactions.

Applicants should demonstrate good people skills and a good ability to work well in teams, as well as an ability to converse fluently in both English and Chinese.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange Listing applications and the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission Part XV waiver applications, including liaising directly with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Securities and Futures Commission,
Guiding clients through the Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing application and Securities and Futures Commission Part XV waiver application process
Preparing and consolidating KYC requests, and explaining KYC requests to clients and guiding them through the process
Transcribing, editing and amending Hong Kong Stock Exchange listing applications, legal and other documents including offering circulars
Convert, compare, copy type and proofread the same as necessary
Plan, coordinate and set up of appointments and conference calls, internally and externally with clients and ensure that all appointments and conference calls are entered into lawyers' calendar

Qualifications

Previous experience in legal support role preferred but not essential
English and Chinese (Mandarin) language skills essential
Strong organisational skills and attention to detail required; commitment to meet deadlines
Team-oriented and ability to work in a team
Good communication and people skills

Additional Information

Equal opportunities

At Clifford Chance we understand that our true asset is our people. We believe that each and every one of us should experience an equality of opportunity and an equality of experience here. We are always working to develop and deliver the best and most innovative approaches to make that happen. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm

and society.

We are therefore committed to treating all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and

conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.

The firm will regularly review its procedures and selection criteria to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and otherwise treated according to their relevant individual abilities and merits.

We have a number of initiatives and networks that support our aspiration to be the Global Law Firm of choice. These include our LGBT, Gender Parity, Ethnicity and Disability networks.

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